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Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

EQUANS
North Lanarkshire
3 weeks ago
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Bouygues Energies & Services Industry, an Equans Group Company is recruiting a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to work in a design team, delivering technical services at bid, design, installation and commissioning phases.


The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will lead high profile projects and mentor more junior engineers. This is a hands-on role which will focus on the delivery and management of design and technical support services to data centers, clean rooms, pharmaceutical and other mission critical projects.

What you will deliver?

Manage and deliver design work throughout design and build projects in collaboration with the project teams and take full accountability for the design of mechanical services for data centres and other mission critical projects.


Undertake design reviews and appraisals and provide technical advice/assistance to the projects teams.
Guide and develop design team members and act as a mentor to assist the development of the team to achieve goals and objectives.
Take responsibility for checking calculations and provide monthly design progress reports in each projects reporting on technical risks and opportunities.
Provide design/technical assessment support of tenders and delivery high quality design solutions that address contractual obligations and mitigating technical risk.
Be the senior engineer on projects and lead regular design meetings with the project team.
Provide engineering support to maintain technical audit trail through design, procurement, installation and commissioning stages.
Successful delivery projects with high quality design completed on time and within budget.
Delivery of design in line with health and safety requirements.

What can we offer you?


On offer is a competitive salary, car or car allowance and benefits package, which includes;

25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)


Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance (Family Cover)
2 corporate social responsibility days per year
Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

Recognised qualification in mechanical / building services engineering. i.e. BEng / Meng.


Proven experience in mechanical services design in line with appropriate standards, guidance and client`s requirements.
Experience of working on multiple projects concurrently and manage and communicate priorities with the team.
Experience of developing team members and providing leadership to engineers and designers.
An effective decision maker in consultation with projects stakeholders and use judgement to escalate the process.
Proven experience of undertaking and leading the design of mechanical services, particularly for data centres and other mission critical projects. 
Experience in undertaking and managing specialist design and engineering services - Sustainability & compliance (BREEAM, heat, fume and noise emissions, Part L), mathematical modelling (CFD, FEA, etc) and services which supports our designs.
Experience delivering and management of design in line with RIBA plan of work, BSRIA BG6 schedule of services and ISO requirement up to and inclusive of RIBA Stage 5.
Experience working with typical design and build contracts, JCT, NEC, MF1 and others.

Who are we?

Equans, a subsidiary of the Bouygues group, is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90, employees working on 5 continents and a turnover of 19.2 billions euros in .

Bouygues Energies & Services Industry, a Equans Group company, specialise in executing technically challenging, time sensitive projects in critical environments: cleanrooms, laboratories, industrial plants, and data centres. With over 50 years of experience, we offer our clients seamless consulting and engineering solutions through an in-house design, build, operate and maintain delivery model. 

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the most technically innovate and challenging projects. We offer competitive basic salaries with generous company benefits.

Whats next

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

At Bouygues Energies & Services Industry, a Equans Group Company were committed to delivering a culture where everyones voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Bouygues Energies & Services youll find a welcoming and open workplace where youre supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. Youll also have access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in Equans), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young ProfessionalsNetwork) and our Disability Network.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.

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