Building Services Engineer

PRS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Job summary

Building Services Consultancy (London & South East) seeks a Senior Engineer to work on building services projects across Central London with some travel across Greater London/Home Counties. The role supports energy and performance solutions in commercial properties, reporting to Associate members and the wider organisation.

The candidate will mentor engineers, lead M&E projects, ensure IMS/QA adherence, and drive energy efficiency improvements while delivering quality reports and specifications.

Qualifications

• Circa 10 years experience in commercial building services.
• Fully qualified in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• Professional membership in industry body (CIBSE/RICS/IWFM/IMechE/IET).
• Knowledge of building safety and regulations to BSRIA, CIBSE standards.
• BSc/BA or higher; ILM Level 6 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Technical investigations and root cause analysis.
• Design reviews and defects analysis.
• Feasibility studies.
• Writing technical reports and specifications.
• Interpreting engineering reports, drawings, layouts and other visual aids.
• Technical project management.
• Interrogation the performance of engineering systems and assets to identify solutions to improve performance.
• Interrogation of control systems to identify system performance issues and optimisation opportunities.
• Produce Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) plans.
• Produce engineering life cycle and forward capital cost plans.
• Undertake engineering maintenance contract monitoring and auditing.
• Conduct on site engineering inspections and reporting for due diligence and dilapidations.
• Maintain procurement to include asset collection and review of tender documentation.
• Lead a M&E team in the co-ordination and delivery of individual projects, including meetings and progress reviews.
• Peer review of other projects.
• Demonstrate knowledge across mechanical and electrical disciplines during meetings.

Skills

Heating systems

Cooling systems

HV systems

LV systems

Ventilation systems

Control systems

Water Hygiene

Building regs

Report writing

Project management

Education

BSc/BA in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Professional Membership (CIBSE/RICS/IWFM/IMechE/IET)

ILM Level 6 or equivalent

Job description

Building Services Consultancy (London & South East)

Pension

Training & Progression

Our customer are a well respected M&E Consultancy operating across the UK, dealing with a host of customers within commercial property and real estate sectors. Due to growth within their London Engineering team, they currently seek a Senior Engineer to work across customers across Central London and some related travel to Greater London / Home Counties when necessary. Guideline salary for this position is circa £60-65,000 basic salary, with standard benefits including pension and private healthcare.

Role will involve liaising with real estate organisations, managing agents, FM service providers to deliver building services engineering and energy / building performance solutions within the commercial markets in collaboration with Associate members and in support of the larger organisation. This will relate to industry standards, guidance and best practice and help show an understanding of how buildings are designed, operated and ultimately used to deliver solutions to their clients challenges.

Working as part of their multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy team, the successful candidate will need to be a self-starter and enjoy a healthy amount of autonomy with regards to task and workload. Attention to detail, report writing ability and communication skills are all important. Along with soft skills, a strong working knowledge of the following is crucial:

• Heating systems
• Cooling systems
• HV systems
• LV systems
• Ventilation systems
• Control systems
• Domestic Water systems
• Air conditioning systems
• Water Hygiene of Closed and Domestic Systems
• Compliance – Statutory / Regulatory / Codes / Building Regulations

Some of the expected day-to-day tasks will include:

Technical investigations and root cause analysis.

Design reviews and defects analysis.

Feasibility studies.

Writing technical reports and specifications.

Interpreting engineering reports, drawings, layouts and other visual aids.

Technical project management.

Interrogation the performance of engineering systems and assets to identify solutions to improve performance, reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Interrogation of control systems to identify system performance issues and optimisation opportunities.

Produce Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) plans.

Produce engineering life cycle and forward capital cost plans.

Undertake engineering maintenance contract monitoring and auditing.

Conduct on site engineering services inspections and reporting for due diligence and dilapidations.

Undertake maintenance procurement to include asset collection and preparation and review of tender documentation. Working as part of a team to meet project briefs and programme requirements.

Lead a M&E team in the co-ordination and delivery of individual projects, including attendance at meetings, internal programming, project reviews etc.

Undertake constructive peer reviews of other projects.

Demonstrate a wide knowledge and relevant experience of mechanical and electrical systems across a range of sectors and the ability to report on both mechanical and electrical disciplines during meetings, etc

Manage and mentor engineers.

Act as the ‘Subject Matter Expert’ within the team in specialist areas of competence.

Understanding our Integrated Management Systems (IMS) and QA procedures and see that these are adhered to at all steps for all projects.

Commit to supporting the company’s strategic sustainability policies and the internal environmental programme objectives. Be accountable for the operational and financial management of projects to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget.

Attend networking and business development events as required to promote the business.

Qualifications & Training:

Circa 10 Years experience working within the commercial building services industry

Fully Qualified in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering

Hold a Professional Membership of at least one relevant industry body which might include CIBSE/RICS/IWFM/IMechE/IET, etc.

Management / implementation of building safety and regulations to BSRIA, CIBSE standards

Possess a BSc/BA or higher; ILM Level 6 or higher or equivalent.