Richard Federer

Director (Building Services Design)

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. 

 
 
 

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Electrical Associate

£70000 - £85000 per annum interesting projects,hybrid working,equity

Electrical Associate - Up to £85K Progression, Purpose, and Interesting Projects

Are you an Electrical Associate who enjoys leading interestng projects, mentoring engineers and fostering relationships with clients?

Working alongside their MEP Partner, you'll be engaged in the full project lifecycle on a variety of compelling projects. Recent project examples include a luxury low-energy resort in the Caribbean, full decarbonisation of a Grade 1 Listed Museum, a zero-carbon master plan, and a mixed-use development integrating hydrogen and battery storage technologies within a London hotel.

As an Electrical Associate, you'll thrive in a connected and collaborative team comprising MEP Design Engineers, Building Physics Engineers, Revit Technicians, and Sustainability Engineers. You'll mentor and manage a team of five Electrical Engineers while working closely with the founding Partners to drive innovation and best practices across the built environment.

BIM is ingrained in their DNA, which is reflected by their ability to consistently produce construction-level 3D models for design coordination and systems verification. Quality, staff retention, and innovation are core our values, as they remain dedicated to designing innovative, low-energy buildings that benefit both occupants and surrounding communities.

As an Electrical Associate, you'll enjoy working in a supportive team environment while maintaining a healthy work-life balance, with a clear path to Partnership (either as a salaried Partner or Equity Partner).

Essential Requirements:

  • 8 years' experience in a design role within the built environment.
  • Degree qualified and preferably Chartered (CEng, MIET).
  • Up-to-date knowledge of British Standards, IET, and CIBSE guidelines, as well as CDM regulations.
  • Leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and mentor others.

Even if you're content in your current role and not actively seeking a new opportunity, I'm happy to have a confidential, no-strings-attached discussion with you. Please feel free to call or text me on 07595 071303, and we can arrange a convenient time to chat.

hot jobs Electrical Design Engineer

Up to £48000 per annum Progression and support

Electrical Design Engineer - To £48K Progression, support, interesting projects and a reduced working week.

Established over 50 years ago, this multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy has always promoted their engineers based on merit and ability.

Their Electrical team is headed up by a supportive, friendly and hands on Director, who is always happy to help you. As an Electrical Design Engineer, you'll work under an experienced team of Principals, Seniors and Engineers and have a Graduate to also assist you with calculations and drawings etc.

Rather than only working across a few industry sectors, their project portfolio has always remained diverse and consists of commercial, education, industrial, laboratory, listed and cultural buildings.

As a business they remain focussed on innovation and precision engineering, and their projects usually set new standards in terms of quality, innovation or energy efficiency. They never take on more projects than they can design and deliver well, and pride themselves in always going the extra mile on behalf of their clients, and never rush projects out the door without a strict QA process.

You'll enjoy a reduced working week of 35 hours, ongoing and regular training and development, 25 days leave, a flexible hybrid working policy and as much autonomy as you desire.

You'll also enjoy working in a team of around 25 other MEP Design Engineers, in a modern, friendly, and spacious office based in Zone 1, Central London.

Requirements

  • 2 years' experience as an Electrical (Building Services) Design Engineer.
  • Able to work in a team environment.
  • Able to work in the UK without the need to be sponsored.
  • Working knowledge of Revit and either ProDesign (Amtech) or Electrical OM.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Up to £50000 per annum 17% employer pension, fully remote role
UK

Senior Mechanical Engineer - 17% employer pension, fully remote role, up to £50K salary

Use your experience in Mechanical (Building Services) design, energy conservation and Research and Development to future proof our countries most precious, historic buildings. All from the comfort of your own home whilst enjoying a 36-hour working week!

England has some truly remarkable listed buildings and a long history of innovation. However, unless these iconic buildings are improved, maintained, or decarbonised, we run the risk of them falling into ruin.

That's where you come in.

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with previous experience in existing buildings, you'll get involved in complex upgrades and refurbishment projects on listed buildings across the UK. You'll help future proof these buildings and integrate low or zero carbon technologies into buildings that were never originally designed to have gas or electricity!

You'll enjoy collaborating with internal M&E Design Engineers, planners, external specialist consultants and conservation architects. You'll engineer solutions that will see these magnificent buildings last another 500 or more years, whilst ensuring that they continue to have a smaller carbon footprint.

