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Company Name: Kier
Job Description We're looking for a Major Projects Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Building Services Design team based in Salford / Speke . Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment. We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Location : Salford / Speke Hours : 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us What will you be responsible for? As Major Projects Senior Mechanical Engineer , you'll be working within the Building Services team, responsible for the mechanical design for large, complex construction projects, ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery from concept through to construction, bridging client needs with engineering reality. Leading the mechanical design team, integrate different disciplines, ensure quality control, and drive innovation for high-value projects. Your day to day will include: Providing high quality mechanical designs and specifications meeting client requirements and brief, undertaking and leading on all professional services in connection with mechanical design for all allocated projects and clients Giving high level technical advice in mechanical building services engineering, representing mechanical engineering in project design meetings, establishing solutions, agreeing concepts and working closely with colleagues and other design team members Complying with relevant building codes, regulations, industry standards and Kier Design standards and procedures Promoting and implementing sustainable design solutions Identifying and resolving technical and logistical challenges during the design and construction phases What are we looking for? This role of Major Projects Senior Mechanical Engineer is great for you if: Degree in Mechanical Building Services Engineering or Mechanical Engineering and member of CIBSE or IET Experience demonstrating the capability to fulfil the accountabilities of the role, high level of knowledge and experience in your discipline Ability to communicate complex technical concepts into more readily understood information suitable for a wider business audience, experience in the application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design Ability to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here . Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-MA1
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