Trainee Design Engineer/ Degree Apprentice, Birmingham
Job Description
Job Title: Trainee Design Engineer / Degree Apprentice
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Birmingham
Position Summary:
We are looking to recruit a Trainee Electrical Engineer to work on some large and iconic construction projects across the UK.
This is an excellent opportunity for school leavers or those looking for an alternative to full-time university, where you can earn while you learn and gain practical, hands-on experience. Unlike traditional higher education, we’ll cover the cost of your professional development.
The position is full-time based in Birmingham and will allow the successful candidate to gain vital knowledge and experience on the job whilst attaining first a HNC and then a Degree by day release, with additional training being provided via the Company’s WW:Academy initiative.
Responsibilities and authority:
- You will learn to assist a team of engineers and technicians with the production of engineering drawings and assist in the production of 3D or 2D drawings using computer software.
- You will learn about the preparation of simple engineering calculations and the importance of initially checking your own work.
- You will contribute to providing solutions to design problems and assist in meeting agreed deadlines, and support the administration of projects.
- You will gain industry experience by attending meetings and/or site visits/surveys with Senior Engineers or others in the design team.
- You will increase your skills, knowledge and confidence in the role by attending and participating in company activities, presentations and workshops.
- You will be required to keep your training log up to date and attend training/Continuous Professional Development where appropriate.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 5 passes at GCSE level (Grade A-C) including English, Maths and a science subject.
- Preferred minimum of 3 A-Levels including English, Maths and a science subject (preferably Physics or Technological Studies)
- Alternatively completed a recognised Electrical apprenticeship within the construction industry.
Essential:
- All Relevant training will be provided
- The desire to work in an engineering office environment
- Good numeracy, literacy and computing skills
- Ability to manage your own time and prioritise at busy times
- Awareness of the Building Services Engineering environment
- Ability to think in a methodical way
- Good communication skills within a team and externally
Desirable:
- Willingness to achieve professional qualification.
- An interest in using computers for design work, calculations, and testing designs
- A temperament that means you work well with other people
- Previous consulting engineer experience
- Knowledge and experience of Autocad or Revit software
- Knowledge of energy and thermal modelling software such as IES
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
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Electrical Engineer, Aberdeen
Job Description
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Associate
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Aberdeen
Position Summary:
To support the Senior/Associate Engineer(s) in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with moderate supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, Hevacomp, IES, Relux, Dialux, MEPWorx), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification
- Previous experience in a Building Services consultancy required
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Study towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Senior Electrical Engineer, Aberdeen
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Aberdeen
Position Summary:
Technically competent engineer, with excellent communication and time management skills and a track record for consistent project delivery, with strong technical knowledge. Good team ethic approach and the ability to financially control and project manage.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Preparation and/or development of client brief
- Development of project cost plans
- Assist where necessary in the estimation of project in-house resource requirements
- Assist in the development of project pre and post tender programmes
- Carry out surveys of existing facilities and prepare survey reports
- Prepare design calculations in accordance with all relevant standards and legislation adopting all necessary standard formats and procedures
- Prepare sketch drawings in sufficient detail to enable draughtspersons to produce satisfactory detail drawings as required for tender, construction or other purposes
- Prepare particular project specifications and schedules adapting standard specification information where possible
- Prepare bills of quantities in accordance with current Standard Method of Measurement documents
- Assist clients in the selection of appropriate methods of contracting works
- Technically vet tenders and provide advice to clients on acceptance
- Carry out site supervision duties as necessary to ensure works are installed in accordance with contract documentation and good engineering practice
- Assist in the financial control of contracts including the preparation of interim and final project valuations
- Prepare feasibility studies and any specialist studies as required by the project brief
- Justify systems selection by means of investment appraisal techniques
- If required by the project brief, prepare presentation material and carry out presentations to client
- Liaise with other design team members, internal and external, and represent the business at meetings
- Liaise with and provide focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are more effectively fulfilled
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project management and actively undertake training of subordinate staff
- Regularly review personal programme workload; develop and frequently review priority lists of programmed tasks
- Check adequacy and accuracy of information and documentation produced by others
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly recording of man-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information
- Manage projects including organisation of subordinate staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
- Contribute to the maintenance of the highest possible standards of design by maintaining a good working knowledge of proven building services systems and new developments in the Building Services Industry
- Undertake project risk assessments to ensure safe installation and operation and comply with CDM legislation
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors
- To contribute to ensuring operations are conducted in accordance with the relevant ISO and national legislation
Education and Experience:
- Preferably BEng (Hons) degree in Building Services Engineering/Electrical Engineering.
- Chartered or working towards Chartership with IET/CIBSE
- Competent in Autocad and knowledge of Revit
- Relevant industry experience appropriate to Senior Engineer level
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Good numeracy, literacy and computing skills
- Ability to manage your own time and prioritise at busy times
- Ability to produce neat and accurate technical drawings
- Ability to think in a methodical way to design, plan and organise projects
- Excellent communication skills within a team environment
- Ability to present and explain the thought process behind your own design work
- Competent in the use of Autocad Software and knowledge of Revit Software
- Competent in the use of Word and Excel
- Ambitious self-motivated individual with good team ethic, looking to excel and aspire
- AMTECH / HEVACOMP/Mepworx proficient
- DIALUX / RELUX proficient
- Online collaboration tool knowledge
- Works well with minimal supervision
Desirable:
- Knowledge of energy and thermal modelling software such as IES
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
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Trainee Electrical Engineer, Birmingham
Job Description
Job Title: Trainee Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Birmingham
Position Summary:
To take guidance from & assist Engineers & Senior Engineers by carrying out design related duties as directed.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Assisting a team of engineers and technicians with the production of engineering drawings
- Assist in production of 3D or 2D drawings using computer software
- Assist in preparation of simple engineering calculations
- Initial checking of own work
- Contributing to providing solutions to design problems
- Meeting agreed deadlines
- Attending meetings and/or site visits/surveys with Senior Engineer/Director
- Attending and participating in company activities, presentations and workshops
- Keeping your training log up to date and attending training/Continuous Professional Development where appropriate
- Supporting the administration of projects
- Ensuring application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures
Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 5 passes at GCSE level (Grade A-C) including English, Maths and a science subject.
