Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer Building Services

• Locations

  Edinburgh

• Salary

  £40000 - £55000 per annum

• Sector

  Construction, Property & Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical

• Type

  Permanent

Company

We are currently working alongside one of industries most renowned premium global brands in their search for a Senior / Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join their Edinburgh office. This organisation have a passion for sustainable building design and work on a variety of interesting projects across sectors such as Defence, Healthcare, Residential, Commercial and more. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer/senior to join a leading consultancy, successfully contributing to profitable projects for high profile public and private clients.

Role

• Ensuring an understanding of project briefs. Design and specification of all Mechanical Building Services systems.
• Preparation and review of documentation eg designs, specifications, assessment reports, survey reports.
• Carry out (managing of others) in the production of detailed calculations using industry standard software tools including Excel, CAD, IES, in house developed tools tec,
• Site surveys, inspections and monitoring of site works
• Implementation of detailed surveys of mechanical services and equipment to establish status of the existing installations and gain sufficient information to recommend new/upgrade design proposal
• Assisting with the development of junior engineers
• Report and technical note writing

Qualifications/Experience

• Degree qualified or equivalent qualification in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
• Ideally chartered or working towards this with CIBSE or IET.
• 5-10 years experience working in a design consultancy or a similar envrionment.
• Knowledge of mechanical design within the built environment.
• Good report writing skills, experience of making presentations to and attending meetings with clients.
• Detailed knowledge of appropriate technical standards, able to take charge of project deliverables, make decisions, act on own initiative.
• Good level of computer literacy in a range of digital tools such as IES thermal modelling package, Microscoft packages, CAD

Benefits

• 23 days holiday + publics
• 7% pension
• Car allowance
• Professional subscriptions
• Holiday buy/sell
• Life assurance x4
• Cycle to work

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.