Senior Design Engineer - Mechanical Building Services

ZipRecruiter; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Design Engineer located in Bristol, focusing on building services. In this role, you will support the Design Manager and deliver high-quality engineering solutions while mentoring junior team members, ensuring alignment with project goals. With a variety of benefits and opportunities for personal development, this position offers a chance to contribute to significant engineering projects across multiple sectors.

Benefits

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance and Gym Membership

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Free Employee Assistance Program for mental health support

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in MEP design projects.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Strong understanding of project costs and design interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support the Design Manager and lead the design team.
• Input into project reports and advise on variances.
• Ensure technical correctness and compliance with legal requirements.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Building Services Design

Collaboration

Project Management

Risk Management

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Senior Design Engineer

Bristol

Permanent

Summary

This is an important role that will support the Design Manager and provide a high-quality design and engineering service. The role will cover all aspects of building services and ensure that optimised solutions are produced, and NG Bailey’s standards are maintained.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Support the Design Manager in leading and developing design team members, acting as mentor to assist in the process of developing designers by 'on-the-job' coaching, and achieve all agreed objectives relating to the area of building services design.




• Input into monthly project reports highlighting progress, risks and opportunities. Advise on any variances from plan and the possible corrective actions to be taken.




• Carry out design in collaboration with other designers and the project teams, participating in design reviews and appraisals as necessary.




• Ensure that designs delivered by the team are technically correct and appropriate, represent best value, address risk and opportunities, and comply with all legal and contracted requirements.




• Understand fully the project build up, cost allocations, forecast and programme to support the design lead in managing design costs.




• Assist the design lead in managing change on projects to enable additional costs to be recovered. Seek opportunities to mitigate risk and maximise profitability by providing proactive reporting to the design lead on any potential issues.




• Communicate proactively with project stakeholders to improve our collaboration with operational teams.

What we’re looking for:

A mechanically biased design engineer that has demonstrable experience within an MEP environment and similar projects, delivering against agreed goals and providing added value as a result of their expertise.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with aleading provider andup to8% employer contribution




• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days




• Private Medical Insurance




• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)




• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.




• Personal development programme

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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