MEP Associate Engineer in Leeds

Our Client is one of the largest independently owned building services design consultants operating in the UK. This award-winning practice has a network of strategically placed regional offices and employs circa 150 staff, prioritising local involvement in all schemes whilst offering a friendly client-facing service.

The Leeds office is now enjoying their second year, conveniently situated in the heart of the city within short walking distance of the train station. With a Sustainability Team already in place in Leeds, a new MEP Director has just been appointed and will be immediately tasked with building a new MEP Design Team along with developing the brand further across the north of England in particular.

Recruitment is essential and establishing a leadership group to help run and manage a technically robust delivery team is the number one priority. The first appointments will be made at Associate level (1 Mechanical & 1 Electrical) and will be tasked with strong leadership in terms of project delivery, staff performance, and client management. The successful candidates will play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality building services engineering solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects, while supporting team development, client relationships, and the continued growth of the Leeds office.

The role combines technical excellence, project leadership, and commercial awareness, aligned with the company's collaborative, people-focused culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering services from concept through to completion.
• Act as Project Lead on complex and multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ensure designs are compliant with current legislation, standards, and best practice.
• Review and approve technical outputs, calculations, reports, and specifications.
• Champion quality, sustainability, and low-carbon design solutions.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients, architects, and other design team members.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, supporting repeat business.
• Attend and lead client meetings, design workshops, and site meetings.
• Contribute to bids, fee proposals, and presentations.
• Support fee management, programme control, and resource planning.
• Assist Directors with any business development prospects.
• Identify opportunities for repeat work within existing client relationships.
• Line manage and mentor Engineers and Senior Engineers.
• Support professional development, performance reviews, and training.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture within the Leeds offices.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering.
• Significant experience within a building services design environment.
• Proven ability to lead MEP projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK building regulations and industry standards.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.

Desirable

• Experience working across sectors such as commercial, residential, healthcare, education, or mixed-use developments.
• Experience contributing to business development.
• Knowledge of sustainability frameworks and low-carbon design strategies.
• Chartered Engineer status (CIBSE, IET, or equivalent), or working towards it.

In return for the hard work and dedication of 2 Associate level Building Services Engineers, the appointed candidates can look forward to being part of something new and setting the bar for which all employees and schemes should aspire to. As the office grows and develops, further development opportunities will be made available as a natural hierarchy forms and long-term succession planning comes into play.