MEP Engineer - Belfast, NI

GRAHAM Group; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive MEP Engineer to join their expanding team in Belfast. This permanent role offers the opportunity to support the Building Services Manager and develop your skills in the construction industry. As an MEP Engineer, you will be involved in tender processes, commercial management, and design development, ensuring that projects meet technical excellence and compliance standards. You will also play a key role in operational activities and handover procedures, making a significant impact on project delivery. If you are passionate about construction and eager to grow professionally, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Relevant education or experience in the construction industry is essential.
• Strong commercial awareness and effective communication skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Assist with tender processes and commercial management for projects.
• Collaborate in the design process and manage operational activities.
• Ensure compliance with building regulations and quality standards.

Skills

Commercial Awareness

Effective Communication Skills

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Initiative

Education

Relevant education or experience in the construction industry

Job description

About The Role

MEP ENGINEER

Permanent opportunity

DIVISION: BUILDING

LOCATION: BELFAST, NI

Join our expanding team at GRAHAM in Northern Ireland. We're seeking a proactive MEP Engineer to support our Building Services Manager. If you're passionate about the construction industry and eager to develop your skills, this role is for you.

As an MEP Engineer, you'll assist with tender processes, commercial management, design development, operational activities, and handover procedures. Essential behavioural competencies include commercial awareness, effective communication, teamwork, initiative, and problem-solving.

THE MEP ENGINEER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Tender

1. Assist with presentations and submittals to ensure that the solution offers technical excellence in all areas of services.
2. Establish clear parameters of system requirements and communicate effectively with the supply chain to establish cost & design proposals to support our tender submissions.
3. Attend tender interviews when required.
4. Check sub-contractor quotations and ensure M&E performance specification has been covered.

Commercial

1. Commercial management of project to achieve set targets.
2. Ensure close liaison with the commercial team to manage project requirements and performance.
3. Manage change, record variations, and communicate to the team.
4. Check sub-contractor valuation claims.

Design Development

1. Collaborate in the design process with the wider team, ensuring that design is sympathetic with the services, and that we minimize the level of modification of systems.
2. Work with the Design Manager to brief the M&E consultants before design starts.
3. Attend design team meetings.
4. Chair M&E workshops.
5. Review M&E drawings against client’s brief, budget, technical / Building Control compliance and discuss options with the M&E consultants.
6. Mark-up M&E drawings and provide feedback to the Design Manager & M&E consultants.
7. Assist the Design Manager with obtaining M&E design approvals from the client team.
8. Look for value engineering opportunities, and simpler / faster methods of installation.

Operational / Site Activity

1. Organise and chair technical services meetings with all M&E sub-contractors.
2. Monitor installation quality.
3. Attend design team meetings.
4. Monitor compliance with the latest building regulations.
5. Ensure M&E installations are in line with client ER’s and Consultant performance specification.
6. Update M&E section of progress report and attend client progress meetings.
7. Liaise with senior management and client with any potential issues.
8. Provide technical support to project delivery team to ensure delivery is in line with key business objectives.

Handover / O&M

1. Liaise with sub-contractors to develop commissioning programme.
2. Organise and lead client demonstrations / training.
3. Inspect all commissioning certification.
4. Check as-installed drawings and ensure information is accurate / adequate.
5. Ensure all O&M information is correct and specific to each project.
6. Carry out project KPI’s.

Additional Points

1. As an employee, you must represent GRAHAM in a professional manner at all times.
2. All sensitive information including commercial or client / subcontractor details are to be treated as confidential.
3. Essential: Relevant education or experience in the construction industry.

Behavioural Competencies

1. Commercial Awareness
2. Effective Communication Skills
3. Team Player
4. Initiative
5. Planning and Prioritising
6. Problem Solving
7. Client Focus
8. Safety Awareness

This job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged for the MEP Engineer and the range of duties to be undertaken. It does not attempt to detail every activity. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder at regular intervals.

Our Commitment

We are proud to say that we are a committed Equal Opportunities Employer and we aim to be the first choice for people from all backgrounds. We seek to promote respect for the individual and equality of opportunities. We believe that everyone should be treated solely on the basis of personal merit and contribution throughout their GRAHAM career journey and not on the value of artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences.

If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. We look forward to welcoming applicants from all backgrounds.

We are only able to consider applications from individuals who are eligible to live and work in the UK, as per Home Office regulations. Please check your eligibility with the regulations before applying. Individuals with a current time-restricted right to work in the UK, should contact the Human Resources team in the first instance.

A basic disclosure may be requested if security clearance is required by 3rd party clients and a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position. Our Access NI/Vetting and Barring Scheme Policy and Policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available upon request.

GRAHAM reserves the right to carry out checks to ensure the validity of an applicant’s experience and/or qualifications and we expect all applicants to comply with any such requests for information. Failure to do so or evidence of any falsification of information will lead to either removal from the recruitment process or if already in employment potential termination of contract through the company disciplinary procedure.