Senior Project Engineer - Mechanical Building Services

NG Bailey Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Engineer specializing in Mechanical Building Services. This role involves leading the delivery of a significant refurbishment project at a critical data center, ensuring safety and profitability while meeting customer requirements. With opportunities for career progression and a commitment to employee wellbeing, this position offers a chance to work on groundbreaking projects in a collaborative environment. If you have a strong background in mechanical installations and project management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the engineering sector.

Benefits

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits (Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, etc.)

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in mechanical installations in construction.
• Experience on high value building service projects (£10m).

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery ensuring safety and customer satisfaction.
• Manage project risks and provide accurate site progress updates.
• Build and maintain positive customer relationships.

Skills

Mechanical Installations

Project Management

Risk Management

Customer Relationship Management

Education

Industry Recognised Mechanical Qualification

Job description

Senior Project Engineer - Mechanical Building Services

15 April 2025

Sheffield or Leeds

Permanent Role

Competitive Salary, plus Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

We have some exciting new opportunities for mechanically biased Senior Project Engineers, based from either Sheffield or Leeds, to join our team on a project near Barnsley.

In this role, you will play a key part in leading the delivery of this project, which is starting in the summer and expected to run for approximately 18 months, with the possibility of further work for a number of years. The project involves refurbishment works to a live critical data centre. There could on occasion be a requirement to also travel to Scotland.

You will be responsible for ensuring that all activities within your area of control are engineered to specification, and delivered safely, profitably, and to customer satisfaction. This is a permanent staff position with NG Bailey.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Ensuring that our safety first and foremost message is visible and alive through all activities on the project.
• Participate in pre-commencement activities to maximise opportunities, efficiency, and profitability.
• Review the project scope of works to ensure precise provision of the customer’s requirements.
• Lead the identification of project risks and opportunities, and take responsibility to mitigate or enhance those in your control.
• Ensure engineering solutions are procured and delivered to financial and commercial objectives.
• Provide accurate and timely information on site progress to the Project Manager and Commercial Lead.
• Manage any sub-contract resource if applicable.
• Provide leadership to project team members within your area of control, maximising performance and ensuring objectives are met.
• Build and maintain positive customer relationships.
• Ensure project is closed out in accordance with customer requirements, maximising project profitability.

What we’re looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrable experience of mechanical installations in a construction environment, and previous experience in a similar role.

• Industry recognised trade or professional mechanical qualification.
• Specific experience on high value building service projects (£10m).

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle).
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution.
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

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Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training, and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.