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Mott MacDonald • Dublin, IE

Senior Mechanical Building Services Engineer

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Location/s: Dublin, IE
Recruiter contact: Will Bates

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.


We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.


Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.

About the team
The MEP Team in Ireland collaborates on a wide variety of projects in the Built Environment, Transport, Water and Advisory sectors across our three offices, in Belfast, Dublin and Cork. There are also close links with our sister offices all over the UK.


Overview of the role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, your role will include assessing and understanding project requirements, undertaking mechanical design across a number of disciplines and agreeing timescales and specifications with design teams, clients and managers. Leading and directing junior staff, you will be actively involved in the preparation of documents, reports and health and safety risk assessments as well as interpreting commercial and/or contractual aspects of correspondence with or between fellow professionals on multidisciplinary projects.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

  • Managing the delivery of assigned the mechanical and building services elements of multi-disciplinary projects across a range of sectors including, Built Environment, Water, Transportations and Advisory
  • Working and liaising with associated engineering disciplines as part of delivering projects
  • Dealing with a and management of internal and external stakeholders
  • Carrying out design and calculation work using relevant industry software (IES, Revit etc)
  • Demonstrating technical expertise, providing in depth knowledge whilst proactively coaching and developing more junior team members
  • Developing, maintaining and monitoring programmes for scheduling and reporting on deliverables across specific projects
  • Maximising profitability of projects, monitoring against budget, reacting and anticipating potential problems and communicating in line with client expectations

Areas of expertise should include some or all of the below:

  • Mechanical building services design with experience in a number of the following areas:
    • Healthcare
    • Education
    • Industrial/pharma
    • Food Processing
    • Transportation
    • Water/Wastewater
  • Steam, Condensate and associated equipment
  • Low Pressure / Low Temperature Hot Water
  • Chilled Water and associated equipment
  • Domestic hot and cold water systems for both commercial and industrial projects
  • Public health systems
  • Vacuum systems and associated equipment
  • Fuel gas systems
  • Fuel oil systems
  • Process/plant water
  • Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water
  • Medical gases
  • Natural Ventilation systems
  • HVAC systems
  • Refrigeration
  • Specialist extract systems
  • BMS (Building Management Systems) and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems
  • Instrumentation, Control and Automation systems
  • Services co-ordination and integration of plant and equipment in buildings and for underground services
  • BIM, AutoCAD and Revit
  • Site experience an advantage


Candidate specification
Essential:

  • B.Eng /M.Eng
  • Chartered Engineer
  • Have experience of leading on Mechanical services and some multi disciplinary projects
  • Have experience of mentoring and leading graduate engineers
  • Be enthusiastic and ambitious
  • Possess excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentation
  • Have the ability to lead electrical elements of one large project or a portfolio of smaller projects
  • Have some experience of managing client relationships and expectations as there will be a requirement to attend Client Facing meetings via Team

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Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

  • Flexible working
  • Pension matched up to 7% of base salary
  • Competitive annual leave
  • An annual professional institution subscription
  • Life insurance
  • Income continuance
  • Enhanced Paternity leave
  • Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Travel TaxSaver tickets
  • Commitment to Continuing Professional Development – we are accredited by Engineers Ireland
  • Mentoring and support for career development and progression

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to part time work for some roles
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Shared parental leave – We match up to 24 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 2 weeks
Private GP service – Private Medical care for all UK staff
Life insurance – 4 x salary
Enhanced pension match/contribution – matched up to 7%
Buddy scheme
Enhanced sick pay
Dental coverage
Compassionate leave
Health assessment
Eye Care Support – Eyecare vouchers
Life assurance
Carer’s leave – up to 5 days, two of which are paid
Pregnancy loss leave
Salary sacrifice
Buy or sell annual leave
Accrued annual leave
Religious celebration leave
Tax-free childcare
Theme park discounts
On-site yoga classes
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Annual pay rises
Annual bonus
Income protection
Employee discounts
Professional subscriptions – We pay for your primary professional annual subscription
Lunch and learns
Employee assistance programme
L&D budget
Teambuilding days
Travel loan
Returnship
Mentoring
In house training
Study support
Learning platform
Further education support

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