Senior Mechanical Engineer

Aldwych Consulting; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' annual leave

Private medical cover

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Share/stock options

Flexible and hybrid working

9-day fortnight

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join its Manchester team. You will lead mechanical design across diverse building services projects and coordinate with clients, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities include design delivery, calculations, drawings, site visits, and mentoring junior engineers. The role offers hybrid working in Manchester and exposure to high-profile sectors.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering or a related subject.
• IEng or CEng status, or currently working towards professional registration.
• Experience producing mechanical calculations and drawings.
• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mechanical design work from initial brief through to completion.
• Produce mechanical calculations, drawings and technical documentation.
• Ensure designs meet relevant regulations, standards and client requirements.
• Coordinate mechanical design with other MEP disciplines and consultants.
• Review contractor and subcontractor information.
• Carry out site visits and check installations against the design.
• Attend design, client and project meetings.
• Support testing, commissioning and handover activities.
• Manage your own workload and deliver work to deadlines.
• Take responsibility for smaller projects or the mechanical discipline on larger schemes.
• Make technical decisions and take ownership of project delivery.
• Delegate and check work completed by other engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Contribute to project scope, risk and cost management.
• Build positive relationships with clients, contractors and consultants.

Skills

Mechanical building services

HVAC systems

Client liaison

Project coordination

Mentoring juniors

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services

IEng or CEng status, or pursuing registration

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Building Services

Location: Manchester

Job Type: Full-time

The Opportunity

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join its Manchester team.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to work on a range of interesting building services projects across sectors including commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, data centres, infrastructure, manufacturing and technology.

You’ll be involved in project delivery from design through to completion, working closely with clients, contractors and other engineering disciplines.

The Role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering mechanical design work from initial brief through to completion.
• Producing mechanical calculations, drawings and technical documentation.
• Ensuring designs meet relevant regulations, standards and client requirements.
• Coordinating mechanical design with other MEP disciplines and consultants.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor information.
• Carrying out site visits and checking installations against the design.
• Attending design, client and project meetings.
• Supporting testing, commissioning and handover activities.
• Managing your own workload and delivering work to agreed deadlines.
• Taking responsibility for smaller projects or the mechanical discipline on larger schemes.
• Making technical decisions and taking ownership of project delivery.
• Delegating and checking work completed by other engineers.
• Supporting and mentoring junior members of the team.
• Contributing to project scope, risk and cost management.
• Building positive relationships with clients, contractors and consultants.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• A degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering or a related subject.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical building services and HVAC systems.
• Experience producing mechanical calculations and drawings.
• IEng or CEng status, or currently working towards professional registration.
• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Experience working on building services projects within a consultancy or similar environment.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with site inspections, contractor submissions and testing/commissioning.
• Good organisation and the ability to manage your own workload.
• Commercial awareness around project scope, costs and risks.
• An interest in mentoring and supporting junior engineers.
• A commitment to professional development.

What's on Offer

• 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service
• Private medical cover
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Share/stock options
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Opportunity to participate in a 9-day fortnight
• Professional and technical development opportunities
• Employee communities and networking
• Social and wellbeing initiatives
• Career progression opportunities

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.