Principal Mechanical Engineer; Building Services

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

To find out more about our Building Services business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP:

• As a principal mechanical engineer you will be taking a leading role in a number of our most prestigious projects.

• Work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) discipline team providing design and technical advice in a WSP project manager capacity on a wide range of projects.
• Supervise the completion of detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function.
• Consider the feasibility of the project and lead the overall feasibility study.
• Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed/performance specification.
• Act as the client’s key point of contact and be responsible for overall project delivery in terms of client deliverables and internal KPIs.

• Provide excellent client care and the opportunities to develop additional business for the team.
• Assist with developing the client relationship to promote new commissions.
• Promote WSP’s capabilities and expertise in the region.

• Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed and performance specification for the discipline subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
• Develop and line‑manage junior staff.
• Hold regular team meetings to discuss resourcing, staff issues, health and safety, quality, training and development and other relevant issues, including UK and board briefs in support of your discipline’s team leader.
• Lead an engineering delivery team in providing innovative and sustainable solutions.
• Incorporate WSP philosophies of sustainability, net zero carbon, digital design, modern methods of construction and smart systems into design work.

• Our team is comprised of 10 engineers and part of a wider group of 35 engineers working across the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health specialisms in Guildford and Basingstoke.
• The core team is Heathrow based, but we have the ability to work from Southampton, Basingstoke and Guildford sites, or from home some of the week.
• You will report to our Heathrow Director, Huso Yildirim, and be responsible for both technical and project delivery elements.
• You will have a team of graduate, senior and principal engineers in supporting roles, as well as dedicated BIM and Sustainability specialists to contribute to your projects.

• Ability to work as part of a team, but also take a leading role in managing engineers towards the delivery of our key projects.
• Apply technical judgment and resourcefulness to feasibility studies, concept, scheme, and detailed design, as well as construction support phases of projects.
• Represent WSP to our clients while also understanding and delivering client needs in engineering solutions.
• Have a working knowledge of UK mechanical building services design, including relevant standards, codes and regulations, and a proven track record of delivering a variety of UK Building Services MEP projects.
• Have a working understanding of latest mechanical design software packages.
• Proven understanding of working with Revit MEP or other 3D design software.
• Be able to manage the technical, cost and programme elements of project delivery.
• Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC).

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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