Principal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical

Principal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical Energi People are working with a very highly regarded International M&E Design Consultancy who are seeking a fully experienced Principal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical to be based in their beautiful Bicester office with the ability to inspire others. This is absolutely a live role and my client is scheduling interviews over Skype/Teams in the coming days. I have recruited for this consultancy within the UK, Asia and Middle East for 10+ years and have seen many careers flourish, awards won at industry events and many world class projects delivered across the globe. The successful Principal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical will have a minimum of seven years' industry experience with the ability to run medium sized projects and undertake a client facing role in the development, design and co-ordination of engineering projects. Skills will include the delivery of European data centre and mission critical projects. Other sector experience including commercial, hotel, retail and hotel design desirable. Experience will also include the coordination of engineering project services, with a proven track record in project management. Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both with colleagues and clients, and experience working on innovative projects with leading client organisations, and contractors will equip you to take a future pro-active role in forging client relationships of our sector portfolio. You will possess good commercial awareness, in addition to having robust technical knowledge relevant to building services design, and capable of incorporating those technologies into the data centre sector. The Principal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical position in Bicester will ideally suit someone who is currently working in either consultancy or mission critical systems and is prepared to work 'hands on'. The ideal candidate will be a Chartered Engineer or working towards, educated to degree level in Building Services Engineering or equivalent and hold membership of relevant institutions. Role Responsibilities Responsible for running of medium size projects Undertakes a client facing role in the development and design and coordination of engineering project services Designs and specifies mechanical building systems, equipment, facilities, components and products Develops Mechanical engineering concepts and solutions Reports and reviews on Mechanical engineering options and makes final proposal Attend project design team meetings (perhaps overseas visits required) and co-ordinate with Architects, project managers, Structural Engineers etc Obtain from client and provide a clear and accurate brief to design office engineering team Visit design office with design briefing and partake in conference calls with design office engineers to discuss/review project Technical requirements and deliverables Develop brief and disseminate to Engineering/CAD resource for each phase of project Provide expert technical advice and problem resolution to the design office Visit design office with briefing and mobilise the team Review deliverables from design office in accordance with briefing requirements sent to them Provide technical audit of deliverables from design office Present design proposals/solutions to client and design team Prepare specifications and co-ordinate with all other documentation Sign-off engineering documents/schedules/drawings/calculations received from design office Use computer assisted project software for both project related calculations and pro Ensure document control methods are being adhered to and quality control standards are being achieved Contribute to development of quality and technical standards within the office Acts in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics Practice to GuidelinesRole Requirements You will need to possess the following professional and technical expertise: Responsible for assigned Engineers Experience of delivering in the DC space - high value large scale projects at Principal/Associate level is essential. Experience working in the Colocation and Hyperscale sectors (preferably both) is essential. Work independently within internal QA Systems Design reviews People management skills Clear (written as well as oral) Communication skills Delegation Act in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice GuidelinesBenefits Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience Training and mentoring Comprehensive benefits package and are an equal opportunities employer.Please contact James Mowat at Energi People for a confidential discussion about this excellentPrincipal Mechanical Engineer - DC/Mission Critical in Bicester. As mentioned above, my client is arranging interviews over the coming days, so if your experience matches the above requirements, please apply immediately