# Principal Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Feltham, Middlesex
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer (Building Services) to join our team in the UK. As a principal mechanical engineer, you will be taking a leading role in a number of our most prestigious projects.

You will work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) discipline team providing design and technical advice in a WSP project manager capacity on a wide range of projects. Your responsibilities will include:

- Supervising the completion of detailed designs and supervising the work of others in this function

- Considering the feasibility of the project and leading the overall feasibility study

- Taking responsibility for and directing others in the production of detailed/performance specifications

- Acting as the client's key point of contact and being responsible for overall project delivery in terms of client deliverables and internal KPIs

In addition to the above, you will also be expected to:

- Provide excellent client care and identify opportunities to develop additional business for the team

- Assist with developing the client relationship to promote new commissions

- Promote WSP's capabilities and expertise in the region

As a leader, you will be responsible for:

- Developing and line managing junior staff

- Regularly briefing the project team and ensuring contracts/letters of intent are in place for all projects before work starts

- Maintaining project overview and understanding of the team workload and associated resource requirements

- Holding regular team meetings to discuss resourcing, staff issues, H&S, quality, training and development, and other relevant issues

Our team is comprised of 10 engineers and part of a wider group of 60 engineers working across the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health specialisms in Guildford and Basingstoke. We offer a flexible hybrid working model, allowing our team members to work from our Southampton, Basingstoke, and Guildford sites, or from home.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

- The ability to work as part of a team, but also take a leading role in managing engineers towards the delivery of key projects

- Technical judgment and resourcefulness in feasibility studies, concept, scheme, and detailed design, as well as construction support phases of projects

- The ability to represent WSP to clients and understand and deliver client needs in engineering solutions

- A working knowledge of UK mechanical building services design, including relevant standards, codes, and regulations

- A proven track record of delivering a variety of UK Building Services MEP projects

- Experience with Revit MEP or other 3D design software

- The ability to manage the technical, cost, and programme elements of project delivery

- The ability to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including the opportunity to work on landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field.

## Skills

### Required
- UK mechanical building services design
- Revit MEP
- 3D design software
- project management
- client care
- team leadership

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