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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Employer
Hays Building
Location
Northamptonshire
Salary
£45000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Car Allowance
Closing date
25 Mar 2019

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Job position
Consultant, Executive
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Function
Contractor - Building Services, Engineer

Job Details

Principal Mechanical Engineer / Design Manager - M&E Contractor - Northampton - £45-60k

Your new company
A medium sized building services contractor based in Northamptonshire. They work on projects across the UK from Schools, Universities, Offices, Hotels and Student accommodation and distribution centres. They are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer / Design Manager to head up their small design team.


Your new role
As a Principal Engineer you will be responsible for delivering designs for a range of project types and sizes, across a wide variety of sectors, including Health, Education, Commercial and Industrial. In your role as a Principal Engineer you will:

  • Manage a small multi-discipline team of engineers and CAD/Revit support staff in delivering the designs of assigned projects.
  • Manage multiple projects at one time.
  • Be in a client facing role, attending project meeting and being a key focal point for the business during the design phase of the project.
  • Take responsibility for the technical and timely delivery of your assigned projects.
  • Engage with junior support staff in their day to day activities, offering advice and guidance to ensure they develop their design and project management skills.
  • Monitor and report on design progress and delivery.
  • Be financially astute and work with the operational and commercial teams to ensure that projects are delivered within or to an agreed cost.
  • Set high standards and maintain them, ensuring adherence to QA and risk control procedures
  • Liaise and support the Regional Design Manager and the other Principal Engineers in ensuring the efficient operation of the department and resource allocation.
  • Provide input and technical support to the Sales and Estimating department, including attending tender interview.
  • Create and promote a pro-active active approach to customer satisfaction, and support the business to deliver 'Excellence at Every Level'.
  • Have good working knowledge of industry design software; IES, Hevacomp, Autocad, Revit, MagiCAD, Solibri etc.
  • Be innovative and forward looking and support the development of new methods, techniques and technologies.

The role is mechanically biased, and will require a candidate with strong technical knowledge of mechanical and public health systems. A good understanding of electrical systems is required as you may be required to represent the business both mechanically and electrically on occasions.


What you'll get in return

  • £45,000 - 60,000
  • Car Allowance
  • 24 days holiday
  • Company Pension Scheme



For more information, please call Ben Fox on 0116 253 8097

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Company

Company Profile

Hays Construction and Property consultants have unparalleled recruiting expertise and an in-depth knowledge of the UK jobs market.

We are fully committed to finding job seekers the right job for the right reason. We place building specialists into every kind of position, including building, construction, architectural, project management, surveying and engineering jobs.

Our expert consultants offer a personalised recruitment service and will give you careers advice to ensure that you achieve your work ambitions.

Visit hays.co.uk for more information.

 

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