Senior mechanical engineer

Responsibilities

• Report to the Associate Director or project/business Director.
• Manage the Electrical and Mechanical engineers within the Project Team, with technical support from the Electrical Associate Director or Project/Business Director.
• Prove ability to manage multiple projects and organise yourself to meet all assigned deadlines.
• Responsible for full detailed mechanical design, completing these exercises on your own or as lead of a project group.
• Responsible for calculation works to prove design for domestics, ventilation, heating and cooling systems.
• Coordinate design with electrical design members and review overall MEP design for completeness against project brief.
• Attend design team meetings, report back to the wider design team on progress and actions.
• Communicate clearly to clients and project teams – a key element of this role.
• Manage internal design programme against client target dates to ensure timely issue of information and project financial performance.
• Constantly seek ways of improving the efficiency of your work and of your team.
• Continually seek to adopt the most UpToDate practices and be innovative in their application.
• Assist sustainability engineers with modelling input data and criteria, including review of completed reports issued by the department for correctness.
• Show great involvement in teamwork and promote consultation and collaboration with team fellows.
• Contribute to development of junior/intermediate team members.
• Show interest and seek ways of developing your knowledge in other engineering disciplines.
• Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed.
• Actively participate in the design verification process within the team and be responsible for checking and sign‑off of junior/intermediate & engineers design.
• Ensure clients are satisfied with performance and quality of service; act on client concerns promptly and courteously.
• Maintain good working relationships and assess and act on client’s current and future needs.
• Actively seek opportunities for appointments to gain new, repeat and profitable business.
• Be fully conversant with current building regulations, CIBSE documentation, British standards, BISREA documentation and all other general design guides associated with the building services industry.
• Be IT literate, with working knowledge of Office, AutoCAD and Hevacomp.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6‑7 years experience in the associated specialism.
• Registered as at least a Member of CIBSE or working towards accreditation.