Graduate Design Engineer

  • True Engineers
  • Quintrell Downs, Cornwall
  • Sep 24, 2025
Full time Construction Quantity Surveyor Structural Engineer Architect and Design Mechanical / Electrical Engineer Graduate Construction

Job Description

Graduate Design Engineer, Building Services - Get into Sustainable Design

Cornwall - Flexible Working

Starting Salary £28k to £30k

Graduate Electrical Engineer / Graduate Mechanical Engineer / Building Services Design / Consultancy / Sustainability / Building Services / Energy / Integrated Engineering

This role is to join a leading independent sustainability and engineering consultancy who specialise in creating sustainable building designs. You will join a team of experienced engineers designing the electrical and mechanical aspects of buildings in a sustainable way.

They are currently recruiting for Graduate Mechanical or Graduate Electrical Engineers to join their building services design team. This role offers excellent progression as you will join a graduate scheme with a structured pathway. You will receive support to become a member of the CIBSE, IET, IMechE or EI and eventually to become a chartered engineer.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Building services engineering design including mechanical and electrical engineering and building physics
  • Working alongside senior design engineers to develop your mechanical and electrical design skills
  • Advising clients on how to reduce energy use through engineering design and specification
  • Working with design teams including architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors and specialist consultants
  • Advising on building services aspects of BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homes
  • Computer thermal modelling of buildings to assess energy use
  • Site visits to construction sites to inspect building services installations
  • Advising on building-integrated renewable energy

Experience and Qualifications

  • Educated to degree level in any engineering discipline for example physics, mechanical or electrical engineering, building services engineering or environmental engineering.
  • An appreciation of sustainability, renewable energy technologies, thermodynamics and energy systems.
  • You must be interested in the built environment and have the ability to communicate clearly and professionally.
  • You will need to adapt to new situations quickly and be willing to contribute as an active design team member.
  • A full driving licence is desirable.

Unfortunately, the facility does not exist for this employer to provide working VISA s and or sponsorship to work in the UK