Richard joined Human Capital Solutions in 2010 and possesses over 16 years’ experience recruiting MEP Building Services Design Engineers and Sustainability Consultants into the Built Environment. His clients include global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies, global property developers, specialist building services and sustainability consultancies and design and build contractors.
Electrical Design Engineer - London
Are you an inquisitive individual who enjoys combining technical excellence with creativity? Happy to challenge the status quo and speak up when there is a better way of doing things?
If this sounds like you, then you'll fit right in at this global multidisciplinary practice who are known for innovative engineering, collaborative design, and sustainability.
You'll join a friendly and engaged team of M&E Engineers, Lighting Designers, Architects, Structural Engineers, and Sustainability Engineers, who all work together to achieve the same outcomes. You'll be involved in retrofit and refurbishment projects of listed buildings, state of the art healthcare or life sciences projects, to universities and iconic landmark buildings.
Working as part of a team of eighty professionals, you'll challenge the status quo, push boundaries, and consistently deliver outstanding results for clients. This team works as a cohesive unit: seamlessly passing work between disciplines to deliver exceptional results and having everything in-house results in a holistic approach to design. They embrace multidisciplinary teamwork, and have created an environment where engineers, architects, and structural engineers can collaborate openly, honestly, and effectively.
Your dedication will be recognised and celebrated across both the MEP team and the London office. The weekly CPD's and 'lunch and learns' will ensure you continue to develop your expertise while contributing to meaningful work.
Their London office is a beautifully engineered building offering a vibrant, welcoming space with high ceilings, greenery, and a mix of collaborative and quiet areas.
They are looking for an Electrical Design Engineer with at least three years of experience; and can offer a clear pathway for professional growth. They actively encourage all Engineers to become CEng and have a policy of Directors and Partners supporting and mentoring the Intermediate Engineers; ensuring knowledge is shared across the team.
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Job 3659
Electrical Design Engineer - To £45K Package
I'm looking for an Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer to join an 80 strong, employee-owned multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in London, that specialises in low carbon building design.
Over the past 15years, they've developed a reputation for designing and delivering unique projects such as theatres, museums, galleries, schools, castles, cinemas, churches, universities and other listed buildings.
Working as part of their 25 strong London office (multi-disciplinary engineers) you'll enjoy working on one off projects from concept to construction, typically with a construction value of £5M - £40M.
You will be expected to be able to manage your own time and deliverables, mentor and help develop Graduate and Junior engineers, attend design team meetings, attend site meetings, and liaise directly with clients, architects and specialist external consultants.
The ideal Electrical Design Engineer will have a minimum of three years' experience and some previous experience working with well-known London based Architects.
Senior Electrical Design Engineer - To £70K diverse projects, great culture stable team and hands on managers.
If you're a creative Senior Electrical Design Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, please read on.
There will be a strong focus on your development as you'll have your own dedicated training and development budget.
You will work on a broad range of commercial offices, schools and universities, hospitals, warehouses, listed buildings, hotels, and super prime residential developments.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll be trusted to just get on with leading projects from inception to completion, whilst working with minimal supervision. This will include designing safe, economical, and reliable electrical systems, coordinating your electrical designs with other disciplines and undertaking site visits to monitor progress against the initial design.
You'll also be involved with elements of management, fee proposals, and mentoring and monitoring the less experienced electrical design engineers. You'll lead projects internally and externally in respect of deliverables, resources and ensure their technical and financial success.
This building services engineering consultancy they have been driving change and innovation with the built environment for over 50 years. Their mission is to be recognised as the leading engineering consultancy; consistently delivering exceptional solutions with passion, purpose, teamwork, and integrity.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll become a key part of the Building Services team and interact closely with their inhouse Energy and Sustainability Engineers, BIM technicians and Facilities Management Engineers.
What they offer
▪️ Flat management structure, with all Partners and Directors still actively involved in projects
▪️ Salary up to £70K (for a proper senior)
▪️ 25 days leave
▪️ Guaranteed annual bonus (it's written into the contract)
▪️ Flexible starting times (start between 8am and 10am)
▪️ Quick progression to Associate Director
▪️ Job Security (they have a forward order book for the next 12 months)
If you'd like to apply but don't have an up-to-date CV, that's Ok. Just send me what you have, and we can go from there.
Or just call or text me on zero seven five nine five zero seven one three zero three.
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Principal Building Physics Engineer - Oxford - To £70K Package Profit Share
This Sustainability and MEP consultancy are leaders in Passivhaus and NZC projects and have a secured pipeline of projects for the next 6 months.
Due to continued demand for their expertise in Low and Net Zero Carbon Design, they are looking for a Principal Building Physics Engineer to lead their Building Performance Engineering team.
