Senior Associate Engineer - Operational Assets - Mechanical or Electrical

Senior Associate Engineer - Operational Assets - Mechanical or Electrical - (2162)

Location:

Bristol, Bristol, BS32 4UB
GB (Primary)

Job Type: Full Time

Category:
Property Services

Senior Associate Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) – Operational Assets – Bristol

Hoare Lea is a human‑centric and planet‑conscious engineering consultancy that offers intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment across the UK and beyond.

We provide a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability to name but a few. Our highly skilled teams use technical expertise and problem‑solving skills to bring buildings to life, ensuring outstanding design and operations that meet the needs of the communities they serve.

We also offer an extensive benefits package, including private medical cover, an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options and 25 days of annual leave (increasing with service), alongside flexible and hybrid working.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate Engineer to join our Operational Assets team based in our Bristol office. You’ll be passionate about existing buildings, thrive on designing pragmatic solutions to operational and performance issues, and be interested in using real‑time data to understand buildings and drive towards a net‑zero future.

It is an exciting time to join our recently formed Operational Assets discipline, merging property consultants, design engineers and data‑led building performance engineers to provide a rounded and reliable service to clients across the building lifecycle.

You will embed within client teams and their assets, setting a roadmap to a more sustainable future and joining them from concept to implementation and operation.

• Be responsible for the day‑to‑day technical delivery of the MEP design services for multi‑disciplinary projects across a number of building sectors.
• Produce design deliverables including specifications, drawings and schedules.
• Provide technical advice to clients on the operation of MEP services in existing buildings.
• Prepare fee proposals, working with clients to understand their brief.
• Deliver refurbishment and upgrade projects from inception to completion.
• Undertake condition surveys of MEP installations and produce written reports and recommendations.
• Develop roadmaps for building interventions to target Net Zero Carbon performance.
• Produce feasibility studies for mechanical/electrical infrastructure replacement or upgrade.
• Carry out technical due diligence reporting.
• Review development and fit‑out proposals and advise clients on the implications for mechanical services.
• Interact regularly with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a communicative, collaborative and timely approach to delivery.
• Support timely invoicing, debt chasing, management of WIP and forward workload/resource planning for your own and the team’s projects.
• Mentor and support next‑generation professionals, including apprentices and graduates.

• An interest and aptitude in managing a team.
• Willingness to be involved in industry engagement initiatives – contributing to standards and guidance development, presenting at external events, etc.
• Ability to carry out business development activities as part of their day‑to‑day role, developing existing client relationships to support repeat business and exploring new relationships to expand reach.

• Manage the tender of small works capital projects.
• Provide contract administration services.
• Write maintenance services tender specifications and manage this process.

• Proven experience working as a Mechanical or Electrical Engineer or in a closely related role, with a track record delivering on a variety of complex projects.
• Good experience using standards and codes applied in building services.
• At least some experience working on projects in existing buildings.
• Demonstrable experience working with clients/contractors in a design‑oriented/consultant role.
• Self‑awareness, an open mind and a…