Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Birmingham

Salary:     £40k - £55k dep. on exp. plus package  

A great opportunity to join a well established, independently owned M&E Consultancy with a proven reputation. Due to expansion plans my client has recently opened a new, beautifully designed office in Birmingham, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and designed with both comfort and productivity in mind.

As the successful candidate, you will be reporting to the Director, working on a variety of projects including commercial, education, sport and leisure, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, mixed use and residential.

Job Summary

You will be responsible for the Mechanical Design on a variety of projects. You will also be responsible for assisting the project lead in advising on the resourcing and workload within the projects Mechanical team, setting/managing design goals along with the Project Senior, attending weekly team meetings and assisting in seeking ways of improving the efficiency and productivity of the team.

Duties

• You will be working on multiple projects and organise your own work load, meeting all assigned deadlines agreed with the Project Lead.
• Responsible for full detailed mechanical design and should expect to
  complete these exercises on your own with support from the Project Lead.
• Responsible for calculation works to prove design for domestics,
  ventilation, heating and cooling systems..
• Coordinate design with mechanical design members.
• Feed into design team meetings with some attendance where required, where applicable alongside Project Lead and report back to the wider design team on progress and actions.
• Manage personal design work loads providing completed works to
  the Project Lead for QA in a timely manner. Dates should be agreed with project lead and aligned with client target dates to ensure timely issue of information.
• Constantly seek ways of improving the efficiency of your work and of your team.
• Assist sustainability engineers with modelling input data and criteria,
  this should also include the review of completed reports issued by the department for correctness.
• Show great involvement in teamwork and promote consultation and collaboration with your team fellows.
• Contribute with the development of junior team members.
• Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed.

Technical Ability

As the successful Mechanical Design Engineer you will have a good working understanding of current building regulations, CIBSE documentation, British standards, BSRIA documentation and all other general design guides associated with the building services industry

It is essential that you are IT literate, with a working knowledge of office,
AutoCAD and Hevacomp.

Ideally you will be working towards Member of CIBSE accreditation as a minimum and will have a minimum of 3-4 years experience in the Building Services industry.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing team with a great reputation in the industry!

If this role is of interest, apply now.