Lead M&E Engineer – Building Services for On‑Site Projects

Pertemps Specialist Division; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Pertemps Specialist Division is assisting a leading consultancy in Basingstoke to recruit a Senior Mechanical Building Services Engineer. The role focuses on designing and delivering mechanical building services across sectors such as rail, defence, nuclear, data centres, aviation, healthcare and logistics.

You will lead projects, manage design teams, liaise with clients and ensure compliance with CDM and industry standards while developing long-term client relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven mechanical building services design experience.
• Experience designing complete mechanical building services systems.
• Strong technical report-writing and specification-writing ability.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and occasionally work outside standard hours.

Responsibilities

• Leading multidisciplinary engineering projects from initial survey through to detailed design and delivery.
• Producing mechanical building services designs, calculations, specifications and technical reports.
• Designing heating, ventilation, cooling, domestic water and drainage systems.
• Completing design reviews and ensuring practical, compliant, and buildable solutions.
• Producing and reviewing drawings using AutoCAD and Revit MEP.
• Carrying out mechanical design calculations using Hevacomp or comparable software.
• Managing project programmes, contract administration and site supervision.
• Liaising with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary design teams.
• Supporting project financial control alongside directors.
• Fulfilling designer duties under CDM Regulations.
• Supporting business development and long-term client relationships.
• Ensuring compliance with legislation and quality procedures.

Skills

Mechanical building services design

Client communication

Project leadership

Technical report writing

Education

HNC or HND in Mechanical Engineering / Building Services

Engineering degree (advantageous)

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit MEP

Hevacomp or similar

BIM

Job description

Pertemps Specialist Division is assisting a leading consultancy in Basingstoke to recruit a Senior Mechanical Building Services Engineer. The role focuses on designing and delivering mechanical building services across sectors such as rail, defence, nuclear, data centres, aviation, healthcare and logistics.

You will lead projects, manage design teams, liaise with clients and ensure compliance with CDM and industry standards while developing long-term client relationships.