SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER - MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
 
HS2 | Building Services | Route wide Assets
 
An opportunity is available for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the team delivering nine major building assets across the HS2 route.
 
The works include portal buildings, pumping stations and tunnel shafts. These complex reinforced-concrete structures contain extensive mechanical and electrical services, including ventilation, smoke control, public health, fire protection, controls, lifts and supporting specialist systems.
 
 
Your duties will include:

• Coordinating mechanical services through design, construction and commissioning
• Reviewing drawings, calculations, specifications and technical submittals
• Supporting the delivery of ventilation, smoke control and public-health systems
• Assessing specialist contractor designs for compliance and buildability
• Coordinating mechanical installations with electrical and architectural packages
• Resolving interfaces with civil and structural works
• Supporting procurement and the approval of plant, equipment and materials
• Responding to site queries, design changes and non-conformances
• Monitoring installation quality and construction progress
• Supporting testing, commissioning and final handover

We are looking for:

• A suitably experienced Mechanical Engineer or Building Services Engineer
• Strong knowledge of mechanical building-services installations
• Experience with a main contractor, MEP contractor or specialist subcontractor
• An understanding of design development and technical assurance
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary construction packages
• Knowledge of testing and commissioning processes
• A practical, delivery-focused approach

Previous infrastructure or rail experience is not mandatory. Candidates from main contracting, commercial construction and building-services backgrounds will be considered.
 
The position offers a genuine opportunity to move into the infrastructure sector while applying existing mechanical expertise to railway, tunnel, structural and civil-engineering assets.