Senior​/Principal Public Health Engineer

Overview

Above ground drainage systems RED are an expanding international M&E consultancy, with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients.

Through our market leading technical expertise, we enable the world’s digital infrastructure and develop the built environment whilst also helping clients realise ambitious plans for zero carbon-built environments. We cover the entire life cycle of any building project, with our broad capability offering saving our clients time, money, and effort. Our approach is centred around listening to our clients and interacting energetically with our fellow project stakeholders.

We add value with our people, client service ethos, global delivery strategy, technical ability, and attitude.

We are now seeking a Senior/ Principal Public Health Engineer to be based out of one of our UK offices (London, Newcastle or Bicester).

• Liaising and supporting Associate Public Health Engineer on various project deliveries across multiple sectors
• Confidence to raise and discuss ambiguous issues.
• To provide accurate public health system designs across a range of business sectors and conduct risk analysis on same. To efficiently and effectively interface with clients, and suppliers.
• Designing public health systems for:
  • Above ground drainage systems
  • Below ground drainage systems
  • Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
  • Effluent treatment principles
  • Pollution control rainwater harvesting and attenuation systems
  • Cold water systems
  • Hot water systems
  • Fire engineering – Well rounded knowledge of fire systems including conventional sprinkler systems, wet and dry riser installations, fire hydrants and gas suppression systems
• Prepare, and develop where required, calculations, analysis, schematics, drawings, diagrams, specifications and other documents relating to the design
• Preparing and presenting calculations and drawings to meet required robust industry and legal standards.
• Specifies activities to ensure that public health systems and designs conform to functional specifications and customer requirements
• Day to day decision making on project progress relating to public health services, direct liaison with colleagues and clients regarding same.
• Surveys, tests, carries out dilapidation reports on existing Public Health installations
• Takes a leading role on the co-ordination of public health services
• Represents company at technical meetings with customers, professional and contractors teams
• Implementation of RED Standards to all project activities
• Provides guidance to other engineers including mentoring of junior staff members.
• Takes a holistic view in the selection and application of public health concepts and solutions
• Support the delivery of projects in accordance with the expectations of the RED Project Delivery Process from a Project Management, Financial Management, QA/QC and Technical Review perspective.

• MSc/BEng Qualified or have sufficient equivalent experience in the field of Public Health design
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience with strong expertise in Public Health Engineering (water services, gas, above ground drainage and sanitation systems, rainwater disposal system design and fire suppression installations
• Knowledge and experience of sustainable design including solar hot water systems, rainwater/grey water recycling innovations
• Experience across mission critical/ data centre (highly desirable), commercial and mixed-use developments
• Proven track record, working for large international consulting organisation within the UK or overseas, on major design projects
• Working knowledge of core technical guidance published by CIBSE, British Standards, ISO, BSRIA, HSE and CIPHE
• Competence in fire protection design is essential and experience with international standards such as EN, VdS, NFPA and FM highly desirable
• Good knowledge of current standards and design codes essential
• Good working knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Bluebeam, NAVIS
• Advantageous to have a good knowledge of AutoCAD and REVIT but not essential
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with architects and fellow designers
• Confident to work…