Mechanical Design Team Manager

Bouygues Energies & Services Industry is recruiting a Mechanical Design Team Manager to lead a design team, delivering technical services at bid, design, installation and commissioning phases.   

The Mechanical Design Team Manager will manage the team who lead high profile projects and develop more junior engineers.  This role is a management and a hands-on role which will focus on the delivery and management of design and technical support services to data centres, clean rooms, pharmaceutical and other mission critical projects.

The Role

• Manage and deliver design work throughout design and build projects in collaboration with the project teams and take full accountability for the design of mechanical services for data centres and other mission critical projects.
• Coordinate the activities to ensure the best use of resources.
• Manage, develop and mentor design team members and act as a mentor to assist the development of the team to achieve goals and objectives.
• Undertake design reviews and appraisals and provide technical advice/assistance to the projects teams.
• Take responsibility for checking calculations and provide monthly design progress reports in each project reporting on technical risks and opportunities.
• Provide design/technical assessment support of tenders and delivery high quality design solutions that address contractual obligations and mitigating technical risk.
• Be the key contact on projects and manage regular design meetings with the project team.
• Provide engineering support to maintain technical audit trail through design, procurement, installation and commissioning stages.
• Successful delivery projects with high quality design completed on time and within budget.
• Delivery of design in line with health and safety requirements.

The Person:

Essential Criteria

• Recognised qualification in mechanical / building services engineering. i.e. BEng / Meng.
• Proven experience of managing a team, e.g. assigning tasks and communicating priorities.
• Proven experience in mechanical services design in line with appropriate standards, guidance and client`s requirements.
•  Experience of working on multiple projects concurrently.
• Experience of developing team members and providing leadership to engineers and designers.
• An effective decision maker in consultation with projects stakeholders and use judgement to escalate the process.
• Proven experience of undertaking and leading the design of mechanical services, particularly for data centres and other mission critical projects.
• Experience in undertaking and managing specialist design and engineering services - Sustainability & compliance (BREEAM, heat, fume and noise emissions, Part L), mathematical modelling (CFD, FEA, etc) and services which supports our designs.
• Experience delivering and management of design in line with RIBA plan of work, BSRIA BG6 schedule of services and ISO 19650 requirement up to and inclusive of RIBA Stage 5.
• Experience working with typical design and build contracts, JCT, NEC, MF1 and others.

Why Energies & Services

Bouygues Energies & Services, is part of the Bouygues Group – a global brand employing over 130,000 people in 80 countries within the construction, engineering, civil works, energy services, telecommunications and media sectors.

Bouygues Energies & Services specialise in the execution of technically challenging, time sensitive projects and offer seamless consulting and facility solutions through an inhouse design, build, operate and maintain delivery model. 

We are at the forefront of the Data Centre market, for over 15 years.  Also, working with the Pharmaceutical sector we provide comprehensive solutions for contamination control strategies and cleanroom processing.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the most technically innovate and challenging projects.  With a strong corporate culture, our values reflect how we operate with Respect, Excellence, Courage, Integrity and Passion.  We offer competitive basic salaries with generous company benefits including:

• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Annual leave increasing with service
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Healthcare plan
• Access to Lifestyle Benefits (such as our Cycle to Work Scheme)

Be Yourself!

Here at Bouygues we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented communities to apply. By joining us, you will be inspired to bring your full self to the workplace, speak up and share your unique ideas. You will also have an opportunity to join our employee led diversity & inclusion communities such as WeLink (women network), Encompass (LGBTQ+), Kaleidoscope (BAME), Disability and Wellness peer support network, Parents and Carers network.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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