Building Services Engineer; Projects
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Engineering
Building Services Engineer, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Location: City of Edinburgh
Full-time and Fixed Term for 4 years
Salary £ 49,792 - £56,426 per annum
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working
Are you an experienced Building Services Engineerwithexcellentprojectmanagement experience looking to work in a unique and rewarding environment?
Join our client-side Estates team, where you will deliver building services projects across an exceptional portfolio of nationally significant gallery buildings and art storage facilities. This is afantasticopportunityfor someone who enjoys workingon complex and varied projects. You will be supporting the care of one of the world’s finest art collections whilemaintaininghigh-quality visitor environments.
This is a key technical and delivery role, responsible for leading the development and delivery of building services projects across our estate.
You will manage projects frominceptionthrough to completion,ensuring that building services systems are reliable,efficient and aligned with operational and conservation requirements.
You’llwork across our portfolio of nationally significant and listed gallery buildings,along with our storage facilities, balancing the challenges of replacing andupgradingcomplex building services systems within listed buildings, while ensuring the highest standards of environmental control required to care for ourworld-class collection.
We'relooking for someone who is confident managing projects and workingcloselywith consultants,contractorsandsenior managers across the organisation to ensure operational requirements are achieved.
You'llhavestrong technical knowledge of building services, and experience of managing projects to time,budgetand quality.
This is an interesting andvaried role for someone who enjoys taking ownership andworkingcollaboratively.
You’llhave the opportunity to playa central rolein ensuring our building services infrastructure is safe, reliable,efficient and fit for the future. Your work will directly support the protection of the national collection, the delivery of our public programme, and our ambitions around sustainability and net zero.
To succeed in this role, youwill need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:
- Degree level qualification in a relevant
Building Services Engineering subject. - Chartered membership ofan appropriate professional institute (i.e.CIBSE, IET),or working towards and/or Masters equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Core competencies as a building services engineer as per CIBSE competence criteria framework. - Strong technical knowledge of building services systems and infrastructure.
- Experience using CAD and building services design tools, with the ability to review and interpret technical drawings and design information.
- Relevant experience of scoping, briefing and project managing capital works projects for to time, quality and within budget.
- Experience of client-side project management and managing consultancy teams for design and construction services.
- Strong IT skills – competent in use of Microsoft 365 packages(Project,Excel,and Word), and CAFM systems.
- Excellent planning,organisation,and communication skills.
- Health and Safety – strong working knowledge and experience of CDM regulations (particularly client duties), along with general premises related H&S legislation.
It would also be great if you have:
- Experience of public sector procurement.
- Procurement and contract administration experience across various forms of construction contracts (e.g. NEC, SBCC, etc.).
- Experience of working in a museum,galleryor similar environment with critical environmental requirements.
- Experience of working with listed buildings.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 14 September 2026.
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