Senior Building Services Engineer; Mechanical

Position: Senior Building Services Engineer (Mechanical)
Nuclear Permanent /Bristol United Kingdom
15/10/26

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Job Description Business Unit Overview:

The Nuclear New Build (NNB) project team is leading an ambitious programme to build 2 European Pressurised Water Reactors (EPRs) at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

As a Mechanical Building Services Engineer, you will be integrated in the Ancillary Works Team, which is responsible for managing the design of all permanent ancillary buildings and you will oversee the MEP designs by both external consultants and contractors to ensure they meet NNB’s requirements.

The buildings are in varying states of maturity; ranging from concept to in construction. The main focus will be buildings whicha are part way thorugh MEP installation, and four of which are in advanced stages of design.

This team is also responsible for delivering the full design of these buildings, including the civil and structural design, mechanical systems and electrical services within these buildings, together with coordinating other systems which may be present. The team is composed of building lead/technical specialists, specialized in technical core discipline such as architectural, civil/structure, nuclear safety, mechanical and electrical design.

Key Responsibilities will be:

Supporting the specification for new buildings:

Supporting the preparation technical specifications for the consultants and contractors developing the design of the building.

Contributing to the bidders’ technical assessment.

Liaising with stakeholders involved in the specification, procurement, design, construction, use, maintenance and decommissioning of the building services.

Supporting the design of Building Services:

Surveillance of subcontracted design activities with the support of external consultants when required.

Supporting design reviews as part of the staged delivery.

Analysing and resolve any technical design issues presented by consultants and contractors, challenge their proposals.

Supporting the management of technical interfaces with the team.

Supporting the management of design changes and non-conformances occurring during the design.

Supporting construction, installation and commissioning of building services:

Supporting the assessment of changes proposed during construction

Engage with NNB Commissioning Teams and understanding NNB requirements to ensure commissioning proposals from the Contractor are suitable

General requirements:

Applying QA processes, procedures and tools to manage the design activities (NNB arrangements, interface specifications with the Responsible Designer)
Raising alerts to the building leads/building services lead where necessary.

Providing expert support to the project as a smart customer through effective engagement with Procurement, Design Authority, Engineering, MEH and Commissioning.

Commissiong Requirements:

Being the Point of Contact for the team for NNB Commissioning-related topics. Specifically, coordinating the Team’s responses to the NNB Commissioning sequence of work

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Skills and

Qualifications:

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree

Experience in project co-ordination, with experience of design…