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Principal Mechanical Engineer

Employer
Ashbys Consulting
Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Salary
£55K - £60K + Benefits
Closing date
12 Apr 2019
Reference
TH-PME

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Specialist area
Building services (general), Mechanical engineering, Design
Function
Engineer
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Principal Mechanical Engineer - Oxfordshire

This is a very unique position!

There is a big development prospect within this role to work on large internationally recognised projects and the opportunity to gain equity within the company if seen to be successful.

As the demand for their expertise continues to grow, our client now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join their talented Building Services Engineering Team based in Oxford.

Principal Mechanical Engineer duties include:

  • Working as part of a design team delivering detailed mechanical building services design
  • Undertaking detailed mechanical building services design calculations using a wide range of techniques, including manual hand calculations, Excel spreadsheets and use of industry standard software such as IES and Hevacomp.
  • Producing feasibility reports, design specifications and drawings suitable for a wide range of design phases
  • Undertake surveys on mechanical building services to advise on their suitability for continued use
  • Liaising closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams
  • Working to deliver engineering solutions to client budgets and programmes
  • Ensuring that the design and maintenance of building systems meets legislative and health and safety requirements
  • Advising clients and architects on energy use and conservation in a range of buildings and sites, aiming to minimise the environmental impact and reduce the carbon footprint
  • Designing site-specific equipment as required
  • Overseeing and supervising the installation of building systems and specifying maintenance and operating procedures
  • Using specialist computer-aided design (CAD) and BIM (REVIT) software and other resources to design the systems required for the project


Experience and Qualifications:

  • Ideally you will have an accredited Building Services / Mechanical Engineering degree or higher educational qualification
  • Ideally a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience within a building services design role running projects from conception through to completion including calculations, drawings, specifications, etc
  • Ideally chartered or working towards chartered engineer status with a suitable institution. 
  • Ideally need to hold a full UK driving license
  • You will need to be an excellent communicator who can articulate complicated issues between their clients and their highly skilled project teams.
  • You will also need to show ambition and a willingness to learn whilst demonstrating a high-level diligence and organisational skills.

If this opportunity is for you, please contact - Tommy Hill - thomas@ashbysconsulting.co.uk - 01206 913292

Company

Ashbys. - Good, honest recruitment done correctly. Based on solid trusting relationships with candidates and clients. Recruitment specialists to the Building Services Engineering Consultancy market. 

To find out how we do it contact George Osborn on 01206 913 292 or 07966 334 905 / George@ashbysconsulting.co.uk

 

 

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