Senior Building Services Engineer (Mechanical)

The job itself

The outcome of the council's Total Pay and Reward review means the full-time salary for this position from 1 st April 2024 will be £37,336 to £40,221. The salary will be pro rata for part time and term time vacancies.

Building Facilities are a multidisciplinary team providing a wide range of building surveying and engineering services to both internal and external clients on a wide range of properties including schools, leisure centres and our housing stock. We have a very busy and varied workload delivering a planned and capital programme of circa £20m per annum. We are seeking a Senior Building Services Engineer (mechanical designer) to work in our team based at County Hall, Beverley. Please note the post allows a large degree of agile working after an initial period of training.

The primary function of this role will require the post-holder to deliver mechanical Building Services Engineering schemes and solutions, designing for new and refurbishment projects across the property portfolio as single discipline projects or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, producing quality specifications and CAD drawings and procuring the works in accordance with the council's requirements, you will also ensure that contractors undertake work to the desired standards in a safe and efficient manner and in compliance with statutory regulations.

This post requires an enthusiastic and motivated Building Services Engineer with experience in compliance, maintenance and design of Building Services, together with relevant formal qualifications, preferably at HNC/NVQ level 4, and the ability to demonstrate appropriate knowledge of current legislation appertaining to Building Services cyclical maintenance.

Ideally, you will be a member of a relevant professional body and working towards registration as Incorporated Engineer with the Engineering Council. Access to further training is available and is actively encouraged.

You will possess a full driving license, as the post requires the holder to undertake site visits in pursuance of their duties.

Candidates are required to demonstrate all of the essential criteria on the employee specification attached in order to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process. Candidates who cannot demonstrate these skills in their CV will not be short-listed for interview.