At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a creative team to tackle exciting engineering projects and provide innovative solutions.
- Company: Award-winning engineering consultancy with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, private medical scheme, flexible working, and generous leave.
- Other info: Diversity-focused workplace with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Work on diverse projects and advance your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Mechanical Design Engineering knowledge and experience in building services.
Our clients Operational Engineering team in London are seeking an Associate Mechanical Engineer.
Salary Banding - £58,500- £80,000 Includes travel allowance (£4560) Competitive salary + benefits.
Our client is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. They provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, they provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.
Why join the team?
- You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.
- You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.
- You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally.
- Providing technical advice to clients on the operation of mechanical/electrical engineering services in existing buildings.
- Preparing Fee Proposals.
- Delivering refurbishment and upgrade projects from inception to completion.
- Undertaking condition surveys of mechanical/electrical installations and producing written reports and recommendations.
- Developing and producing mechanical designs and specifications, ensuring quality and technical quality standards are met.
- Production of Feasibility Studies for mechanical/electrical infrastructure replacement or upgrade.
- Technical Due Diligence Reporting.
- Ensuring that all work under their control is undertaken to relevant and applicable UK and EU regulations, design guides etc.
- Review of development and fit-out proposals and advising client on the implications in relation to the mechanical/electrical services.
- You will have the opportunity to lead mechanical services design on large projects, and lead overall MEP on small to medium sized projects within the office.
- Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals.
- Awareness of consultant appointment conditions.
- Define and agree brief with Client.
- Competently represents our client at project meetings.
- Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
- Host and chair internal project team meetings.
- Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.
- Actively leads self and identifies opportunities and providing support for career development of others.
- Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy is delivered.
- Reporting cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.
What We Are Looking For:
- Excellent technical knowledge in Mechanical Design Engineering thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process.
- Good experience in use of standards and codes applied in building services.
- Ability to undertake MEP building services surveys with minimal supervision.
- Ability to peer review in detail with good level of background knowledge of regulatory / standards documentation.
- Acquainted with, and can deliver, parallel projects of all types, sizes and through various RIBA stages.
- Can undertake essential calculations, maximum demands, typical Wm2 and apply mechanical theory.
- At least some experience working on projects in existing buildings.
- Experience of undertaking site inspections and commissioning witnessing.
- Ability to develop good relationships with Clients, Project Managers, Managing Agents, and Contractors.
- Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering and computer modelling in the design of buildings.
- Autonomous approach: able to lead small to medium sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required.
- Responsible for the quality of our outputs.
- Appreciation of client needs, with ability to face clients.
- Ability to identify when outsourcing is required e.g., design & CAD work.
- Understand and identify resource needs.
- Mentor and supervise junior members of staff.
- Chartered engineer or close to.
Our benefits:
- Private medical scheme.
- Life Assurance.
- Income protection.
- Travel Allowance - electric car scheme.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave.
- Season Ticket Loans.
- Professional membership subscription.
- Flexitime.
Flexible benefits:
- 9-day fortnight - the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight.
- Hybrid Working - activity-based approach.
- Employee stock purchase plan - a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount.
- Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days.
- Study Assistance.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee Referral Scheme.
- Sabbatical Leave.
- Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn).
Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Diversity, equity and inclusion - We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups.
Adjustments and accommodations - If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.
Flexible working - We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.
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Job Type: Permanent.
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The Huntsman Group Recruiting Team
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How to prepare for a job interview at The Huntsman Group
✨Know Your Stuff
Make sure you brush up on your technical knowledge in Mechanical Design Engineering. Familiarise yourself with the latest standards and codes applied in building services, as well as any recent projects you've worked on that relate to the role.
✨Showcase Your Experience
Prepare to discuss your previous consultancy experience and how it relates to the job. Be ready to share specific examples of projects you've led or contributed to, especially those involving existing buildings or MEP services.
✨Build Rapport
Demonstrate your ability to develop good relationships with clients and colleagues. Think of ways to highlight your interpersonal skills during the interview, perhaps by sharing anecdotes about successful collaborations or client interactions.
✨Ask Smart Questions
Prepare insightful questions about the company’s projects, team dynamics, and career development opportunities. This shows your genuine interest in the role and helps you assess if the company is the right fit for you.