Overview

Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, construction and consulting solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 75 offices worldwide and recognised as a global leader in Energy.

We’re growing our UK business and have exciting opportunities for experienced and motivated industry professionals to join us as we continue our journey to help make clients successful. We have a specific opportunity for an experienced senior mechanical engineer, who carries design development, owners engineer and EPC experience to join our team and work on a variety of power and energy transition projects across our UK and International regions.

The role will involve projects spanning all power generation and decarbonisation technologies that contribute to the UK pathway to 2050 Net Zero. Projects may be direct to demand (OnSite) or direct to grid connected solutions, including technologies such as BESS, Heat Networks and Distributed Heat and Power.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion for project needs and requirements set forth by project managers.

• Prepare mechanical equipment: packaged equipment specifications and data sheets, RFQs, technical bid summaries, and purchase recommendations.

• Review mechanical equipment vendor drawings and data interfaces with suppliers, clients, other engineering disciplines, detailers and designers.

• Participate in development of project schedule, scope, budget, staffing planning and construction planning. Responsible for effective management of change orders.

• Apply expert knowledge of commonly used mechanical concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the mechanical engineering services industry.

• Apply knowledge and experience to complex projects and identify non-standard design solutions.

• Quality review production drawings for a variety of projects and project-related data as required by project managers to verify corrections are made within multiple CAD related software.

• Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design-related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of mechanical systems.

• Lead field inspections, installation, measurements or calculations for public and private clients.

• Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.

• Build relationships with existing clients, customers and contractors and develop new business opportunities. Ensure customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.

• Participate in sales and marketing efforts and identify key pursuits.

• Lead the development of cost proposals and qualification statements to achieve targets and standards for financial performance.

• Prepare and present project budgets and cost estimates. Report project performance.

• Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to the mechanical engineering practice. Mentor and guide less experienced engineers.

• Ensure QA/QC process adherence and effective communication with other engineering disciplines.

• Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.

• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

• 7 years mechanical engineering experience.

• Professional Engineering License (PE) preferred.

• Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures. Strong knowledge of mechanical equipment design codes (ASME, ANSI, API, PIP, NACE).

• Strong computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead the execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.

• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.

• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.

• Ability to travel.

Job Engineering

Primary Location GB-London, UK-London

Other Locations GB-Birmingham UK-Birmingham, GB-Glasgow, UK-Glasgow

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Req ID: 253017

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JA #UKO N/A