Senior Mechanical Design Engineer in Birmingham, West Midlands (County)

About the Role

A senior mechanical design engineer is needed for a multi‑disciplinary consultancy located in Birmingham. The role involves project management of medium to large scale projects and specialist mechanical services design.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management of medium to large scale projects and individual engineering tasks for multiple schemes.
• Develop, refine and finalize engineering design solutions for mechanical services elements, coordinating with internal teams and clients.
• Attend project meetings, conduct site inspections and monitor works at the site level.
• Perform survey work and site inspections to support design development.
• Conduct design calculations using hand calculations and software‑based modelling.
• Prepare drawn information, technical specifications and technical reports.
• Identify and resolve problems early, manage project risks actively.
• Peer‑review and check design information prepared by others.
• Manage a project‑specific team of engineers and allocate workload to graduates, project engineers and admin staff.
• Maintain records and archives to company standards.
• Manage the project’s own workload to meet defined targets and deadlines.
• Manage commercial aspects of projects, including income and costs.
• Maintain client relationships and seek additional opportunities within existing and new client relationships.
• Take responsibility for own professional and personal development; contribute to performance reviews and mentoring of staff.

Core Experience

• Minimum 10 years post‑graduate hands‑on design experience within building services and building services consultancy.
• Experience in HVAC (including ISO Clean/Dry Rooms), hot and cold water, compressed air, steam, foul drainage above ground, central control / building management systems.
• Accreditation via an appropriate Institution (e.g., CIBSE under an Energy Assessor Scheme) for production and lodgement of non‑domestic Energy Performance Certificates desirable.

Qualifications & Credentials

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) or Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) membership.
• Building services / architectural engineering degree and/or masters.

Technical Skills

• High computer literacy with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience with Autodesk Revit MEP, Cymap and, ideally, EDSL Tas.

Other Requirements

• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team.
• Strong communication skills, with confidence to represent the company to clients and external stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and self‑motivation to progress within the company.

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