Senior Mechanical Engineer

Calibre Search; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A Building Services Consultancy in Preston is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support a variety of projects. You'll liaise with clients, develop designs through RIBA Stages 1-5, and have opportunities for rapid career growth. Ideal candidates will have mechanical building services experience and preferably Revit knowledge. Join a firm known for its strong culture and community involvement, offering interesting projects in education, healthcare, and more.

Benefits

Social events and outings

Charity events participation

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical building services, with or without plumbing background.
• Chartership should be an aspiration, not essential.
• Experience on Revit is a benefit.

Responsibilities

• Support a team on various projects.
• Work on Mechanical elements with guidance.
• Develop designs through RIBA Stages 1-5.

Skills

Mechanical building services

Client liaison

Revit experience

Education

ONC/HNC qualifications

Degree (ideally)

CIBSE membership (ideally)

Job description

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Preston

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

Job Ref: 38041

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer who is ambitious and keen to grow quickly into an Associate role, supporting a team on a variety of projects for this Building Services Consultancy in Preston.

You will join a business that is going through the next phase of planned growth, and they already have the largest team of Building Services design engineers in Preston. You will need to be confident doing the client liaison aspects of the role from the first day, taking briefs, understanding requirements and being the interface on projects as they develop. You will also be working on the Mechanical elements of the job, initially under the guidance of Principal and Associate Engineers before being pushed into a project management capacity yourself.

You will be developing designs through RIBA Stages 1-5. The bulk of this company's work is in the detailed design phases, and they are known for having a solid reputation and reliable service offering across all of their sectors. Additional areas that they support their clients include Energy Management, Decarbonisation, Digital Engineering, Sustainability and more.

You will be working across a broad range of engineering projects, including both new build and refurbishment projects across, predominantly, the Northwest of England and local to Preston, Lancaster, and Carlisle. Projects will be based in the Education, Residential, Healthcare, and Industrial sector in the main but they are not restrictive on the projects that they undertake. You will be working on Hospitals, Student Accommodation, University Buildings, Council projects and new build offices, this will provide you with great experience across a variety of sectors and RIBA Stages.

Ideally you will come from a contractor or another consultancy and be within a commutable area of Preston. The expectation is that you can go to the office 3 days a week as a minimum and any experience of working on Revit will be a benefit as the company has ambitious plans to transform into full Revit capability.

Qualifications and Experience

• ONC/HNC qualifications as a minimum, ideally a degree and CIBSE membership.
• Chartership should be an aspiration, it is not essential.
• Experience in mechanical building services, with or without plumbing background.
• Experience on Revit is a benefit.

Culture and Benefits

They have strong traditions within the business, not just in the work that they do but also in the social events that are done. The annual electrical engineers versus mechanical engineers Darts matches are well contested and they have a couple of work outings per year as a minimum. They also support a lot of local charities and therefore have regular charitable events that you can take part in.

If this sounds of interest, please get in touch for further information.

Equality and Diversity

Calibre Search promotes equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business.