Senior​/Principal Mechanical Engineer - Building Services

Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer – Building Services

Join the dynamic multidisciplinary Building Services team with Stantec in Reading or London.

Stantec has an exciting opportunity for a Senior / Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our dynamic multidisciplinary Building Services team in Reading or London. Our project portfolio is expanding rapidly, and we have ambitious plans to enhance our building services engineering and environmental design expertise. You will be an integral part of leading a project team to deliver on multidisciplinary building services and environmental design projects.

You will support and oversee projects with our clients to develop a detailed brief and produce reports for mechanical building services requirements, produce outline design, scheme design, and detailed design reports including drawings and specifications and integrate the demands of sustainability and carbon emission reduction strategy into our projects.

• You will be an integral part of leading a project team to deliver on multidisciplinary building services and environmental design projects.
• You will support and oversee projects with our clients to develop a detailed brief and produce reports for mechanical building services requirements, produce outline design, scheme design, and detailed design reports including drawings and specifications and integrate the demands of sustainability and carbon emission reduction strategy into our projects.
• You will be responsible for the supervision of an expanding team, including allocating workload, checking, and reviewing outputs, evaluating progress against time and budget constraints, as well as providing mentorship to junior staff and aiding in career development.

• You will hold a degree in a relevant discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering or similar, and Chartered with a relevant institution IET/CIBSE.
• You will have a proven track record in an M&E team ideally gained within a design engineering consultancy.
• You will also have the necessary skills and experience to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders where you will be working closely with clients, and other professional staff across multi-disciplinary business groups.
• You will have in depth knowledge and expertise in the design of electrical engineering services, including systems and equipment design, calculations and drawing production as well as an understanding of design tools such as Revit and IES.
• You will have knowledge and understanding of the wider built environment and the associated design influences, coupled with understanding of the legislative environment including carbon emissions reduction and sustainability.
• You will have an appreciation and experience of Technical Standards, planning policies and relevant British Standards and Building Regulations.

Stantec offers a competitive salary and benefits package, flexible hybrid working arrangements, industry‑leading training, exceptional career development prospects, great projects, and lots more!

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights.

We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment.

Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success.