Vacancy
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Bristol || Contract:Permanent || Salary:Competitive
Our recently opened office in Bristol city centre.
Purpose
As a senior member of the department your responsibilities will include the delivery and project management of the Mechanical Services Design on assigned projects. You shall also be responsible for maintaining and improving the quality and efficiency of the Mechanical Services design and post contract implementation offered by Harley Haddow. You shall have supervisory role over junior engineering staff assigned to your projects and shall assist in their personal development.
You shall be expected to act as the lead consultant on projects providing M&E representation and input at key stages of the project to other members of the project team as well as ensuring that the M&E requirements are communicated and delivered within Harley Haddow.
The position demands excellent communication skills; you will be representing Harley Haddow through direct contact with clients and other design team members. You are expected to represent the company at meetings in both Mechanical and Electrical Services disciplines.
Roles and Responsibilities
Key Areas of Focus
Apply and enforce office procedures and basic engineering principles
- General administrative duties
- Development and management of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
- Managing multiple projects
Assistin the setting of Mechanical strategies and Concept Designs as part of the RIBA Stage 1, 2 & 3 Design Process
- Develop projectMechanicalServices strategies
- Prepare scheme design drawings (from concept right through to detailed design).
- Prepare outline M&E specification in BCIS format including environmental strategies.
- Whereappropriate inputto the Stage 2 and 3 MEP Reports
- Understand and work within the commercial framework for projects.
- Prepare and deliver project presentations to client teams
Detailed Design as part of RIBA Stage 4 production.
- Responsibility for delivery ofMechanicalServices detail design.
- Plan and programmeMechanicaldetailed design process.
- Supervise and plan workload for Assistant and Apprentice Engineerson projects youareresponsible for.
- Ensure thatMechanicalServices Detailed output meets quality requirements.
- Provide conduit between design teams,clientsand HH
- Ensure project delivery meets deadlines and Client’s brief. This may include dealing with changes, curveballs etc but these should be professionally dealt with.
Post Contract Implementationin line with RIBA Stage5, 6 & 7
- Represent Harley Haddow at site meetings.
- Manage post contract stage of project, including flow of information to maintain proposed contract works programme.
- Monitor Mechanical Installation works against Mechanical Services Design.
- Assist Project QS in cost control and final account settlement by offering technical advice
- Ensure project closure and conclusion of all defects.
- Review all test certification and witness onsite test match certification
- Carry out de-brief and report findings
Software
Expert in the use of all necessary design software not limited to thoseidentifiedbelow
- CAD
- Revit
- Bluebeam
- Hevacomp
- IES
- Manual Calculations
- Chorus
- Word/Excel
Actively develops the abilities of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers on the use of all software packages.
Primary Responsibilities
- To develop designs and coordinate junior personnel to ensure delivery dates are met
- To manageMechanicalEngineering output to ensure that quality criteria are met
- Attend design team meetings anddisseminateinformation to all members of the Harley Haddow Team
- To provide technical support to Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
- To prepareMechanicalServices Scheme Design proposals
- To deliverMechanicalServices detailed design information.
- To adhere to company quality, environment and H&S accredited standards asrequiredfor your role
- Follow the training you have received when using any work items your employer has given you
- Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety
- Co-operate with your employer on health and safety
- Tell someone (your employer, supervisor or health and safety representative) if you think the work or inadequate precautions are putting anyone’s health and safety at serious risk.
Role Requirements
Qualifications
- Degree qualified and ideally working towards chartered status.
Knowledge and Experience
- Been consistently and successfullydemonstratingall ofthe requirements of the mechanical engineer role profile
- Strong record in project management, delivery, and quality.
- People skills and demonstrable man management and client facing skills.
- Capable of working with own initiative to provide solutions to engineering and management challenges
- Hold a valid UK Driving Licence(preferable)
Working in a medium-sized consultancy offers the unique opportunity to be involved in projects of all sizes from start to finish – taking part in concept design, technical development, and seeing your designs come to life through to construction and completion.
You’ll be joining an industry-leading environment of engineering experts, working across heritage, healthcare, super-prime residential and commercial projects throughout the UK — and helping build something new in Bristol.
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