Associate Building Services Engineer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - AtkinsRéalis

Description

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies, with over 50,000 employees worldwide.

Drawing upon a diverse skill set and a proven track record of delivery we are playing a leading role in some of the world's most challenging and exciting engineering projects across sectors including Aviation, Energy, Cities and Development, Education, Transportation and Defence.

AtkinsRéalis' Building Design Practice are looking for an experienced, motivated Associate Building Services Design Engineer seeking to develop their career in a positive environment and join our team where talent is encouraged and growth opportunities unrivalled.

This role will be based in the Newcastle Office but presents the opportunity to join a national delivery team and work with designers across the UK and internationally through our Global Technical Centre.

As an Associate Building Services Engineer you will take a lead role in providing both technical and team leadership for buildings and infrastructure related projects within the region.

The structure of the Building Design business means that you could be taking up a lead role on both local and global engineering projects.

This opportunity will involve working as part of a national practice of Building Design professionals delivering engineering design solutions to clients across the UK.

This role will encompass a multi-sector experience, but expertise from working within the Commercial, Residential, Education or Rail sectors would be a benefit.

The role will involve a focus on both project delivery and building client relationships in order to maximise client satisfaction and secure future work opportunities.

It will offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity to apply knowledge, experience and problem-solving skills and contribute to the development of the AtkinsRéalis' Building Design business.

Energy and Carbon are an essential aspect of this position and with the rise in importance of decarbonising the built environment, improving air quality and implementing energy efficient design solutions, our team is expanding to deliver sustainable solutions for our growing portfolio of satisfied clients.

Our Practice is committed to developing our ways of working using emerging Digital Technology and the global reach offered by an organisation of our size and capability.

Our ideal individual will bring strong technical skills to the role, as well as an enquiring mind able to contribute to the growth of our digital practice, and the ability to lead and manage large and diverse delivery teams, locally and remotely.

Responsible for effective delivery of engineering project teams, including teams based in the UK and overseas.
Provide technological input and supervise technical input by others within the Building Services team.
Undertake periodic project reviews to ensure technical and programme constraints are met.
Undertake Client/Design Team briefings to establish project criteria.
Involved in the preparation of reports, designs, specifications and contract documents.
Promote and improve inter-discipline working with other disciplines such as Architecture, Building Surveying, Civil and Structural Engineering.
Liaise with clients, professional organisations, contractors, suppliers and sub-contractors.
Operate the Quality Assurance system, quality control and document management in line with current policy.

Be able to 'own' the necessary responses to project opportunities and provide both strategic & specific input into bids and proposals.

Able to discuss the operating and business unit technologies and markets.
Assisting in the monitoring of and reporting on capital and fee expenditure.

Demonstrate sound personnel management and staff development skills – ability to act as a line manager to a group of Building Services engineers within the team.

Degree in Building Services / Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent qualification).
Thorough understanding of energy and carbon related data capture and analytics.
Familiarity with the principles of building physics such as passive design solutions and fabric first approaches.
Competent in designing for energy measurement and verification, including experience of commissioning and post installation evaluation of performance.
Working knowledge and use of relevant software packages such as Revit, One Click, Navisworks, IES, etc.
Ability to manage projects and design commissions relating to building services including project finances.
Good understanding of quality assurance, safety and environmental sustainability.
Financial awareness and the ability to control project finances.

AtkinsRéalis recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment.

We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.

As part of this commitment, we understand the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, where a work-life balance is important.

So, by default AtkinsRéalis offers flexible working, where there is no fixed 9 'till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office.

We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy some or sell of that leave


Training:

Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual's abilities and talents.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop.

To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.