Role: Senior Mechanical Building Services Engineer
Location: Remote - 2 days per month on-site in Plymouth
Duration: 12 months
Hours: 35p/w + OT available
Rate: Negotiable on experience
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About the Role
Your primary focus will be maintaining and controlling modifications to, and deviations from, the design intent of the Building Engineering Services for the nuclear implicated and non-nuclear mechanical systems and acting as the custodian of reference design documentation. You will be responsible for supporting design activities from requirements capture, design development from concept through to detailed design, implementation and close out, to through-life support, decommissioning and disposal. You will be focused on ensuring compliance with site Licence Conditions, statutory legislation and design codes/standards, producing design guidance, substantiation and analyses, and delivering against agreed budgets/timescales.
Responsibilities of the Senior Design Engineer:
To support the Mechanical & Nuclear Process Manager and Principal Engineer Mechanical Systems for maintaining the Design Intent of Mechanical Services systems.
Provision of technical support, advice, guidance, and resolutions to optioneering studies, design reviews, HAZOPS etc.
To support the Principal Engineer Mechanical Systems in the provision, management and development of professional SQEP Design Engineers.
Technical supervision of staff reporting to the post holder in accordance with Company procedures.
Leading and working within a team of engineers, planning, and organising tasks and facilitating progress.
Managing own workload, maintaining, and updating staff workload and working to time allocations.
Understanding of project briefs and the development and delivery of designs in accordance with the design process (Start-up, Concept, Scheme, Detailed and Implementation phases) and relevant legislation.
Production of design documentation and supporting assessments, acting as lead author where appropriate.
Design and specification of Mechanical Building Services systems - heating, cooling, ventilation, controls, etc.
Production of detailed calculations using industry standard digital tools inc. Hevacomp, etc.
Preparation of technical specifications, reports and technical note writing.Qualifications
Preferably Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification, in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or related subjects.
Chartered Engineer with CIBSE or IMechE, or working towards CEng.
Or at least NVQ Level 5 in an engineering discipline and preferably a registered professional status with an Institute e.g. CIBSE, IET, IMechE.Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences
Experience of working in a design consultancy and/or experience of working within a contractor design environment.
Knowledge / experience in managing a small team of engineers.
Good level of computer literacy in a range of digital tools.
Understanding of mechanical engineering principles for the design, operation and maintenance of Steam & Condensate, Industrial Gases, Fresh Water, Demineralised Water, HVAC, Domestic Water services etc.
Knowledge of the design lifecycle
Detailed knowledge of appropriate, regulations, legislation and technical standards that are applicable to mechanical services system design.
Knowledge of operating within nuclear or other high-hazard environments
Familiar with energy reduction methods and approaches to decarbonising new and existing buildings. Including principles of building physics such as passive design solutions.
Experience of commissioning and post installation evaluation of performance.To apply, please send your CVs in the first instance