Associate Mechanical Engineer

Associate Mechanical Engineer – Energy Transition

Newcastle

Salary - £75,000 – £85,000 + Package

A fantastic opportunity for an Associate Mechanical Engineer who specialises in Energy Transition and Sustainability solutions, to join a well-known and respected market-leading M&E Consultancy that specialises in Data Centre and Commercial projects throughout the UK and Europe.

The Company:

Very well-established, leading multinational award-winning Multi-disciplinary M&E Design Consultancy who are renowned for its focus on sustainability and zero net carbon.

The team works in the building services sector, keeping well-informed of current best practices while researching breakthrough technologies that shape future trends..

Excellent career progression

They work on a wide range of sectors including Healthcare, Commercial and mainly Data Centre projects.

The role:

• To be a key player in a new part of the business promoting the four pillars of Decarbonisation, Decentralisation, Digitalisation and Demand reduction of energy, water and waste in buildings, campuses and cities.
• Overseeing a team running large projects. Undertakes a client facing role in the development and design and coordination of engineering project services for Mechanical or Electrical installations, systems, equipment, facilities etc.
• Provide technical and commercial support for the development of sustainable infrastructure solutions to compliment building services design.
• Engage with other Group Business Units to promote complimentary sustainable infrastructure solutions for our combined client base.
• Work with the Central Engineering and R&D teams to assist with incorporating new technologies and tools into the Energy Transition market.
• Continuously update knowledge of the products provided by the Central Engineering team and how these can be used to win projects and provide new services.
• Lead / manage site energy, water and waste audits as a first step to develop new energy transition projects.
• Manage techno-economic studies using external and in-house modelling tools providing financial results for different technical options for energy saving and energy generation solutions.
• Maintain knowledge of the latest technologies and regulations relating to demand side reduction, renewable energy generation, energy storage and electricity grid connections and initiatives.
• Promote both internally and externally, knowledge of the latest technologies and regulations relating to demand side reduction, renewable energy generation, energy storage and electricity grid connections and initiatives.
• Create, develop and build long-term professional customer relationships with existing, new and potential clients through networking, social media and attending industry events
• Be able to comprehend, analyse, and interpret various types of business documents such as complex and lengthy RFP documents with detailed SOW.
• Support with sales strategy roadmap compilation and negotiations with clients for new and ongoing opportunities.
• Lead commercially on interactions in a client-facing role for complex projects.
• Ensure commercial documentation such as NDAs MSAs and Ts and Cs are negotiated, agreed and valid on an ongoing basis.
• Represent the company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams.
• Coordinate the network of multi-disciplined teams to provide the most effective inter-company teams for opportunities.
• Carry out cost and profit diagnosis on projects including feasibility studies and preparation of project fee proposals and cost plans.
• Undertake site surveys and due diligence reports.
• Production of technical white papers to promote the technical capabilities in the sustainable infrastructure domain.
• Support the delivery of projects in accordance with the expectations of the Project Delivery process from a Project Management, Financial Management, QA/QC and Technical Review perspective.
• Willingness to travel and act autonomously across a multi cultural region with integrity and professionalism at all times
• Flexible to work outside core office hours from time to time, and to travel across regions as required.

Required Qualifications

• BSc/BEng in appropriate engineering discipline such as mechanical, electrical or process engineering or have sufficient equivalent experience.
• MCIBSE/MIEE or other corporate institute membership or HND/HNC + appropriate experience or equivalent
• Achieved or working towards chartered status.
• Experience in building / campus scale services as well as small scale power generation including co-generation, trigeneration and decentralised renewable power generation.
• Experience with local infrastructures including microgrids, district heating and cooling schemes, energy centres and thermal or electrical storage.
• Experience of working in different industrial sectors such as manufacturing, petrochemical, Life Sciences, Data Centres, etc.