Mechanical Designer in Coventry

Role

Mechanical Designer

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Coventry

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We are looking for a Mechanical Designer to support the design and delivery of large scale low carbon energy systems, including heat pump installations, packaged plantrooms, and energy centres. The role will focus on developing detailed mechanical designs for complex building services infrastructure, supporting decarbonisation projects across NHS, public sector, and commercial environments.

Role Responsibilities

• Produce detailed mechanical designs for heat pump systems (ASHP, GSHP, water source), energy centres, district heating systems, large scale plantrooms, and packaged units
• Develop and coordinate pipework layouts, plantroom arrangements, system schematics, and hydraulic designs including LTHW/CHW systems, thermal stores, and pumping arrangements
• Generate GA drawings, fabrication drawings, isometrics, P&IDs, and schematic diagrams
• Work closely with design engineers, project managers, and fabrication teams to ensure designs are buildable and aligned with project specifications, British Standards, and client requirements
• Support value engineering, optimisation of plantroom layouts and system efficiency, and participate in design reviews, technical workshops, and site surveys
• Follow all health and safety policies and procedures, report risks or deficiencies, and ensure proper use of PPE and equipment
• Ensure compliance with information security procedures, identify and report risks, and escalated any suspected incidents

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in mechanical design within building services, energy, or ME environments
• Strong knowledge of heat pumps, low carbon heating systems, plantroom design, and energy centre layouts
• Good understanding of mechanical plant including pumps, PHEs, valves, pressurisation units, and associated infrastructure
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, schematics, and experience with hydraulic design principles and system integration
• Strong understanding of decarbonisation strategies and energy efficiency solutions

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Pankaj Chaudhary at pankaj.chaudhary@mitie.com.