Senior Mechanical Engineer at Talenture

Main Accountabilities

• Undertake Electrical building services engineering design, from the Concept stage through to production information at the tender stage.
• Plan and manage CAD documentation of design work
• Carry out project work within agreed deadlines and budget
• Meet appropriate service/design decisions.
• Inform more senior staff and peers of important and relevant service/design decisions, assert that the objectives of the company and the client are being achieved.
• Coordinating his/her work with other members of the project team
• Work competently on an independent basis
• Prepare technical schedules for new work
• Manage the workload of Project Discipline Engineers and Technicians (including verification of quality)
• Prepare and take responsibility for concept and preliminary engineering solutions for detailed design
• Prepare Technical Specifications and Reports
• Monitor financial performance of jobs
• Set up and manage job/project administrative systems, including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure (adjusting these as necessary).
• Continually ensuring that practices, policies, strategies and services represent the client’s best interests
• Add value to a project and think beyond your own discipline.
• Have a flexible approach and be a team player.
• Commitment to CPD and self-learning/development.
• Chartered engineer or working towards chartership
• Middle East design experience is desirable but not essential

Requirements

• The Senior Mechanical Engineer will be a qualified professional who must have a minimum qualification of a Bachelors/Master’s Degree in Engineering (BEng/MEng), Membership of a recognised professional body (COREN, IET or ASHRAE) and a minimum of 6 years’ experience.

Required Skills

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a design consultancy environment.
• Proven track record of project design from concept through to the issuance of tender documentation
• Fully conversant with Microsoft office, AutoCad, and software calculation tools, such as IES and HAP
• Significant post graduate and senior experience in a design consultancy environment.
• Ideally previous experience of design in Middle Eastern and UK or equivalent climates.
• Experience of highly serviced environments.
• A good understanding of architecture and a desire to contribute to the built environment.
• Experience of contributing to multiple projects and balancing workload requirements.
• Career-minded and looking for a new challenge, with the potential and ambition to progress within the firm.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD software.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages.
• Working knowledge and understanding of British, European, and ideally International standards.
• Ability to manage and mentor junior members of staff
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Confident and proactive character.