Intermediate/Senior Mechanical Engineer

Intermediate/Senior Mechanical Engineer

We are seeking an Intermediate/Senior Mechanical Engineer to join Webb Yates Engineers in our London office. 

Webb Yates Engineers is a creative multidisciplinary engineering practice with offices in London and Birmingham. It prides itself on its close collaboration with architects to achieve intelligent, innovative structures and its large portfolio spanning from arts to aviation, prototyping to housing, and inflatables to loadbearing stone

Webb Yates Engineers is looking for an Intermediate/Senior Mechanical Engineer with minimum 3-6 years’ experience. Candidates will ideally have Engineering Level 7 or equivalent qualification and working towards Chartership status, preferably MCIBSE.

Candidates will have the ability to carry out analysis and design of building services systems and produce viable building services solutions, within the scope of a design brief, taking account of critical constraints, safety, sustainability and cost and the ability to carry out analysis and design of building services systems.

Candidates need to be confident in working independently as well as part of a team. Ideal candidates will have excellent client-facing and internal communication skills to motivate and lead projects and experience in mechanical design role running projects from conception through to completion.

Candidates will have experience of health and safety requirements and legislation and knowledge of relevant environmental and sustainability issues.

The successful candidate will be expected to be responsible for leading a building services engineering team producing designs and project deliverables, liaising with clients, attending meetings and construction sites, supervising and checking the production of project deliverables and leading day-to-day aspects of a range of projects.

Duties and key responsibilities / role:

  • Manage production of project deliverables such as drawings, calculations, reports and specifications. This may include the management of other engineers within the business
  • Ensure the checking and reviewing of engineering designs and deliverables
  • Undertake discipline specific analysis and design
  • Produce viable technical solutions, within the scope of a design brief
  • Produce project deliverables
  • Specify and co-ordinate the use of materials and systems
  • Design using relevant design codes and supplementary information
  • Input on construction techniques and solutions
  • Input on relevant environmental and sustainability issues and legislation
  • Input on relevant statutory legislation
  • Input on relevant construction and contract law where required
  • Input into project procurement routes
  • Carrying out site visits and surveys

Benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Day off on your birthday
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Company pension scheme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Relaxed and sociable office culture with regular staff social events
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave benefits
  • Flexible working
  • Reimbursement of professional subscription and membership fees
  • Season ticket loan
  • Support in working towards professional status with relevant institution for the job role 
  • Refreshments and regular fruit snacks available at the office
  • Eyecare allowance - £150 towards test and glasses/lenses
  • Internal peer to peer training programme (Enquire Within)
  • Regular CPD Sessions held by external companies
  • Hybrid working 
  • Core hours
  • Time off in lieu scheme
  • Company performance related bonus scheme
  • Voucher scheme through Extras and Employee Assistance Programme - save up to 15% at over 100 retailers
  • Season ticket loans
  • Recruitment referral bonus
  • Death in Service 4 x annual salary - from day one
  • One annual professional subscription paid for per year

Salary: competitive

Employment type: Full time

Start Date: As soon as possible

Application process: If you are interested in working on some interesting and challenging projects and have the right to work in the U.K., please write to us with your CV and cover letter at recruitment@webbyates.com quoting the job reference MECHLON2024.