Associate Mechanical Engineer

Harley Haddow; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Harley Haddow, a leading engineering consultancy, is seeking an Associate Mechanical Engineer to join our Birmingham office. You will lead the Mechanical Services design on assigned projects and act as lead consultant in M&E discussions with clients and design teams.

The role requires strong project management, the ability to oversee junior engineers, and a commitment to quality and timely delivery. Excellent communication and coordination skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in mechanical engineering or chartered equivalent.
• Experience in MEP project delivery and design.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mechanical Services design delivery on projects.
• Manage junior staff and project workloads.
• Coordinate with teams and clients through project stages.
• Ensure QA and on-time delivery.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical design

M&E coordination

Client liaison

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

CAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Evacomp

IES

Chorus

Excel

Job description

Vacancy

Associate Mechanical Engineer

Location: Birmingham || Contract:Permanent || Salary:Competitive

Our brand new Birmingham office in the city centre.

As a senior member of the department your responsibilities will include the delivery and project management of the Mechanical Services Design on assigned projects. You shall also ensure that you have a high-level understanding of all other major MEP projects and offer support andassistancewhenrequired. You shall alsobe responsible formaintainingand improving the quality and efficiency of the Mechanical Services design and post contract implementation offered by Harley Haddow. You shall have a supervisory role over junior engineering staff assigned to you and your projects and shallassistin their personal development both in their education and their technical experience.

You shall be expected to act as the lead consultant on projects providing M&E representation and input at key stages throughout theproject to other members of the project team as well as ensuring that the M&E requirements are communicated and delivered within Harley Haddow.

The position demands excellent communication skills; you will be representing Harley Haddow through direct contact with clients and other design team members. You are expected torepresentthe company at meetings in both Mechanical and Mechanical Services disciplines.

You shallcommencecarrying out wider management duties as part of your role within the business. This will include the programming of work, managing your own and other workloads, ensuring critical deadlines are met, ensuring QA is undertaken swiftly and consistently, you will be the point of contact between the engineering staff and the senior management and will be expected to provide team updates as and when required.

Purpose

Roles and Responsibilities

Key Areas of Focus

• Apply and enforce office procedures and basic engineering principles
  • General administrative duties
  • Development and management of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
  • Leading multiple projects
  • Monitor and invoice project fees

• Strategy setting and Concept Design as part of RIBA Stage 2 & 3 Design Process.
  • Lead in the development of M&E Services strategies
  • Manage the production of scheme design drawings (from concept right through to detailed design)via the management of junior staff
  • Prepare outline M&E specification in BCIS format including environmental strategies.
  • Where appropriate lead in the preparation of the Stage 2 and 3 MEP Reports
  • Assist in the preparation of BCIS elemental M&E cost plans.
  • Understand and work within the commercial framework for projects.
  • Prepare and deliver project presentations to client teams

• Detailed Design as part of RIBA Stage 4 production.
  • Lead and manage the delivery of Mechanical Services detail design.
  • Manage, plan and programme Mechanical detailed design process.
  • Supervise and plan workload for junior engineering staff on projects you are responsible for.
  • Ensure that Mechanical Services Detailed output meets quality requirements.
  • Provide conduit between design teams, clients and HH

Ensure project delivery meets deadlines and Client’s brief. This may include dealing with last minute changes etc but these should be professionally dealt with.

Software – Advantageous but not required

Expert in the use of all necessary design software not limited to those identified below

• CAD
• Revit
• Bluebeam
• Evacomp
• IES
• Manual Calculations
• Chorus
• Word/Excel

Post Contract Implementationin line with RIBA Stage5, 6 & 7

• Represent Harley Haddow at meetings.
• Manage post contract stage of project, including flow of information to maintain proposed contract works programme.
• Monitor Mecahnical Installation works against Electrical Services Design.
• Assist Project QS in cost control and final account settlement by offering technical advice
• Ensure project closure and conclusion of all defects.
• Carry out de-brief and report findings

Primary Responsibilities

• To establish project briefs/fees/timescales and ensure junior personnel are aware
• To manage projects and personnel to ensure delivery dates are met
• To manage Engineering output to ensure that quality criteria are met
• To provide technical support to project engineers
• To prepare scheme design reports and drawing proposals
• To deliver detailed design/ production information.
• To further improve the efficiency and profile of the team, reporting ideas to the Technical Director or Associate Director
• To manage multiple projects from a technical and financial perspective
• To ensure that repeat business is continued by excellent delivery and client relationships
• Be actively involved in the day to day operations of the design office and assist in improving efficiencies and quality.
• Maintain professional relationships with existing clients
• Adhere to, ensure and lead on the implementation of company quality, environment and H&S accredited standards
• Monitor your own and monitor your staff’s health and safety in the office, travel to / from site and the on site environment
• Tell someone (your employer, supervisor or health and safety representative) if you think the work or inadequate precautions are outing anyone’s health and safety at serious risk.

Role Requirements

Qualifications (Professional & Technical)

• Degree qualified and incorporated/chartered status orequivalent,orworking toward chartered status.Member ofappropriate Institution.

Minimum Requirements

• Been consistently and successfully demonstrating all of the requirements of the Principal mechanical engineer role profile
• Strong record in project management, delivery, and quality.
• People skills and demonstrable people management and client facing skills.
• Self-starter, capable of working with own initiative to