Principal Mechanical Engineer Property Services - (1765)
Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer Property Services
Location: Travel
Organisational Unit: Hoare Lea -> Specialist Group -> Property Services
Job Type: Full Time
Category: Property Services
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Job Description:
As one of the longest-established firms of its kind, we employ some of the most talented people in the industry. Our award-winning expertise has been built up over many years and we pride ourselves on our unique and unrivaled service.
We have a focused offer, delivering high-quality and innovative MEP engineering solutions. We work on an extensive range of projects across all major sectors, many of which are high-profile. Our number one concern is the quality of the project.
You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists. You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors. You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
About Us:
Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental, and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.
The Role:
Your role as a Principal Mechanical Engineer within Hoare Lea will include work winning and delivery from both existing and cultivating new clients and assisting the regional lead in planning the specialist delivery of the Property Services Group. A particular focus on work delivery, organisational support, and team growth is required to support local and regional clients.
Team Leaders inspire their team in the ownership and delivery of their Projects. Team Leaders also demonstrate strong leadership capabilities providing supervision and guidance to team members and other staff.
What You’ll Be Doing:
You will be working on a varied portfolio of frameworks and projects that are predominantly UK-based but with some overseas opportunities. You will take the lead and deliver on small projects up to the value of a few £million and provide technical support to end users, Landlords, management agents, project managers, and the like.
The 5 key areas that we work across in Property Services include providing the following services for our clients:
1. Technical Due Diligence: condition surveys, pre-acquisition surveys, dilapidation surveys, license to alter, and associated reports.
2. Plant Replacement: smaller project works up to £3m, boiler/chiller replacement works, etc., surveys, feasibility reports, design works, construction site duties, project management, and contract administration.
3. Design: Specialising in challenging existing buildings across all RIBA stages, involving creative and innovative design solutions to enhance and transform existing buildings.
4. Maintenance / Operational: quarterly inspections of buildings, preventative planned maintenance, asset registers, troubleshooting, energy optimisation, EPCs.
5. Sustainability and Energy Efficiency for Existing Buildings: Focus on projects for existing buildings to reduce carbon energy use and improve the building energy rating.
Projects span across all sectors including Commercial Offices, Retail, Residential, Education, Healthcare, MoJ, Defence, Heritage, Industrial, and Technology.
What We Are Looking For:
* Qualified design engineer (chartered status or working towards).
* Experience conducting post-occupancy engineering services activities.
* Mechanical design experience is required along with good site knowledge experience (hands-on).
* Property knowledge.
* Experience working on projects in existing buildings (refurbishment and fit-out).
* Ability to write technical reports i.e: feasibility, issue investigation, condition surveys, etc.
* Experience getting involved in performance specification work, contract administration, and site duties.
* Experience in monitoring commissioning and witnessing activities.
* Experience liaising with clients (commercial and project management awareness).
* Experience in Building Services collectively (all-rounder).
* Willingness and ability to undertake own design, specification and site monitoring, etc.
* Strong technical knowledge in a primary engineering discipline and relevant UK and applicable EU regulations, design guides, etc.
* Good understanding of the secondary engineering discipline.
* Manage projects to avoid technical and commercial risk.
* Excellent written and spoken English skills.
* Excellent organisational and planning skills to effectively work to timescales and deadlines.
* Able to develop effective relationships with well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills.
* Proven track record in work winning and building successful teams.
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary, and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.
* 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with the length of service
* Contributory pension scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
* Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
* Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program that allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
* Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
* Study Assistance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Referral Scheme
* Sabbatical Leave
* Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance, and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
* Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working.
We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups.
Adjustments and Accommodations:
If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees.
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