Building Services Engineer

Tradestech Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tradestech Recruitment is seeking a Senior Building Services Engineer for HS2 complex infrastructure projects in the UK. You will coordinate building services, review MEP designs, manage interfaces with structures and architectural elements, and support procurement, testing and commissioning activities.

You will liaise with subcontractors and client representatives, ensuring buildability, quality and timely handover.

Qualifications

• Considerable building–services or MEP engineering experience.
• Mechanical, electrical or multidisciplinary technical background.
• Experience supporting design and construction delivery.
• Strong knowledge of interfaces and service coordination.
• Ability to review technical drawings and submissions.
• Understanding of testing, commissioning and quality assurance.
• Experience with a main contractor, consultant or MEP specialist.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary building–services packages.
• Review mechanical and electrical designs and contractor submissions.
• Manage interfaces between services, structures and architectural elements.
• Support procurement and technical approvals.
• Provide engineering input during site installation.
• Respond to technical queries and proposed design changes.
• Identify buildability and coordination risks.
• Monitor quality and compliance.
• Support testing, commissioning and integrated systems activities.
• Liaise with subcontractors, designers and client representatives.
• Assist with handover planning and completion documentation.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers and delivery teams.

Skills

Building services/MEP engineering

Mechanical background

Electrical background

Design and construction delivery

Interface coordination

Technical drawing review

Testing and commissioning

Main contractor/consultant experience

Job description

SENIOR BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEER

HS2 Complex Infrastructure Buildings

We are recruiting a Senior Building Services Engineer to support the delivery of a long–term programme of routewide assets across HS2.

The project covers nine reinforced–concrete buildings, including tunnel shafts, portal buildings and pumping stations. The technical scope includes HV/LV power, ventilation, smoke control, BMS/SCADA, communications, fire systems, lighting, public health, lifts and architectural fit–out.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate multidisciplinary building–services packages
• Review mechanical and electrical designs and contractor submissions
• Manage interfaces between services, structures and architectural elements
• Support procurement and technical approvals
• Provide engineering input during site installation
• Respond to technical queries and proposed design changes
• Identify buildability and coordination risks
• Monitor quality and compliance
• Support testing, commissioning and integrated systems activities
• Liaise with subcontractors, designers and client representatives
• Assist with handover planning and completion documentation
• Provide guidance to junior engineers and delivery teams

We are looking for candidates with:

• Considerable building–services or MEP engineering experience
• A mechanical, electrical or multidisciplinary technical background
• Experience supporting design and construction delivery
• Strong knowledge of interfaces and service coordination
• Ability to review technical drawings and submissions
• Understanding of testing, commissioning and quality assurance
• Experience with a main contractor, consultant or MEP specialist

Candidates do not need to have previous rail experience. This role offers professionals from main–build and building–services environments an opportunity to move into nationally significant infrastructure, structures and civil engineering.