Senior Mechanical Engineer
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Bristol |
| Area | South West, Uk |
| Sector | Building Services - Mechanical Engineer |
| Start Date | |
| Telephone | 0344 850 0000 |
| Job Ref | JL080317 SMEB |
| Job Views | 1361 |
- Description
- Our client is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their office based in Bristol.
Overall Purpose of the Job:
To undertake the design of Mechanical Building Services, from inception to
completion, for a wide variety of interesting and prestigious schemes
Key Responsibilities:
1 Develop, in conjunction with other colleagues, existing Client contacts to maintain and develop Client base.
2 Represent the company at client and design team meetings and brief engineers accordingly.
3 Exercise cost control, ensuring that engineers are carrying out duties to agreed internal financial budgets.
4 Participate in presentations at client interviews, effectively showcasing Silcock Dawson & Partners’ capabilities and expertise.
5 Assist development of Junior and Intermediate engineers
6 Undertake day to day control and management of engineers and projects within the Office, including:
- Providing information to Regional Managing Director to enable cash flow, fee invoicing and office financial management to take place.
- Assisting in the office management in the form of ensuring the progress of works through the Practice, which includes identifying subordinate staff problems and liaising with the Directors to resolve issues.
- Taking responsibility and control of staff working within your team.
- Ensure the office operates in a professional and business-like manner in accordance with our clients Quality Procedures.
7 When required, attend Client/Design Team briefings to establish project criteria.
8 Develop system options at design development stages in conjunction with Director/Associate.
9 Undertake initial space planning exercise for plant rooms, primary services routes, etc.
10 Prepare initial budget costings and monitor design development/cost implications.
11 Attend Design Team and Site Meetings as sole representative, if appropriate.
12 Undertake surveys of existing installations that establish condition and suitability for re-use.
13 Undertake principle design calculations associated with HVAC systems (e.g. gains/losses, ‘U’ values, duct and pipe sizing, fan and pump sizing) using computer software packages.
14 Produce Tender quality drawings in accordance with QA Procedures using AutoCAD/REVIT/BIM.
15 Attend site to undertake survey of existing installed services to establish location and content (but not condition or adequacy for re-use) unsupervised.
16 Liaise with Statutory Supply Companies to obtain record information and quotations for new supplies.
17 Liaise with equipment manufacturers to obtain quotations.
18 Select standard terminal devices based upon calculated loads (e.g. radiators, grilles, fans, fan coil units).
19 Liaise with Contractors to deal with site co-ordination queries.
20 Undertake snagging of installed systems with respect to installation quality.
21 Manage own time effectively and prioritise, highlighting to Team Leader potential shortfalls in available time so that remedial steps can be taken to achieve Client deadlines.
22 Liaise with CAD and Admin. Departments to achieve drawing and document production to meet Client deadlines.
23 Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the Practice Quality and Operational Procedures