Mechanical Design Engineer

Elusav Recruitment Ltd.; Leinster; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progression opportunities

Learning & development

Job summary

Elusav Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our respected Dublin-based client. You will ensure technical compliance and manage RIBA3-5 design processes across projects, coordinate design teams, and drive procurement and submittal deliverables.

You will coach graduates, oversee site visits in Europe, and contribute to tendering and value engineering. A strong CAD background and 3+ years in industrial plants are required, with datacentre experience as a plus.

Qualifications

• Third level qualification in Mechanical Engineering / Mechanical Design Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience on large industrial plant projects.
• Proficiency in a related Mechanical Design package/software (CAD).
• Experience in datacentre projects is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure technical compliance on all assigned projects.
• Manage mechanical scope of works and design packages.
• Coordinate consultant selections and RACI matrices.
• Attend design team meetings in person or via MSTF Teams.
• Align design programme with planning teams and schedules.
• Review client responsibility matrices for alignment with project teams.
• Manage RIBA3-5 design processes and procedures.
• Produce design management plans for projects.
• Implement central engineering checklists on projects.
• Oversee design for safe manufacturing assembly when required.
• Maintain trackers: procurement schedule, CSA submittals, drawing register, RFI log, deviation log, lessons learned, design change log.
• Support workload with technical submittals, drawing reviews, and RFIs.
• Assist with best-price buying and value engineering.
• Ensure ISO19650 compliance.
• Produce project reports and brief the direct manager.
• Assist with tenders and pre-construction activities.
• Support estimating and pre-construction teams as needed.
• Attend site visits in Europe and Central Engineering meetings.
• Lead graduate engineers on projects and deliverables.

Skills

Mechanical design software

Industrial plant projects

Data centres experience (advantage)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Elusav Recruitment has a great opportunity for an Mechanical engineer with one of Irelands most reputable and largest Engineering contractors based in their Dublin HQ, and supporting local and international D&B projects. The organisation have recently centralised their engineering team internally, and looking to expand.

Reporting to the Central Engineering manager, the Mechanical design Engineer will be responsible for ensuring technical compliance on all project and, management of RIBA3-5 design processes and procedures. Some duties of the role involve attending design team meetings, managing procurement and technical submittals, assisting with tenders, producing deliverables such as plant replacement schedules, and occasional site visits.

This is an excellent opportunity with a well respected and sustainably growing engineering company, building out their Design and Build capabilities whilst are leveraging innovative construction technologies to ensure efficient and high quality delivery. Extensive progression and learning opportunities

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring technical compliance on all assigned projects.
• Responsible for ensuring scope of works are completed for mechanical packages.
• Responsible for managing consultant selections and agreeing RACI matrices.
• Attending design team meetings, in person or through MSTF teams.
• Responsible for ensuring design programme are aligned with planning teams.
• Complete reviews of client responsibility matrices and ensure alignment with project/commercial team.
• Responsible for management of RIBA3-5 design processes and procedures.
• Responsible for producing design management plan for projects.
• Responsible for ensuring Central engineering checklists are implemented on each project.
• Management of design for safe manufacturing assembly if implemented when required on the projects.
• Responsible for ensuring below trackers are managed correctly from start-handover of project: Procurement schedule; Technical submittal register (CSA); Drawing register (CSA); RFI log; Deviation tracker; Lessons learned log; Design Change Log; Monitor all schedule and trackers throughout the course of assigned project; Carry out technical submittal & working drawing reviews with the teams on a scheduled basis.
• Assist with workload on the projects you are involved with (Technical submittals, Drawing reviews, RFI's etc).
• Assist the project teams with better buying - Review orders and ensure best price is obtained.
• Challenge the consultants and Company teams to value engineer.
• Responsible for enring compliance with ISO19650 requirements.
• Produce report for the projects you are assigned to and issue to direct manager at agreed periods.
• Assist with tenders for new projects when required.
• Assisting the estimating dept and pre-construction team at agreed periods.
• Assist with setting up the value engineering log for the DC&BS group.
• Attend Central Engineering stage 5 weekly model review meeting.
• Responsible for ensuring the project undergoes a lessons learned review at design stage.
• Coaching graduate engineers on projects, how to produce tech subs, manage drawing production, issuing of RFI's, dealing with clients.
• Attend projects within Europe for site visits from time to time.
• Attend monthly Central Engineering F2F meeting.
• All other tasks related to Design role that is requested by your direct line manager.

Requirements:

• Third level qualification in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Design Engineering.
• 3+ years experience working on large industrial plant projects.
• Proficiency in a related Mechanical Design package/ software.
• Experience working on datacentres would be an advantage but not essential.

Contact:

If you would like to learn more about the vacancy, or contact Brendan Mullins at [e-mail] or [phone].