Working alongside the Director of Sustainability, you'll be responsible for liaising with clients, architects and developers and essentially help bridge the gap between architecture, MEP services and sustainability.
This role will more than likely appeal to someone who is currently at a Senior Level, who is looking to essentially step up into a Principal role and lead the Building Physics team. This is a unique opportunity for a Building Physics expert to grow a team, help grow the business and have a clear path to equity within the next 12 months.
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Please feel free to get in touch for a full brief, job description and discussion on their employee benefits and fully hybrid working policy.
Senior Mechanical Engineer - To £55K Profit Share Package Almost fully remote role (Edinburgh)
Due to growth, this Building Services Consultancy is looking for an additional Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to help design and deliver a range of interesting projects across Scotland.
Current projects range from major decarbonisation and heat recovery projects with blue chip firms, CAT B office fit outs, surgeries, and upgrades of listed or cultural buildings.
Working directly with the founding Director, a friendly and supportive Chartered Engineer (CEng, MCIBSE, MSc) you'll be responsible for HVAC design, attending meetings, and overseeing the installation of the mechanical building services systems on both new build and refurbishment projects.
You will be fully supported in the role, but not micromanaged. You will be given the opportunity to lead your own projects from feasibility, design all the way through to construction.
You'll enjoy a fully flexible, almost 100% remote role, and choose how many days a week you attend their office in Edinburgh, based on meetings and clients' requirements.
Please note, this Senior Mechanical Design Engineer opportunity is with a start-up. So, you'll get a big say into the future direction and success of the business whilst being rewarded with a basic salary up to £55K, an annual 10% profit share and 25 days annual leave.
Essential Requirements
Senior Electrical Design Engineer - To £50 p/h
With an order book stretching into mid-2025 this MEP Design Consultancy are now looking for an additional contract Senior Electrical Design Engineer for their London office.
Staff welfare is at the forefront of their values, so it doesn't matter if you receive an hourly rate or an annual salary, you are still considered to be their most valued assets.
Having visited their office earlier today, I was really impressed with the quality of the fit out, the spacious desks, excellent communal facilities, and the buzz that the office had about it. It's modern but not too corporate, busy but not too full on and the staff were all interacting and chatting rather than being glued to a screen.
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you'll be given one or two projects to lead at a time; and be trusted to just get on with what you need to do to keep them moving forward. You'll consult directly with the client and lead projects from RIBA Stages 2 to 4.
You'll be expected to be able to lead projects independently, however when you need help, a second opinion or advice; you can just their Electrical Technical Director.
You'll get to work on CAT A and CAT B commercial offices, light industrial buildings, hotels, and high-end residential developments across central London.
Benefits
Job 3566
Senior Electrical Design Engineer - To £68K Pension, Life Assurance, BUPA Ongoing Training.
Quick progression, diverse projects, flexible working hours, above market basic salary, annual bonus, and a friendly company culture. What more could you ask for?
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you'll enjoy a diverse role consisting of electrical design, carrying out specialist surveys and project management. You'll collaborate closely with the in-house sustainability team to ensure the buildings you design drive greater building performance rather than just compliance.
You'll work on a range of new build and major refurbishment projects across the Commercial, Warehouse, Retail, Residential and Industrial sectors.
One day you might be carrying out a dilapidation survey on a CAT B Office, the next you could be doing a Stage 3 design for a Warehouse and the next you could be acting as a project manager or design manager. Or you could be overseeing the commissioning and installation of electrical services or performing a Technical Advisor role as remain on these projects through RIBA Stages 2 - 5.
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Requirements
If you are the type of Senior Electrical Engineer who is willing to go extra mile for clients to deliver well engineered projects, please get in touch.
Mechanical Associate Director - London - To £90K Package
Are you an outwardly facing, Mechanical Associate Director? Do you enjoy liaising with architects and helping to bring their ideas to life by creating innovative, energy efficient buildings?
From castles, commercial offices museums, cultural buildings, hospitals to research buildings; their projects are unique, impactful and interesting.
As a recognised leader in sustainable building services and environmental analysis; they are always looking to set new standards when it comes to energy efficiency. As a privately owned business, they remain committed to attracting, developing and promoting from within.
You'll become a key part of the London team of 25 Engineers and work directly alongside their MEP Director a passionate, enthusiastic and friendly individual who is a natural work winner; and an exceptionally talented engineer.
The Opportunity
This opportunity is for a driven Mechanical Associate Director with proven leadership ability and a strong commitment to sustainability to help shape the future of the mechanical engineering team. As Mechanical Associate Director, you'll play a key role in overseeing complex, high-profile projects, mentoring their engineering team, and contributing to strategic growth. You will have a positive environmental impact on the team and maintain the highest level of engineering standards.
