Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Location: City of London

Client:
Working throughout several sectors including commercial, residential, education, the business has seen a significant amount of growth in the last 5 Years. With a traditional engineering mindset and reinvestment into new principals, the business expects 2026 to be a similar period of growth. After a successful year they are now looking to increase turnover to £230M, consequently they are looking to expand their operations team.

Despite their size, my client are a family owned and run business and this is a trait they pride themselves on with well over 80% of their clients using them on multiple occasions because of the nature of the business.

Role:
Senior Mechanical Engineer – London – Salary £80,000 - 95,000 + Full Travel Expenses + Pension + Healthcare + Bonus

The successful candidate will be working on a prestigious £25m Commercial Shell and core to Cat A project in London.

Role/Responsibilities:

* Read, understand and scrutinise Specifications

* Assist with management of design stage

* Procurement of sub-contractors, kit and plant

* Investigate Value Engineering

* Assist with preparation of Contract Documents I.e. Method Statements, Risk Assessments, RFI’s, etc.

* Coordination and management of direct labor

* Instruct and coordinate site managers

* Progress reporting

* Overseeing commissioning and testing

* Working with Quantity Surveyor on Commercial Accounts

* Preparation of OMs for final project handover

The ideal candidate:

* Ideally have a HNC or HND and good technical knowledge of mechanical services.

* Experience working in the commercial sector

* Ideally the candidate will have subcontracted to main contractors such as Sir Robert McAlpine, ISg, Mace, Wates, etc.

* Have the right forward thinking attitude

In return they offer:

* A healthy pipeline of work

* The opportunity to move up the management ladder

* A very competitive basic salary and an excellent bonus scheme