Mechanical Design Engineer

Connexus Recruitment Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary reviews twice a year

Structured training program

Job summary

Connexus Recruitment Pty represents a young MEP design and ESD consultancy near Martin Place. You’ll be responsible for HVAC, ESD and building physics within a six‑person team, develop standards and templates, and have real input into how the firm grows toward Senior roles.

Salary reviews occur twice a year. You’ll receive a structured training program and the chance to own part of the consultancy you help build, with recognition and profit‑share aligned to performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' building services design experience in Australia, with an engineering consultancy.
• Comfortable talking Green Star, Section J and NABERS without needing it explained.
• Initiative, curiosity and a genuine desire to improve the built environment.
• Solid skills in IES-VE, Revit and Navisworks.
• Full working rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Run surveys and develop HVAC designs for existing buildings.
• Liaise directly with fund and commercial property owners to understand asset capabilities.
• Work within a six‑person team reporting to the Director to deliver profitable projects.

Skills

Green Star understanding

NABERS knowledge

Initiative

Curiosity

HVAC knowledge

Tools

IES-VE

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

How many mechanical building services design engineers do you know who actually own a piece of the consultancy they work for?

This one offers profit share and a real say in where the firm goes next.

When they do well, so do you.

Established in 2023, this MEP design and ESD consultancy has already helped clients achieve 5 and 6 Star Green Star rated buildings. It's become the go-to consultancy for decarbonisation and electrification across commercial offices, universities and hospitals.

Because the firm is still young, you're not one engineer among 10 others, all competing for the same promotion. Your work is visible, your input is recognised and rewarded, and you'll help build process, standards, templates and best practice as you go, rather than follow ones that are already set.

If that sounds unsettling, a bigger firm will suit you better. If it sounds like what's been missing, keep reading. Salary reviews happen twice a year and every employee gets a structured training program.

Based close to Martin Place, the studio is open-plan, filled with natural light and has a genuine creative buzz to it. Working alongside the Founding Director, you'll benefit from a clear path to Senior.

As long as clients are happy, projects go out on time and remain profitable, it doesn't matter whether you've been at home or in the office that week.

You'll enjoy a diverse role spanning HVAC design, ESD and building physics, as part of a six-person team reporting to the Director who is calm, technically excellent and still genuinely hands-on, not three levels removed.

Day to day, you're in the guts of existing buildings rather than starting from a blank page, full plant replacements, AHU upgrades, chilled water redesigns, and district heating and cooling projects across commercial offices, industrial sites, agriculture, education and mixed-use developments.

You'll run surveys, develop HVAC designs and liaise directly with fund and commercial property owners who want to know what their assets are really capable of.

Requirements:

• 4+ years' building services design experience in Australia, with an engineering consultancy
• Comfortable talking Green Star, Section J and NABERS without needing it explained
• Initiative, curiosity and a genuine desire to improve the built environment
• Solid skills in IES-VE, Revit and Navisworks
• Full working rights in Australia.