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Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer

Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer

Pertemps TM • Plymouth, South West, UK
30+ days ago
Salary
£50,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Mechanical Engineer - Senior / Principal (Building Services)

Location: Plymouth / Exeter
Employment Type: Permanent

Overview

A leading global multidisciplinary consultancy is strengthening its Mechanical Building Services capability across Exeter and Plymouth, supporting delivery of complex, high-profile infrastructure and defence projects.

The role sits within a building services team, delivering multidisciplinary engineering solutions across defence, infrastructure, healthcare, justice, education and commercial developments.

A significant proportion of workload is within secure environments requiring high technical assurance, resilience and performance-led engineering design.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead mechanical building services design across all RIBA stages (0–7)
  • Design HVAC systems including heating, cooling, ventilation and associated plant
  • Provide technical leadership across multi-disciplinary project teams
  • Produce and review calculations, specifications and detailed design outputs
  • Ensure compliance with UK regulations, CIBSE guidance and internal standards
  • Attend and lead client and stakeholder meetings
  • Mentor and support junior engineers
  • Oversee technical quality and design assurance across projects
  • Contribute to BIM coordination and digital engineering processes

Requirements

  • Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering
  • Strong consultancy experience in mechanical building services design
  • Proven delivery of UK construction projects across multiple stages
  • Ability to lead technical design on complex, multi-disciplinary schemes
  • Chartered Engineer or working towards (required for Senior/Principal progression)
  • Experience in defence or secure infrastructure advantageous
  • Strong Revit / BIM capability desirable

Benefits

  • Work on nationally significant defence and infrastructure programmes
  • Clear progression into Associate and leadership roles
  • Hybrid and flexible working culture
  • Strong global technical expertise network
  • Long-term secured pipeline of major projects

If you're interested, please contact Conner Richards at RGB Recruitment – crichards@rgbrec.co.uk

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