In addition to usual duties of a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (HVAC design, site surveys, attending design, coordination, and client meetings etc) here you'll also have a dedicated R&D budget so that you can explore new or emerging technologies.

This is a unique opportunity to decarbonise the UK's historic built environment, whilst ensuring these engineered solutions do not compromise their historical value, or architectural features.

Benefits:

  • Salary to £50,000.
  • 17% employer pension
  • 28 days leave.
  • 36 hours a week (option of a 4-day week or a 9-day fortnight)
  • Choice of fully a fully remote role, or hybrid role (from any one of their UK based offices).
  • Your own dedicated training and development budget.

Requirements

  • Degree qualified and Chartered.
  • At least four years' experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer.
  • Previous experience with existing buildings.

Principal Electrical Engineer

£60000 - £65000 per annum 35-hour week profit share

Principal Electrical Engineer - To £65K 35-hour week profit share interesting and complex projects.

This multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy have been breaking down barriers in Building Services Engineering and empowering their employees to thrive and lead. They have committed to diversity within their workforce in all positions ranging from Graduate to Board Director and genuinely care about the health and wellbeing of every employee.

As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer, you'll enjoy working for an inclusive and supportive employer on a range of complex and highly serviced buildings across the education, science, and research, residential, healthcare, and leisure sectors.

As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer, you'll work alongside the Electrical Director and take a lead role in the design and delivery of projects across RIBA Stages 2 -4a and occasionally through to RIBA Stage 5.

You'll enjoy working in a lovely, modern, and spacious office based near London Bridge in a team of around 25 bright and enthusiastic MEP engineers. You'll benefit from direct access to the MEP Director and enjoy full autonomy over your own clients, projects, and team.

You'll be trusted to use your own initiative and experience to drive projects forward and use your common sense to decide when it would be most beneficial for you to be working in the office or working from home.

Having secured numerous awards or nominations such as "Net Zero Carbon Advisor of the Year", "Best M&E Consultancy", Engineering Consultant of the Year" and "Building Performance Consultancy of the Year", you'll become a key part of a consultancy that practices what it preaches.

Employee Benefits

  • Salary up to £65K
  • Annual performance and salary review
  • Annual Profit share scheme
  • 25 days leave initially ( 8 bank holidays) rising to 30 days annual leave ( 8 bank holidays)
  • 5% pension
  • 4 x Life assurance
  • Payment of up to 2 x Professional Memberships
  • Ongoing CPD
  • Private healthcare
  • Cycle to work scheme or interest free season ticket loan.
  • Weekly and monthly social activities

We are committed to diversity & inclusion and welcome applicants regardless of identity, personal characteristics, or background.

Mechanical Design Engineer

£48000 - £55000 per annum Package

Mechanical Design Engineer - London - To £55K Package

If you're a Mechanical Design Engineer looking to join a small consultancy, but still want to work on large and iconic projects, then this role is for you.

Reporting to their Mechanical Associate Director, you'll benefit from being involved in projects from inception to construction. You'll be given as much autonomy as you desire, and the opportunity of just cracking on with projects and leading them from feasibility, concept design, detail design and construction.

Their current portfolio includes hospitals, commercial offices, listed buildings, MoD training grounds, luxury hotels, theatres and cinemas and a framework with the Royal Household.

You'd be joining a close knit, supportive and friendly team of engineers who socialise weekly, and attend a monthly catch breakfast at the end of each month. They go away together every year for a long weekend and the Directors genuinely care about mental health and well-being and professional development of every employee.

They recognise and reward hard work and provide two yearly bonuses, plus 25 days leave, pension, hybrid working (two to three days a week in the office as required) payment of professional memberships and the opportunity to undertake a MSc or further training.

Please note, this Mechanical Design Engineer opportunity is with a Building Services Consultancy based in London and previous relevant experience, is essential.

hot jobs Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

£48000 - £58000 per annum Package

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - to £58,000 Package

If you are the type of Mechanical Engineer that enjoys working on iconic buildings and have an appreciation for good architecture, then you're going to love working here.

Led by hands on and supportive Partners, their 150 strong MEP team has the experience to design and deliver, complex buildings through all stages of a project's lifecycle.

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll feel good knowing that you are designing buildings that will have a positive impact on the people that occupy them whilst also reducing their environmental footprint.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, here you'll be involved in major decarbonisation projects on landmark projects, state of the art science and research facilities and true, zero carbon universities.

