Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Responsibilities

  • Report to the Associate Director or project/business Director.
  • Manage the Electrical and Mechanical engineers within the Project Team, with technical support from the Electrical Associate Director or Project/Business Director.
  • Prove ability to manage multiple projects and organise yourself to meet all assigned deadlines.
  • Responsible for full detailed mechanical design, completing these exercises on your own or as lead of a project group.
  • Responsible for calculation works to prove design for domestics, ventilation, heating and cooling systems.
  • Coordinate design with electrical design members and review overall MEP design for completeness against project brief.
  • Attend design team meetings, report back to the wider design team on progress and actions.
  • Communicate clearly to clients and project teams – a key element of this role.
  • Manage internal design programme against client target dates to ensure timely issue of information and project financial performance.
  • Constantly seek ways of improving the efficiency of your work and of your team.
  • Continually seek to adopt the most UpToDate practices and be innovative in their application.
  • Assist sustainability engineers with modelling input data and criteria, including review of completed reports issued by the department for correctness.
  • Show great involvement in teamwork and promote consultation and collaboration with team fellows.
  • Contribute to development of junior/intermediate team members.
  • Show interest and seek ways of developing your knowledge in other engineering disciplines.
  • Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed.
  • Actively participate in the design verification process within the team and be responsible for checking and sign‑off of junior/intermediate & engineers design.
  • Ensure clients are satisfied with performance and quality of service; act on client concerns promptly and courteously.
  • Maintain good working relationships and assess and act on client’s current and future needs.
  • Actively seek opportunities for appointments to gain new, repeat and profitable business.
  • Be fully conversant with current building regulations, CIBSE documentation, British standards, BISREA documentation and all other general design guides associated with the building services industry.
  • Be IT literate, with working knowledge of Office, AutoCAD and Hevacomp.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 6‑7 years experience in the associated specialism.
  • Registered as at least a Member of CIBSE or working towards accreditation.

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Company: Design MEP
Apply for the Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Leicester
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Report to the Associate Director or project/business Director.
  • Manage the Electrical and Mechanical engineers within the Project Team, with technical support from the Electrical Associate Director or Project/Business Director.
  • Prove ability to manage multiple projects and organise yourself to meet all assigned deadlines.
  • Responsible for full detailed mechanical design, completing these exercises on your own or as lead of a project group.
  • Responsible for calculation works to prove design for domestics, ventilation, heating and cooling systems.
  • Coordinate design with electrical design members and review overall MEP design for completeness against project brief.
  • Attend design team meetings, report back to the wider design team on progress and actions.
  • Communicate clearly to clients and project teams – a key element of this role.
  • Manage internal design programme against client target dates to ensure timely issue of information and project financial performance.
  • Constantly seek ways of improving the efficiency of your work and of your team.
  • Continually seek to adopt the most UpToDate practices and be innovative in their application.
  • Assist sustainability engineers with modelling input data and criteria, including review of completed reports issued by the department for correctness.
  • Show great involvement in teamwork and promote consultation and collaboration with team fellows.
  • Contribute to development of junior/intermediate team members.
  • Show interest and seek ways of developing your knowledge in other engineering disciplines.
  • Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed.
  • Actively participate in the design verification process within the team and be responsible for checking and sign‑off of junior/intermediate & engineers design.
  • Ensure clients are satisfied with performance and quality of service; act on client concerns promptly and courteously.
  • Maintain good working relationships and assess and act on client’s current and future needs.
  • Actively seek opportunities for appointments to gain new, repeat and profitable business.
  • Be fully conversant with current building regulations, CIBSE documentation, British standards, BISREA documentation and all other general design guides associated with the building services industry.
  • Be IT literate, with working knowledge of Office, AutoCAD and Hevacomp.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 6‑7 years experience in the associated specialism.
  • Registered as at least a Member of CIBSE or working towards accreditation.

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Posted: May 15th, 2026