Senior Associate Heat Networks Engineer

Mott MacDonald; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy as a Senior Associate Heat Networks Engineer, where your expertise will help shape sustainable energy solutions across the UK. You will be part of an innovative team dedicated to delivering impactful projects that align with governmental net zero carbon goals. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop technical and management skills while contributing to the growth of a diverse portfolio in the public and private sectors. With a focus on collaboration and excellence, you will interface with clients, lead feasibility studies, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. If you're passionate about making a difference in energy management, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in city-scale heat networks including planning and design.
• Technical knowledge of Heat Networks Regulations and CIBSE CP1.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical solutions for heat networks to meet net zero targets.
• Lead feasibility studies and communicate policies to clients.

Skills

District heating and heat networks

Techno-economic analysis

Common HVAC Systems

Process engineering

Heat Network modelling software

Low carbon heat options

Technical knowledge of standards and regulations

Report writing and presentation skills

Analytical skills

MS Office suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical subject

Chartered or approaching chartered status

Tools

EnergyPro

COMSOF

Hysopt

Job description

Glasgow, UK / London, UK / Leeds, UK / Birmingham, UK

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

About the business unit
The Buildings and Cities Unit (BNC) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors: Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.

Overview of role
As a Senior Associate Heat Networks Engineer, you will join an established and innovative team of advisors and consultants, delivering an exciting portfolio of work in the public and private sectors. As you contribute to the collective growth of our team’s capability, we will offer you exceptional opportunities for technical and management skillset development and long-term career progression.

Your role will be rewarding and varied, and responsibilities will typically include:

1. Supporting the development of technical solutions and energy strategies to help the Buildings and Infrastructure sector meet governmental and local ‘net zero carbon’ targets, focusing on both heat and power.
2. Supporting the development of potential heat networks projects from early stage strategies and masterplans through to feasibility assessments, design, and delivery.
3. Contributing to and leading the delivery of heat networks feasibility studies and reports, including undertaking techno-economic analysis and business case development.
4. Developing projects from strategic definition through to concept stage in alignment with CIBSE Code of Practice (CP1).
5. Understanding and communicating ‘net zero carbon’ policies to clients, in support of them setting their own ‘net zero carbon’ aspirations and developing action plans to meet defined outcomes.
6. Interfacing net zero carbon advisory with wider buildings and infrastructure outcome needs, such as environmental parameters to achieve ‘healthy buildings’ and whole life cost effectiveness in operation.
7. Ensuring the production of deliverables to agreed timelines and within budget.
8. Supporting business development related activities, identifying opportunities/prospects to allow us to prepare/position the team to produce winning proposals.
9. Supporting the development of client relationships to provide good prospects and repeat business.
10. Contributing to winning new work; client-facing at a senior level.

Candidate Specification
Ultimately, we deliver solutions, and use our restless curiosity and leading-edge skills to challenge and innovate. So, we’re looking for you to demonstrate the skills, qualifications, and experience listed below:

1. Technical and commercial aspects of District heating and heat networks (ideally complete with CIBSE Heat Network Consultant accreditation).
2. Demonstrable experience in the delivery of city-scale heat networks including master planning, feasibility, techno-economic feasibility, detailed project development, and design to CIBSE CP1 and HNDU requirements.
3. Experience undertaking techno-economic analysis of heat networks and developing business cases to support project procurements.
4. Common HVAC Systems and how they interact with heating and cooling networks.
5. Extensive experience in process engineering, ideally specializing in heating/cooling projects.
6. Working knowledge and/or awareness of Heat Network modelling software e.g., EnergyPro, COMSOF, Hysopt, etc.
7. Robust understanding of various options for provision of low carbon heat and the barriers and opportunities for their use in various applications.
8. Excellent technical knowledge and understanding of relevant standards and regulations including but not limited to; Heat Networks Regulations, Heat Networks Zoning, CIBSE CP1, etc.
9. Knowledge of heat network support and grant funding opportunities including but not limited to; Heat Networks Delivery Unit, Green Heat Networks Fund, Heat Networks Efficiency Scheme, etc.
10. Whole life cost and carbon modelling.
11. Qualified in a related technical subject (Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree).
12. Chartered or approaching chartered status with a relevant professional body.
13. A range of report writing, and visual and verbal presentation techniques.
14. Willingness and patience to provide high levels of personal support to clients.
15. Ability to work well collaboratively, both internally and with external partners and sub-contractors and in diverse multidisciplinary teams.
16. Good analytical skills.
17. Sound knowledge and use of the MS Office suite of software.

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.