Building Services Engineer

First Recruitment Group; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking a Building Services Engineer for a contract role in Glasgow. You will support nuclear facilities and work within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure design compliance and safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess HVAC design experience, familiarity with safety cases, and ideally have experience in the UK nuclear sector. This is a great opportunity to advance your career in a high-risk environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a high hazard industry.
• Experience in the UK nuclear industry is preferred.
• Understanding of safety-related structures and components.

Responsibilities

• Manage design substantiation documents for nuclear infrastructure.
• Provide technical advice and solutions for nuclear facility operations.
• Assess and review technical submissions from contractors.

Skills

Building services design experience of the HVAC discipline

Ability to illustrate and analyse psychrometric properties of air

Knowledge of key legislation and standards

Familiarity with industry technical guidance such as CIBSE guides

Experience of producing written technical reports

Incorporated Engineer status or equivalent

Experience working on multi-discipline projects

Familiarity with safety case development techniques

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Bring your building services engineering skills to a role where every decision influences safety, reliability and long‑term asset performance.

Role Purpose

Our Client has a requirement for a Building Services Engineer who will be required to work on a contract basis in Glasgow. The Building Services Engineer will be working as part of a multi‑disciplinary engineering team within the Approval Authority. The primary purpose of the role is to directly support current operations and future programmes. You will be supporting nuclear facilities and the delivery of services across sites. The team consists of Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Building Services, Electrical, Piping Engineers and is responsible for the authorship, development, assessment, and maintenance of Engineering Design Substantiation, ensuring Design Intent, Critical Safety Factors and Safety and Operational Requirements are met and are consistent with current good practice and legislative/regulatory requirements.

Job Role Responsibilities

• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of the suite of Nuclear Infrastructure Design Substantiation documents.
• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of design changes/concessions.
• Presentation of Design substantiations to nuclear safety committees.
• Production and development of Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) Schedule, operating procedures and results to satisfy design requirements and safety case through life.
• Producing/assessing Periodic Review of Safety reports.
• Providing advice and direction to internal and external stakeholders.
• Production of Independent Technical Assessment (ITA)/Independent Peer Review (IPR) scopes of work.
• Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology.
• Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re‑cycle engineering processes, systems, services and products in a nuclear/high risk environment.
• Producing robust technical justification to allow for relevant design modifications to be authorised within a high hazard industry.
• Review technical and other safety case submissions from external contractors.
• Check and review calculations and technical documents written by other members of staff.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications

Essential

• Building services design experience of the HVAC discipline and supporting systems (LTHW, Fire Dampers etc).
• Ability to illustrate and analyse psychrometric properties of air to demonstrate the psychrometric process of HVAC design and its impact on the internal environment.
• Knowledge of key legislation and Standards applicable to the built environment and building services design.
• Familiarity with recognised industry technical guidance such as CIBSE guides and ASHRAE standards.
• Experience of producing written technical reports (preferably for the design substantiation of engineered safety measures within a high hazard industry).
• Experience of authoring and producing robust technical justification and supporting documentation to allow for relevant design modifications to be authorised within a high hazard industry.
• Experience working on multi‑discipline projects providing engineering input (ideally within industrial and/or maritime).
• Incorporated Engineer status or equivalent experience.
• Ideal candidates would already have experience within a similar high‑risk environment.
• Familiarity with safety case development techniques e.g., HAZID/HAZOP studies.
• Experience of working in the UK nuclear industry (energy or defence), particularly in the design and assessment of safety‑related structures, systems and components.
• Knowledge of UK and US nuclear industry regulation and practice, and application of relevant nuclear‑specific codes and standards.
• Chartered Engineer.

Company Information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Building Services Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

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