Building Services Office Lead

AtkinsRéalis are looking to recruit an experienced and forward-thinking Building Services Lead to help establish shape and grow our Building Services capability in Southampton as part of the wider Midlands South-West and Wales Building Services Practice. This is a key leadership role focused on building a strong local team developing our mechanical electrical and public health engineering capability strengthening our market presence and supporting the delivery of high-quality multidisciplinary projects across the region.

AtkinsRéalis is more than just engineering. We are a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation bringing together people data and technology to transform infrastructure and energy systems. Our Building Services teams play a central role in creating safe sustainable resilient and efficient buildings and infrastructure working collaboratively with clients and design teams to deliver practical innovative and technically robust solutions.

As a fully integrated multidisciplinary practice you will work alongside architects civil and structural engineers project managers cost consultants environmental specialists and wider engineering disciplines. Within the Midlands South-West and Wales business our teams support projects across sectors including commercial education defence energy healthcare advanced manufacturing transport and local government. People are at the heart of our success and supporting training and mentoring our staff is central to maintaining technical excellence strong client relationships and a positive team culture.

• Provide strategic leadership in establishing and growing the Southampton Building Services team supporting recruitment team development work winning technical excellence and high-quality project delivery.
• Help build a sustainable local Building Services portfolio by engaging with clients identifying opportunities and developing long-term relationships across Southampton the South Coast the South-West and Wales.
• Lead and coordinate building services engineering input across all project stages ensuring solutions are integrated coordinated buildable and aligned with client requirements.
• Take responsibility for successful project delivery including scope definition technical quality programme resource planning commercial performance risk management and client satisfaction.
• Act as a visible leader for Building Services in Southampton helping to shape the teams direction culture workload recruitment priorities and contribution to the wider regional and national practice.
• Support the set-up and ongoing management of the team including staff development mentoring resource planning workload management financial performance and collaboration with established Building Services teams across the region.
• Champion low-carbon energy-efficient and resilient building services design applying relevant standards guidance digital tools and best practice.
• Contribute to compelling bids proposals and technical responses by defining robust engineering approaches identifying differentiators and supporting fee development.
• Provide technical leadership and review of mechanical electrical and public health design deliverables ensuring outputs meet agreed standards scope programme and budget.

• Degree qualified or equivalent in Building Services Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related discipline;
  Chartered Engineer.
• Demonstrable track record of leading building services engineering commissions developing client relationships and contributing to the growth or establishment of teams in Southampton the South Coast the South-West Wales or comparable regional markets.
• Strong technical competence in mechanical electrical and/or public health building services design with the ability to understand interfaces across all MEP disciplines and wider multidisciplinary design teams.
• Experience preparing successful bids tenders fee proposals and technical submissions with good commercial awareness and results orientation.
• Ability to confidently engage with clients stakeholders senior management project teams and supply…