Mechanical Engineer / Senior Engineer - Building Services
Company: WSP in the UK & Ireland
Location:
Posted: May 9th, 2026
Team
- You will work closely with likeminded individuals on exciting and challenging projects.
- The Building Services team in the Southern Region (Split across Guildford, Basingstoke, Southampton, Gatwick, Heathrow and Brighton) consists of more than 50 mechanical, electrical, and public health engineers.
- We make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise because this is what makes us great.
- We put the highest ethical standards at the centre of all we do and is inherent in our offering.
- We are humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, keep our word, treat everyone with respect, support our colleagues, and embrace diversity.
- We care about individuals and their progress and offer the most fulfilling career development for our professionals.
Role Responsibilities
- Have a proven track record in delivering projects for your discipline and in line with client expectations.
- Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed and performance specification for the discipline subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
- Reviewing design programmes and ensuring that sufficient resource is available to complete the works in line with technical and commercial performance and delivery.
- Able to work using initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of their discipline or have specific specialist experience applicable to the role.
- Supervise the completion of detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function.
- Consider the feasibility of the project specific to the discipline and lead the overall feasibility study for the project.
- Training and mentoring of staff.
Key Competencies
- A proven track record of delivering a variety of projects both in terms of scale and sector.
- Ability to engage with clients, contractors and design team members in technical discussions, co-ordination and debates.
- Have an ability to sketch and communicate technical detail graphically and effectively to both construction professionals and client teams.
- Shown detailed understanding of the regulations applicable to the discipline and how to demonstrate this through calculation.
- Have a working understanding of latest mechanical design software packages to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.
- Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC).
Mechanical Design Skills
- Working knowledge of Hevacomp
- U value calculations
- Heat loss & gain calculations
- Pipe sizing (LTHW, CHW, HWS, CWS etc), Pump sizing, Duct sizing, Fan sizing
- Psychrometrics
- Control valve sizing & authority
- Thermal modelling
- BMS Systems
Qualifications
- CIBSE/ IET/IMechE Engineering Council accredited honours degree or specific experience that will lead to Chartership
- IESor TAS training applied to the discipline
- RevitMEP training applied to the discipline
- Achieved or working towards IEng or CEng status
- BEng/Bsc/MEng in applicable engineering discipline
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