Principal Mechanical Engineer or Associate Mechanical Engineer Operational Engineering - (1767)

Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer or Associate Mechanical Engineer Operational Engineering

Location: London

Organisational Unit: Hoare Lea -> Specialist Group -> Operational Engineering

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Mechanical Engineer or Associate Mechanical Engineer to join our firm in London.

Working alongside the Team Leader, you will be facing clients, responding to our client's needs, developing, and producing reports, specifications, and guidance, or overseeing testing and commissioning activities. We work closely as a team to ensure we achieve the best results and deliver a consistent high-quality service for our clients.

About us

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental, and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

You'll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.

You'll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

What You'll Be Doing

• You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally.
• Providing technical advice to clients on the operation of mechanical/electrical engineering services in existing buildings.
• Preparing Fee Proposals.
• Delivering refurbishment and upgrade projects from inception to completion.
• Undertaking condition surveys of mechanical/electrical installations and producing written reports and recommendations.
• Developing and producing mechanical designs and specifications, ensuring quality and technical quality standards are met.
• Production of Feasibility Studies for mechanical/electrical infrastructure replacement or upgrade.
• Technical Due Diligence Reporting.
• Ensuring that all work under their control is undertaken to relevant and applicable UK and EU regulations, design guides, etc.
• Review of development and fit-out proposals and advising client on the implications in relation to the mechanical/electrical services.
• You will have the opportunity to lead mechanical services design on large projects, and lead overall MEP on small to medium sized projects within the office.
• Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals.
• Awareness of consultant appointment conditions.
• Define and agree on brief with the Client.
• Competently represents Hoare Lea at project meetings.
• Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
• Host and chair internal project team meetings.
• Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.
• Actively leads self and identifies opportunities and provides support for the career development of others.
• Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy are delivered.
• Reporting cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.

What We Are Looking For

• Excellent technical knowledge in Mechanical Design Engineering and thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process.
• Good experience in the use of standards and codes applied in building services.
• Ability to undertake MEP building services surveys with minimal supervision.
• Ability to peer review in detail with good level of background knowledge of regulatory / standards documentation.
• Acquainted with, and can deliver, parallel projects of all types, sizes and through various RIBA stages.
• Can undertake essential calculations, maximum demands, typical Wm2, and apply mechanical theory.
• At least some experience working on projects in existing buildings.
• Experience in undertaking site inspections and commissioning witnessing.
• Ability to develop good relationships with Clients, Project Managers, Managing Agents, and Contractors.
• Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering, and computer modelling in the design of buildings.
• Autonomous approach: able to lead small to medium-sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required.
• Responsible for the quality of our outputs.
• Appreciation of client needs, with the ability to face clients.
• Ability to identify when outsourcing is required e.g., design & CAD work.
• Understand and identify resource needs.
• Mentor and supervise junior members of staff.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary, and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with the length of service.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave.
• Hybrid Working - activity-based approach.
• Employee stock purchase plan - a voluntary program that allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount.
• Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days.
• Study Assistance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Sabbatical Leave.
• Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance, and GAYE (Give as you Earn).
• Flexible working - We're happy to discuss flexible working.

We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups.

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.