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Senior Building Performance Engineer
£40000 - £55000 per annum Pension Bupa Life Assurance 25 days leave
Richard Federer Director (Building Services Design)
Job Description
We have been approached by the one of the Directors of a global building services consultancy to find them a Senior Building Performance Engineer / Senior Sustainability Engineer with a track record of reducing energy and carbon within existing buildings.
This is a great opportunity for a Degree qualified, Senior Sustainability Engineer with previous HVAC Design and / or commissioning experience to help develop a new "Building Performance Engineering" group in London.
Working closely with the MEP Design Engineers and Energy and Sustainability Engineers your role will involve;
- Carrying out audits of existing buildings.
- Identify and diagnose poorly performing plant, HVAC systems and Electrical services.
- Preparing recommendations and reports for refurbishment projects.
- Identify and outline to clients or investors what can be achieved in terms of savings both from a short term (6 months) and long term (3 - 5 years) perspective.
- Help the MEP Engineers design solutions to reduce energy and carbon and improve the overall health and wellbeing of the buildings occupants.
- Assist the Mechanical Engineers with calculations (sizing, loads, heat loss etc)
- Assist with the Project Management / Commissioning Management of retrofitted solutions.
- Assist with the Performance testing of new buildings before they are handed over to the clients - simulate conditions to test the integrity of the Building services.
- Carry out Energy Audits and Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE).
- Analysing how a building operates and connecting and feeding this information back into the early stages of design.
- Maintaining a good network of contacts with relevant industry bodies.
- Actively promoting best practice Low Carbon building design to internal Design teams and to external clients.
This role will suit an ambitious and outgoing Senior Sustainability Engineer who has initially worked in either HVAC Design or Commissioning prior to moving into Sustainability. You will enjoy a diverse role as you work on anything from large scale renewable energy projects, district heating schemes, master-planning to energy reduction strategies across entire portfolios of property on behalf of FTSE 100 clients.
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Detailed duties
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- Report on current energy use, occupancy levels and building use.
- For each building, propose an energy reduction solution that is fit for purpose.
- Collect and analyse data and then produce reports.
- Provide a few options for clients that demonstrates the pay backs in terms of potential energy savings for a few different options.
- Provide clients with a clear return on investment calculation, allowing them to make an informed decision.
- HVAC Design
- Meet with clients to understand their challenges and requirements.
- Produce a bespoke, commercial technical proposal for each client (that includes the cost to do the design and installation by their in-house Projects Team).
- Liaise with clients all the way through the project, keep them informed of the progress, possible risks, or possible delays.
- Present proposals to new clients and secure repeat business.
- Carry out QA checks of the work (I.e. design, proposals) produced by less experienced members of the inhouse design team.
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- Attend site and verify key parameters such as air volume, temperature, humidity, and air velocity.
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- CPD
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- Maintain a register of all CPD you complete with the aim of becoming a CEng with CIBSE or the IMechE.
Benefits
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- Option of working from abroad for up to one week at a time.
- Uncapped profit share
- Individual bonus (in addition to the profit share described above)
- Opportunity to move internally, into a dedicated Project Manager role in the future.
- Easy access to the company founder, directors, and other key stakeholders.
- Pension
- Payment of 1 x Professional Membership.
Requirements
- Previous experience designing HVAC services across a range of different building types.
- Good communicator, able to build rapport with a variety of people easily.
- Previous experience onsite, i.e., overseeing projects during construction or installation phases.
- Good all-round knowledge of MEP Building Services, Energy Auditing and BMS.
- Energy audits
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- Matched pension up to 5%
- Life Assurance
- Private Healthcare
- Flexible start and finish times
Requirements
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Essential Requirements
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