Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Job title: Senior Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)Location: Cardiff / Swansea (Hybrid 3 days per week)Pay Rate: £51 per hour Umbrella PAYE (37.5 hours per week)Qualifications required: Degree / IEng / CEngTravelling costs expensedNotice Period: 4 weeksContract Term:4 months (with extension)About the company

Our client are ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. They’ve also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.

Their Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, their employees continue to challenge the status quo.

Our client are looking for Senior / Principal Mechanical Building Services Contract Engineer to join their growing team in Cardiff.

The responsibilities of the role are:

• Client briefing and stakeholder management.
• Mechanical specification and equipment schedules writing.
• Undertake heating, cooling and ventilation calculations.
• Produce, and manage others to produce, detailed calculations using industry standard digital tools.
• Work in partnership with the client’s global technology centre (GTC) to add value to building services projects.
• Represent the client at meetings with clients and contractors.
• Carry out site surveys and site progress reviews.
• Manage project delivery.
• Assist in the development and mentoring of others within the team.
• Opportunities for career Progression

The preferred characteristics that we’re looking for are:

• Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification, in Building Services Engineering or related subject.
• Chartered Engineer with CIBSE / IMechE or working towards chartership.
• Good level of computer literacy in Microsoft packages
• Experience and awareness of mechanical design tool software packages such as IES, HEVACOMP, NBS and Revit.
• CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant (LCC)
• Experience working in a design consultancy and/or experience of working within a contractor design environment is essential.
• Have a detailed knowledge of appropriate technical standards.
• Able to take charge of project deliverables, make decisions, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way.
• Awareness and management of available project budget