Principle Building Services Engineer

Overview

As Principal Building Services Engineer you will provide technical leadership across complex building-services projects within a leading infrastructure consultancy. You will shape designs for public-sector and secure environments, ensuring safe, compliant and high-quality outcomes. You’ll lead engineering delivery, mentor teams and coordinate with architects, clients and contractors to keep schemes on track. This is an opportunity to influence large-scale infrastructure and live-environment projects while supporting career development in a collaborative, multidisciplinary setting.

Pay / Benefits

• salary 55,000 – 71,000 + benefits
• flexible working arrangements
• professional development and career progression
• collaborative multidisciplinary environment
• opportunity to lead technically challenging projects
• permanent position with a leading infrastructure consultancy

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of mechanical or electrical building-services designs across complex projects
• Produce, review and approve calculations, drawings, specifications and technical documentation
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and support to engineers and technicians
• Coordinate designs with architects, structural engineers, contractors, clients and other stakeholders
• Manage technical quality, design assurance and delivery against programme requirements
• Support project planning, resource management and commercial delivery
• Attend design reviews, client meetings and technical discussions
• Undertake site surveys, inspections and support delivery within live operational environments
• Contribute to bids, proposals and wider business development activities

Key requirements

• Significant experience in building-services engineering within a consultancy, contractor or multidisciplinary environment
• A relevant Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification
• Strong experience delivering designs, calculations, specifications and technical reports
• Experience leading engineering packages and coordinating multidisciplinary projects
• Strong knowledge of relevant industry standards, regulations and design practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clients and stakeholders
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting technical development
• Chartered status or working towards professional registration

• excellent communication skills
• mentoring and coaching
• stakeholder engagement
• building-services design (mechanical or electrical)
• calculations, drawings, specifications and technical documentation
• design coordination across disciplines

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