Senior Mechanical Engineer - Building Services

-; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Leeds is seeking a Chartered Mechanical Engineer to join their Places Design Practice. The ideal candidate will manage technical aspects of projects, deliver mechanical design solutions, and collaborate with design teams. Qualifications include a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Mechanical Engineering and Chartered Engineer status. This role emphasizes teamwork and the company’s commitment to sustainable solutions and diversity in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a consultancy environment.
• Capability to provide electrical building services expertise.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical aspects of small projects or components of larger projects.
• Collaborate with design disciplines to ensure integration of overall design.
• Lead reviews of project deliverables on behalf of the mechanical engineering discipline.

Skills

Mechanical design solutions

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

Arcadis Overview

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

We are looking for a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with previous experience working in a consultancy environment to join our Places Design Practice. In this role, you'll be delivering elegant and efficient mechanical design solutions on exciting and challenging projects for key clients.

We work with our clients around the world to create, support, and enhance smart, safe and sustainable places where people live, work, learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of people's lives. Whether new homes, shops, workplaces, schools and hospitals, manufacturing, research and development facilities, or data and distribution centres. People and communities thrive when the spaces in which they live, work, move and play are designed and managed in a way that best meets their needs.

Role accountabilities

In this role, you'll be responsible for managing technical aspects of small projects or components of larger projects, meeting financial, quality and timeframe objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectations.

You will work collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integration of the overall design or solution and you'll participate in the development of technical proposals. You will also present technical solutions to clients.

As a Senior Engineer, you will lead reviews of project deliverables on behalf of the mechanical engineering discipline and you'll be expected to manage project teams of up to 5 people, ensuring work is allocated appropriately, resources are fully utilised and that any issues are resolved.

Qualifications & Experience

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You come to us with:

• A BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Mechanical Engineering or similar
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Previous relevant experience in a consultancy environment
• Capability to provide electrical building services expertise

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.