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Your New Company

Our client is a well-known Building Servicescontractor with 45 years of history operating in the Irish, UK and Europeanmarket. They provide complete Mechanical and Electrical services across allsectors of the construction industry including industrial, logistics, food,pharmaceutical, data centre, mining, healthcare, commercial, hotel &leisure, high-end residential, public, and energy.

From design stage to installation and maintenance oftheir facilities, their staff provides clients with an efficient, reliable, andbest in class service.

Our client has been a Deloitte Best Managed CompanyAward winner for 8 years consecutively, and they pride themselves in being afull building services solutions provider. They have successfully deliveredmultiple large-scale projects in Ireland, the UK & mainland Europe.

Due to continued growth, they are looking to hire anexperienced mechanical design engineer to join their Edinburgh team.

Your new role

You will be joining anexperienced team, in a predominantly office based role, and be responsible fordeveloping and delivering mechanical designs to facilitate safe and compliantinstallations on site.

Your Responsibilitieswill Include

Designing in conjunction with fire strategy reports, local building regulations & planning authority requirements.
Attending Design team meetings.
Carrying out site surveys of existing installations where applicable.
Producing heating/cooling (thermal modelling) and ventilation load calculations using industry software.
Sizing and selection of AHUs, FCUs, extract fans, pumps, chillers, ASHP, boilers, plate heat exchangers, etc.
Producing above ground drainage calculations and sizing of drainage systems.
Sizing and selection of domestic hot and cold-water equipment (heaters, storage tanks etc).
Producing pipe and duct sizing calculations using industry software or other desktop spreadsheets.
Sizing and selection of firefighting sprinkler and pumping systems (preferred but not essential).
Producing stage reports & presentations.
Preparing Designers Risk Assessment and Mitigation Reports.
Detailing mechanical layouts & schematics for build.
Meeting project delivery deadlines.
Production of detailed design and survey reports.

What You'll Need To Succeed

Extensive experience in the Mechanical Engineering building services for construction.
Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent.
Good knowledge of CIBSE, IEC, BS, IS & EN Irish, UK standards or ASHRAE.
Working knowledge of design software such as Hevacomp, Carrier HAP, CyMap, IES/TAS required.
Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
Strong communication skills.

What You'll Get In Return

As well as beingsupported and encouraged to develop your career with our client, they alsooffer:

40,000 to 60,000 annual salary (doe)
Annual Bonus - Discretionary
Annual salary reviews
25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
Option to buy/sell extra holidays
Private Healthcare
Flexible working
Pension scheme
Professional development support
Health and wellness programs
Bike to work scheme
Equipment for remote working

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Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type

Employment type Full-time
Job function

Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Staffing and Recruiting
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