Principal/Associate Mechanical Engineer – Cambridge/Oxford

Salary + travel allowance: £55,000-£75,000 + flexible benefits package dependent on grade and experience

Our Client:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary consulting engineering practices, providing a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability to name but a few.

Together, our client’s highly skilled teams use technical expertise and problem-solving skills to bring buildings to life. They ensure that whatever the building, its design is outstanding, and its operations meet the needs of the communities it serves. 
 

Role:

This is a brand-new opportunity for a Principal or Associate Mechanical Engineer to join a team based in our client’s Oxford or Cambridge office.

Their Oxford and Cambridge offices were established to provide a local presence on our projects. They have an abundance of expertise and knowledge that is regularly called upon throughout the firm, mainly within complex engineering sectors such as Science and Research and Healthcare.  

It’s an exciting time to join our client’s Oxbridge team, focused on growth, both in the UK and overseas. Our client is large enough to provide stability and opportunity, and small enough to recognise our people as individuals. As a newer, vibrant and innovative office, culture is at the heart of everything that our client does.  They encourage and foster a collaborative working environment, which includes the widespread adoption of hybrid working and the option to work a 9-day fortnight.

Guided by their vision, they are passionate in their purpose to positively influence the balance between people and planet. They deliver high performing buildings which respond to the challenges of climate change whilst creating spaces which meet the needs of modern living.

As a Principal or Associate Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting and delivering designs for a range of project types and sizes.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team of engineers and support staff delivering a consistent high-quality service for clients, ensuring that repeat and new business opportunities are developed and profitability is achieved.

In this key and varied role, you can expect to:

• Be responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals to foster and maintain good relationships and create future opportunities.

• Promote the full range of services offered and contribute to bid preparation. 

• Define and agree brief with Client, take ownership and consistently deliver profitable schemes.

• Lead larger scale schemes and co-ordinate all disciplines being the main Client point of contact throughout a project.

• Support in developing and leading a high-performing local team and contribute to staff development.

• Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups and effectively delegate, manage and check work undertaken by others. 

• Monitor project expenditure and report cost and resource requirements to the management team. 

• Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy is delivered and manage and mitigate risks to business.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Proven experience working as a Mechanical Engineer or closely related role, with a track record delivering on a variety of complex projects.

• Understanding of all mechanical services including heating, ventilation and air conditioning. 

• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, with excellent communication skills with both internal and external clients, and a team-based work approach.

• Use of relevant software/tools such as Revit and AutoCAD.

• Self-awareness, an open mind, and a spirit of generosity.

• Conversant with relevant British Standards.

• Consultancy experience.

• Previous consultancy experience, you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering and computer modelling in the design of buildings and be adept at analysing and interpreting their impact on your work.