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What they offer
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Rare opportunity for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join a well-established property developer in London and step into an M&E Coordinator / MEP Design Manager role.
You'll collaborate closely with the other members of the Technical Department and Engineering Team and oversee projects through their entire lifecycle. You'll prepare performance specifications, review tender documents, appoint specialist M&E Consultants, review their designs, specifications, and schematics, attend DTM's and monitor projects during key milestones.
Reporting to the Head of Building Services, you'll use your HVAC design skills as you review consultants designs and ensure they meet their inhouse technical standards, best practices, British standards and CIBSE guidelines. You'll also liaise with manufactures on all M&E systems and promote the use of innovative technologies to ensure every design is consistent, cost effective and sustainable.
You'll use your expert HVAC Design skills to ensure the consultants are not overengineering systems and ensure value engineering is at the core of the design process.
As projects progress to site, you'll help monitor the sub-contractor's electrical and mechanical installation progress of works. You'll help identify any technical issues or risks, respond to any RFI's, and keep the Head of Building Services updated with any changes.
Benefits
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Mechanical ( HVAC / Building Services ) Design Engineer with at least four years' experience to move into a client-side role, with a property developer.
Please note, previous experience in residential, hotel or student accommodation projects is essential.
Revit MEP Technician - To £45K Package 1 day a week in the office
Office based or home based? You decide.
Due to growth, I'm looking for a Revit MEP Technician for this medium sized, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy based in London.
Working within their BIM and Revit team of four individuals, you'll get to choose where you work. If you prefer working from home most of the time, that's fine. You will just be required to attend the office one day a week as their VPNs and policies are all set up to facilitate this.
On the other hand, if you prefer to be around other people; you're welcome to work from their London office up to five days a week.
Either way you'll get to interact with the team of around 40 MEP, Energy and Sustainability, Civil and Structural Engineers; on a range of large-scale projects.
Requirements
If you meet the above criteria, we will arrange an interview with the BIM Manager and M&E Director immediately.
Job 3563
MEP Building Services Revit Technician - To £45K Package
Due to continued growth across the UK and a steady influx of additional projects, we have an immediate need for a Revit MEP Technician to join this international Building Services consultancy.
Based in their funky, open plan studio near Kings Cross you will enjoy working in a very collaborative and design led environment on a range of hotel, mixed-use, large scale residential, education and commercial office projects from RIBA Stages 2-4.
Reporting to the BIM / CAD Manager you will be responsible for taking 2D drawings and Engineers mark ups and creating fully coordinated Revit MEP models from scratch following PAS 1192-2 standards. Depending on the client's requirements, complexity of project and allocated fees these models will be to LOD200 or LOD300. As you progress you will take on more responsibility for coordination MEP Services, assisting with creating Revit families, schedules and templates, carrying out clash detection checks using Navis works, presenting the Revit models to the clients and also assisting the company's virtual reality and visualisation services.
This is a great opportunity for a MEP Revit Technician to become a valued member of a very vibrant and social team and work on a broad range of architecturally led, UK and international projects. As the role develops you will have the opportunity of being mentored by the MEP Design Engineers and developing some design skills; however, if this doesn't appeal and you would prefer to focus on a pure Revit / BIM role that's fine.
The ideal MEP Revit Technician will have at least three years' full time experience using Revit MEP, can manage their own time efficiently, can work as part of a team and can draw all MEP Services into a Revit model with limited supervision.
In addition to a salary up to £45K they also offer 25 days leave, pension, overtime, ongoing CPD, weekly social activities, an early finish on the last Friday of the month, flexible working times (with option of starting at 8am, 9am or 10am) and a unique working environment.
Senior HVAC Design Engineer - Laboratories / Pharmaceutical / Industrial Projects - To £60K
Are you a Senior Mechanical (HVAC / Building Services) Design Engineer with at least four years' experience; working for a consultancy or design and build contractor?
Would you prefer to be involved in the design of complex pharmaceutical, laboratory, secondary manufacturing, and data centre projects?
Due to growth, this national Building Services Consultancy are looking for an additional Mechanical (HVAC) Design Engineer for their London office. As recognised experts in the design and delivery of complex and mission critical projects their clients trust them to design highly serviced buildings that require temperature controlled, sterile environments that use complex systems such as medical gases, extraction systems, steam or purified air.
You'll benefit from working in a diverse team of design engineers, a large number of their design engineer have worked for contractors before moving into consultancy. So they understand both sides of the industry and are happy to share their expertise with you.
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