Senior / Principal Building Services Engineer ( Mechanical)

Arup; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in Bristol is seeking a Senior/Principal Engineer with expertise in Mechanical Engineering Systems. You will lead projects, provide technical guidance, and ensure the financial performance of your portfolio. The ideal candidate is degree-qualified and has significant experience in delivering complex projects within a collaborative team environment. This role offers an attractive rewards package and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in winning and delivering a range of projects from concept to completion.
• Ability to provide technical leadership of multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Strong awareness of sector-specific legislation and design guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the MEP team on projects locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Ensure correct technical approaches are applied to projects.
• Manage financial performance of projects and liaise with clients.

Skills

Design skills

Sustainability skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Education

Degree in Mechanical, HVAC or Building Services Engineering

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Posted:

12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Location - Cardiff / Bristol

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Arup’s Building Services Engineers tackle diverse challenges – from sustainable strategies to fire suppression systems, and from drainage in high-rise buildings to supplying ultra-pure water and piping specialist gases and fluids for, facilities. Together with our and engineers, we provide integrated building services to our clients.

Watch this short clip to discover how Arup are shaping a better world and how you could be a part of it!

The Opportunity

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Senior / Principal Engineer with excellent design, technical, and sustainability skills who enjoys working collaboratively in multi-professional design teams, taking responsibility for projects from inception to completion to achieve outstanding results. You will be able to demonstrate a solid background in the field of Mechanical Engineering Systems for building services, and a track record of multi-disciplinary design by bringing the best of Arup together.

You will join our creative and friendly Building Engineering team, choosing from one of our offices in the West (Cardiff or Bristol). A team that seeks to set new standards in the built environment. Challenging orthodoxy will be instinctive to you. You will possess motivation on the Digital front and seek to guide its evolution in the built environment.

In this role you will provide leadership to the MEP team on a portfolio of projects locally, nationally and internationally, having the responsibility of ensuring correct technical approaches are applied to the project are carried out appropriately to undertake the tasks at hand. You will be expected to have project management skills and will have remit for the financial performance of the projects including liaising directly with clients on fees and commercial matters, effectively overseeing total project delivery by enabling effective team management and delegation to ensure the efficient and satisfactory delivery of multiple and complex projects, reporting to the Project Director.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are looking for people who:

• Are Degree qualified in Mechanical, HVAC or Building Services Engineering or similar & have obtained or are close to obtaining Chartered Status ( IMechE / CIBSE)
  
• Have extensive experience in winning and delivering a range of projects from concept to completion.
• Have the ability to provide technical leadership of multi-disciplinary design teams including external sub-consultants.
• Have strong awareness of appropriate sector-specific legislation, regulatory requirements and design guidance and future trends.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.