The Company

Our client is a well established, reputable Building Services Consultancy, employing a team of passionate engineers and sustainability consultants. Continued growth has created an opportunity for an experienced Associate Mechanical Engineer to lead an engineering team. You will be working on a mix of commercial, residential and educational projects.

The Position

Design, manage and supervise projects, designated by the Directors. Assume role of Project Manager as required, co-ordinating with other engineering disciplines. As Project Leader, assist the Directors with delivery of projects, with effective use of assisting engineers as necessary, maintaining technical quality, professionalism, completing all design activities to programme. Carry out detailed design in accordance with industry guides. Prepare specifications, reports, and design drawings, budget costs to programme. Supervise project works on site, workmanship and testing. Assist with coaching and staff training of engineers in the group.

• Design, manage and supervise projects, establish client brief, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. report, specifications and drawings scope for all projects with the Project Leader.
• Agree level of service, and project design duties with your Project Leader, for each project, understand relationship with fee.
• Assist Group Leader with monitoring engineering/CAD resource requirement for each project within your control.
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract on site supervision, to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved, via frequent design reviews with other discipline engineers.
• Liaise with the design team to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard. Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings. Maintain regular ‘in house’ design reviews and checks.
• Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets.
• Maintain excellent client relationships and contacts to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business. Manage client’s expectations and promote a team approach.
• Develop new business opportunities where appropriate and participate with company presentations.

Experience and Qualifications

• Membership of a professional engineering body (Chartered Engineer).
• Minimum 10 years experience – technically competent.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills.
• Understand client requirements/objectives.
• Thorough knowledge of statutory legislation and standards.
• Developing Good sub-ordinate management skills.

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