To be considered, you just need to have at least four years' experience (in the design of HVAC systems) a good appreciation of BIM and digital engineering and be able to work in the UK, without the need to be sponsored.

Interested?

Please apply or phone me or text me on Zero Seven Five Nine Five, Zero Seven One, Three Zero Three.

hot jobs Intermediate Public Health Engineer

£38000 - £48000 per annum 8% Pension 9-day fortnight

Intermediate Public Health Engineer 8% Pension 9-day fortnight

Established over a decade ago, this Sustainability led, Building Services Consultancy does things a little differently.

As one of the first engineering consultancies in the UK to pioneer the use of Passivhaus principals, into large projects they have continued to raise the bar, within the built environment.

Rather than just paying 5% pension, they offer 8% and rather than having an "early finish on a Friday" policy, here they give you every second Friday off completely. And rather than working in sector specific teams, here all their engineers get to work on a broad variety of projects.

So as an Intermediate PH Design Engineer here, you'll get to work on listed buildings such as museums, castles, and churches, £100M state of the art science and research facilities, schools, commercial offices, major urban regeneration projects and major decarbonisation projects.

With a team of 30 MEP design engineers in London, you'll get to know all the people you work with and benefit from working in a friendly, supportive, and inclusive working environment.

Benefits:

  • 9-day fortnight
  • 8% pension
  • Up to 38 days annual leave (Including Bank Holidays)
  • Assistance to buy an EV (electric vehicle) via a salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Interest free Season Ticket Loan or Ride to work scheme.
  • Ongoing CPD and Payment of Professional Membership Fees.
  • Private healthcare scheme and 4 x Life Assurance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid working policy, with a suggestion of two to three days a week from the office.

Requirements

It's essential that you are currently working as a Public Health Engineer (ie a Plumbing Design Engineer, Hydraulics Engineer, or Sanitation Engineer) in a consultancy environment. You will need to be able to design hot and cold-water services, rainwater harvesting systems, above ground (surface water) drainage and be familiar with British Standards, regulations, and best practices.

hot jobs Mechanical (Building Services) Engineer

£40000 - £48000 per annum Package

Mechanical (Building Services) Engineer - To £48K

Quality of delivery, quality of staff, innovative projects, and a great company culture. These are the founding principles of this multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy based near Liverpool Street.

Quality runs deep through the practice, and every project is overseen by a director all the way through the various RIBA stages. They produce quality designs that are low in energy and carbon, are properly coordinated and, actually fit within the space that was allocated by the client.

In terms of recruitment, they only employ permanent staff with stable employment histories, as they would prefer to turn work away rather than employing average engineers to just churn out poor quality designs.

Innovation exists across everything they do, they analyse every completed project, compare how the building is performing in use, and then use building performance engineering to improve the next project. They also continuously research and invest in new and emerging technologies, in order to make their existing software, processes or templates more efficient.

And, they also adopt a bold approach to building design, never shying away from the opportunity of trying something totally new, to solve an issue or overcome a challenge. Recent examples include their use of stone bearing masonry rather than steel, their investment in R&D into the use of advanced phase change materials or their ability to use CLT on larger, complex structures.

In terms of culture, the founding partners remain hands on and actively encourage all employees to make suggestions on how things can be improved. They operate an open plan studio environment, with MEP Engineers siting alongside the structural engineers, civil engineers, and BIM staff, which ensures constant collaboration. They have weekly and monthly social activities, and provide all staff with an annual bonus, and an annual salary review and increase.

As an Mechanical Engineer, you'll get involved in designing and modelling a variety of low carbon, interesting buildings such as theatres, museums, galleries, schools, castles, cinemas, offices, churches, universities, and data centres.

You'll work as part of a friendly, experienced, and supportive team of around 30 engineers on one off projects, typically from concept all the way through to construction.

You will attend design team and site meetings, and liaise directly with clients, architects, and specialist external consultants. You will also carry out heating and cooling loads, size plants, ducts, or pipes, use Revit MEP to produce 3D models, and also ensure all projects adhere to CIBSE guidelines, British standards and also promote a circular economy.

Requirements

  • At least two years' experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer,
  • Previous experience working directly with Architects.
  • Comfortable communicating technical terms, to a non-technical audience.
  • Easy to work with, able to work as part of a team.