Senior Mechanical Engineer

Aldwych Consulting Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Birthday leave

Long-service leave

Medicash health plan

Life assurance

Mental health support

Pension with salary sacrifice

Professional fees sponsorship

CSR days

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting Ltd is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Building Services team in Birmingham. You will work across the North-West and Yorkshire, interfacing with site, client and design teams to translate site conditions into practical engineering solutions.

The role involves leading site appraisals, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering clear technical reports and briefs to clients. A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong background in mechanical building services design and engineering.
• Experience undertaking site surveys and technical assessments.
• Ability to interpret building conditions and identify practical engineering solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear, professional technical reports and documentation.
• Confident representing an organisation with clients and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical site appraisals, condition surveys and technical feasibility assessments.
• Assess existing mechanical services, installations and building systems.
• Gather and interpret technical information to support design development.
• Produce clear and professional site reports, sketches, photographs and technical briefing documents.
• Act as the mechanical engineering lead in meetings with clients, architects, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Provide practical technical advice and identify potential mechanical solutions to site-based constraints.
• Liaise closely with the design team to translate site information into design requirements.
• Review mechanical installations during construction to ensure alignment with design intent and quality standards.
• Undertake periodic site inspections and provide technical observations and recommendations.
• Support projects through full lifecycle from initial site appraisal to handover.
• Coordinate mechanical requirements with electrical services, architecture and other disciplines.

Skills

Mechanical building services design

Multidisciplinary coordination

Site surveys

Technical reports

Client meetings

Travel

Job description

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Building Services

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £50,000-£58,000 + Car Allowance

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Building Services team, supporting projects across the North-West and Yorkshire.

This is a high-autonomy role suited to an engineer who is confident operating at the interface between site, client and design team. You will play a key role in gathering technical information, assessing existing mechanical systems, advising clients and ensuring that accurate site intelligence feeds into the wider design process.

Working as part of a national MEP team, you will collaborate closely with established design teams while acting as the key mechanical technical contact across Northern-based projects.

The role is particularly suited to an engineer who enjoys being involved at the front end of projects, understanding how buildings and systems operate in practice and translating site conditions into practical engineering solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical site appraisals, condition surveys and technical feasibility assessments.
• Assess existing mechanical services, installations and building systems.
• Gather and interpret technical information to support design development.
• Produce clear and professional site reports, sketches, photographs and technical briefing documents.
• Act as the mechanical engineering lead in meetings with clients, architects, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Provide practical technical advice and identify potential mechanical solutions to site-based constraints.
• Liaise closely with the design team to ensure site information is accurately translated into design requirements.
• Review mechanical installations during construction to ensure alignment with design intent and required quality standards.
• Undertake periodic site inspections and provide technical observations and recommendations.
• Support projects through the full lifecycle, from initial site appraisal through design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Coordinate mechanical requirements with electrical services, architecture, building surveying and other disciplines.

About You

You will have a strong background in mechanical building services design and engineering, combined with the confidence to work independently across multiple sites and projects.

• Strong knowledge of mechanical building services and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Experience undertaking site surveys, technical assessments and inspections.
• The ability to interpret existing building conditions and identify practical engineering solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to produce clear, professional technical reports and documentation.
• Confidence representing an organisation independently in front of clients and project teams.
• A proactive and practical approach to problem solving.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel throughout the North.
• Experience working within a consultancy, contractor or similar building services environment.

Desirable

• Chartered status or working towards professional registration with CIBSE or IMechE.
• Existing knowledge of the construction market across the North of England.
• Established relationships with contractors, consultants or other construction professionals.
• Broader understanding of electrical services and multidisciplinary building design.
• Experience working on projects from initial feasibility through to commissioning and handover.

What We Offer

• £50,000-£58,000 salary + car allowance.
• 35-hour working week.
• Flexible working hours, with core hours between 10am and 4pm.
• Hybrid working, combining office, home and site-based work.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Birthday leave.
• Option to buy or sell annual leave.
• Long-service leave.
• Pay reviews twice a year.
• Medicash health plan.
• Life assurance of four times annual salary.
• In-house mental health first aiders.
• Scottish Widows pension with salary sacrifice and matched contributions.
• Professional development scheme.
• Sponsorship of professional fees.
• Two paid corporate social responsibility days.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.