Principal Mechanical Engineer

Our client is a global multi-disciplinary consultancy with a single mission to design world-class, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. With Circa 10,000 staff worldwide, of which over 1000 are UK based, the business brings together bespoke teams of experts to design and deliver complex transport, energy, environmental, and urban schemes to fulfill local priorities.

The company is proud to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Principal or Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the M&E Engineering Team. This position within the wider MEP Engineering Division will suit a committed and ambitious HVAC Engineer who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in a dynamic high-performance team.

This role would ideally be based in either the Birmingham or York office, with Manchester, Reading, and London additional possibilities, adopting a hybrid working model blending home working with time in the office to collaborate with colleagues on projects. The ultimate priority is finding the right individual to lead a small, high-performing team, with location secondary.

Main Duties

The Principal Mechanical Engineer’s main duties will be to lead a team of Mechanical Engineers reporting to the Discipline Lead M&E and act as MEP Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE) and/or Lead Engineer on MEP projects allocated to them by the Discipline Lead M&E. The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be accountable for the design delivery of Mechanical Design allocated to MEP Projects:

1. Involved in major projects within the Engineering discipline covering both rail and non-rail services.
2. Ensuring projects are completed to meet all client’s requirements and applicable standards and to the agreed project programme.
3. Ensuring projects are completed to the agreed budget.
4. Plan the project works and provide forward view resource forecasting to enable the team leader to allocate suitable resource to the projects.
5. Identify changes to the projects client requirements and raise the changes with the Project Management Team.
6. Provide monthly cost to complete forecasts to the Project Management Team.
7. Ensuring the training and development needs of the mechanical team are met to serve the clients’/projects requirements.

Experience Required

1. Minimum HNC qualified in Mechanical Engineering or demonstrable equivalent experience. Ideally Chartered status.
2. This role requires considerable experience and expertise in order to manage complex or non-standard design solutions.
3. Detailed knowledge of mechanical services design within the built environment or transport infrastructure including HVAC, Public Health, Building Physics, and BIM.
4. Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary issues associated with M&E and building services.
5. Detailed knowledge of construction principles and standards.
6. Have a good understanding of CSM/CDM regulations and requirements.
7. Good communication and presentation skills for external presentations to clients.
8. Management of a team of Mechanical engineers on allocated projects.
9. Maintaining good relationships with all external parties to enhance the reputation of the company.
10. Maintaining good relationships with Engineers from other internal discipline teams to promote good inter-discipline working relationships and a “One Team” ethos.

The successful applicant can look forward to working for a true industry leader, with opportunities to lead and collaborate on a high-profile list of international projects.