Job Description

Established in 1959, our client has organically and by acquisition grown to become a major multi-disciplinary consultancy with an enviable portfolio of projects and a number of industry awards. With 32 offices nationwide and over 2000 staff they have a presence in every part of the country, each with a distinct culture, but sharing the corporate values of excellence, innovation and developing a sustainable operation.

Each office undertakes a broad portfolio of projects, while corporately the ratio between public and private sector work is 50:50. The strategy is to secure a larger percentage of the high profile, public funded works which are being planned and awarded over the next five years while developing their already excellent relationships with private clients.

Their culture has changed in recent years; there is a new vibrancy and confidence to the company which is reflected in the offices. While the buildings may be traditional, inside they are well equipped, comfortable and within close proximity to city centres and transport links.

In addition to offering an excellent portfolio of work, our client offers good salaries with an excellent flexible benefits package. They also offer the commitment to support any Engineer achieve Chartered status through their in-house mentor system and external briefings.

A freelance Mechanical Design Engineer (Building Services) is being sought for an initial contract term of two to three months work in Leeds.

You will be working as part of a focused multidisciplinary team and involved with a range of schemes from inception to completion. Their workload currently consists of commercial, health, education and Public Sector projects so they are able to assign schemes to you that match your own particular skillset.

It is likely that this contract will be extended due to the firms consistent success in winning work.

Qualifications/Skills Required

As a freelance Mechanical Design Engineer (Building Services) with proven skills and a good foundation in consulting engineering, you may not have formal qualifications but you will have demonstrable experience in building services.

Preferably you will be Chartered or near Chartered but this is by no means essential.

Ideally you will have worked within a consultancy on projects similar to those above but if you have been working within M&E contractors on D&B schemes your skills are equally relevant.

Computer literacy is important and you will be expected to have competent knowledge of standard office packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook as well as knowledge of Hevacomp or another calculations package. Any expertise you have with ISBEM or IES will be highly beneficial.

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