Technical Director / Manager (Mechanical)

Company: Ashbys Consulting
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you lead large-scale mechanical building services projects and teams within commercial, hotel, and mixed-use sectors. You provide technical direction across design groups, collaborating with electrical colleagues and committees to ensure high-quality deliverables and innovative solutions. You contribute to developing mechanical and public health design standards UK and overseas, while supporting risk management and best practices. This is a senior role focused on shaping design quality and project outcomes at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale projects and project teams within the mechanical building services scope
  • Provide technical and design leadership to Project Directors, Associates and senior engineering experts
  • Collaborate with electrical counterparts and technical committees to maintain and enhance deliverable quality
  • Promote innovation in design work and contribute to development of design standards
  • Support risk management and the application of best practices across projects
  • Develop and standardise mechanical and public health design approaches for UK and overseas projects

Key requirements

  • over 10 years of building services consultancy experience
  • degree qualified
  • passion for mechanical building services design engineering
  • leadership
  • collaboration
  • effective communication
  • mechanical building services design
  • design standards development
  • risk management

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Posted: October 1st, 2026