Principal Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)

Job Description: Principal Engineer

Location: Belfast

Salary: Very negotiable as this is a lead role

Job Purpose: The principal engineer will lead the engineering design on projects. The principal engineer role will mean working very closely with an associate/partner to contribute to the operational delivery of projects, management of client relationships and management of a team, developing your skills and having a view to taking on a full managerial role in due course. (Associate)

The office will be in Belfast. The company are multi-disciplinary and offer a wide variety of engineering from locations across the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Working Relationships: You will be reporting to an Associate/Partner whilst having some graduate/intermediate engineers directing to you!

Other relationships in the role will include clients, other engineers, consultants, external clients and so on.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

·         Manage engineering designs in line with client brief and/or other project requirements

• Review and provide feedback on designs produced by more junior staff

• Monitor resourcing requirements for projects and provide feedback to Associates / Partners 2

• Under the guidance of a more experienced manager, contribute to the day-to-day management   and control of projects (including commercial and financial management, project management, and compliance with QA, environmental and health and safety procedures)

• Provide training and coaching to more junior staff, including acting as a mentor to support those  pursuing membership of professional institutions

• Attend internal and/or external marketing and business development events as appropriate

• Contribute to the preparation of submissions and fee bids

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients

• Contribute to Practice-wide technical initiatives (such as the development of technical standards, software development, knowledge sharing etc)

Other Key Requirements

·         Engineering qualification at Bachelor’s degree level (or Higher)

·         Proven technical competence and experience

·         Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team, and to lead and motivate others

·         Proven ability to plan and programme your own work and that of others

·         Demonstrate ability to delegate to others and provide appropriate and timely feedback

·         Evidence of progress towards achieving recognition as a chartered professional

For more information or to discuss in confidence, please contact Adam White at CSR on 02892627488. Alternatively, to apply, click on the link below.

Crescent Specialist Recruitment (CSR) is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Crescent Specialist Recruitment (CSR) operates as both an Employment Agency and Employment Business on behalf of our clients.