Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Dalkia Engineering – Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Dalkia Engineering’s South Region is delivering a growing portfolio of high‑profile construction projects across central London, including landmark sites such as the British Museum, Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital

At Dalkia Engineering, we pride ourselves on designing, delivering, and commissioning electrical and mechanical installation systems in a variety of industry-leading buildings. Your role as Senior Mechanical Project Engineer will provide technical leadership and assurance across the mechanical scope of works, ensuring compliance during design development, procurement, modelling, installation, testing, and commissioning activities

You will lead the mechanical engineering delivery, working closely with Project Managers, construction teams, design consultants, specialist subcontractors, and internal technical management. Harnessing your technical expertise, leadership capability, and experience of complex building projects, you will ensure delivery in line with the project brief, specification, statutory requirements, and

the Building Safety Act.

What you’ll bring to the role

You will be a motivated and detail‑focused engineer with a strong interest in M&E building services, particularly mechanical systems within complex buildings. You will enjoy working as part of a collaborative project team and be keen to develop your technical and project delivery experience.

You will bring:

• A solid technical understanding of mechanical building services within an M&E environment, including HVAC, pipework and associated systems.
• The ability to communicate technical information clearly, producing well‑structured RFIs, reports and written correspondence.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, drawings, procurement activities and site issues.
• A practical problem‑solving mindset, able to analyse issues quickly and propose workable solutions. High attention to detail when reviewing drawings, specifications, installation quality, commissioning procedures and health & safety requirements
• A collaborative approach, working effectively with electrical teams, subcontractors, suppliers and wider project stakeholders.
• A proactive attitude to learning, showing curiosity around new technologies, standards and regulations within mechanical and building services engineering

Qualifications

• HNC/HND in mechanical engineering or building services
• CSCS Card

Desirable

• Degree level qualification in mechanical or building services engineering
• SSSTS or SMSTS
• Experience using AutoCAD, Navisworks and/or Revizto

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