- Preferred minimum of 3 A-Levels including English, Maths and a science subject (preferably Physics or Technological Studies)
- Alternatively completed a recognised Electrical apprenticeship within the construction industry.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- All Relevant training will be provided
- The desire to work in an engineering office environment
- Good numeracy, literacy and computing skills
- Ability to manage your own time and prioritise at busy times
- Awareness of the Building Services Engineering environment
- Ability to think in a methodical way
- Good communication skills within a team and externally
Desirable:
- Willingness to achieve professional qualification.
- An interest in using computers for design work, calculations, and testing designs
- A temperament that means you work well with other people
- Previous consulting engineer experience
- Knowledge and experience of Autocad or Revit software
- Knowledge of energy and thermal modelling software such as IES
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Apply Now
Electrical Engineer, Glasgow
Job Description
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Associate
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Glasgow
Position Summary:
To support the Senior/Associate Engineer(s) in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with moderate supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, Hevacomp, IES, Relux, Dialux), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification
- Previous experience in a Building Services consultancy required
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Study towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Apply Now
Electrical Engineer, Edinburgh
Job Description
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Associate
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Edinburgh
Position Summary:
To support the Senior/Associate Engineer(s) in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with moderate supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, Hevacomp, IES, Relux, Dialux), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification
- Previous experience in a Building Services consultancy required
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Study towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Associate Director - Mechanical, Glasgow
Job Description
Job Title: Associate Director – Mechanical
Directly reports to: Director
No of Direct Reports: 7
Location: Glasgow
Position Summary:
To lead and manage the mechanical engineers in one team of the Glasgow office of WW on a day-to-day basis, providing a quality service to our clients and expand the boundaries of our professional and commercial capabilities.
Assist in the development and growth of the business in the mechanical discipline. To assist in effectively expand the client base and industry sector coverage, leading to increased capability, sales, and profitability, in addition to achieve increased levels of repeat business.
The candidate will ideally have experience in healthcare design with knowledge of all relevant SHTM’s, SHPN, etc. Experience with Key Stage Assurance Reviews (KSAR) would be desirable.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Undertake mechanical design and consultancy work including systems design, production, specifications, and schedules; provide reports and advice to clients.
- Liaise with other design team members internal and external, represent the business at meetings.
- Liaise with and provide a focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are effectively fulfilled.
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work.
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project management and actively undertake training of subordinate staff.
- Regularly review personal and subordinates forward programme workload. Develop and frequently review priority lists of programmed tasks.
- Check adequacy and accuracy of information and documentation produced by others.
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures.
- Perform all personal management duties including weekly recording of person-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information.
- Manage projects including organisation of trainee staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements.
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties.
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors.
- To contribute to ensuring operations are conducted in accordance with the relevant ISO and national legislation.
Education and Experience
- Preferably BEng (Hons) Degree in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering.
- Chartered or working towards chartership with IMECHE/CIBSE.
- Minimum engineering HNC/HND or equivalent qualification.
- Competent in AutoCAD and knowledge of Revit.
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Apply Now
Senior Electrical Engineer, Glasgow
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer, Glasgow
Directly reports to: Associate / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Glasgow
Position Summary:
To support the management team in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, IES, Relux, Dialux), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Part F/ Part L / Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Chartered or studying towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
Apply Now
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Warrington
Job Description
Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer
Directly reports to: Associate/ Associate Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Warrington
Position Summary:
Proficient and self-motivated engineer, with good time management skills and a track record for consistent project delivery – with strong technical knowledge and competence discipline. Works well with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Undertake mechanical design and consultancy work including systems design, production, specifications and schedules; provide reports and advice to clients.
- Liaise with other design team members internal and external, represent the business at meetings.
- Liaise with and provide focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are more effectively fulfilled.
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work.
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project management and actively undertake training of subordinate staff.
- Regularly review personal and subordinates forward programme workload. Develop and frequently review priority lists of programmed tasks.
- Check adequacy and accuracy of information and documentation produced by others.
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures.
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly recording of man-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information.
- Manage projects including organisation of trainee staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements.
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties.
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors.
- To contribute to ensuring operations are conducted in accordance with the relevant ISO and national legislation.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Education and Experience:
- Preferably BEng (Hons) Degree in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering.
- Chartered or working towards chartership with IMECHE/CIBSE.
- Minimum engineering HNC/HND or equivalent qualification.
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
Desirable:
- Technically competent engineer with excellent communication and time management skills. Good team ethic approach and the ability to financially control and project manage.
Apply Now
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Warrington
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Directly reports to: Associate / Associate Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Warrington
Position Summary:
Proficient and self-motivated engineer, with good time management skills and a track record for consistent project delivery – with strong technical knowledge and competence discipline. Works well with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Liaise with and provide project focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are most effectively fulfilled
- Maximise staff effectiveness and improve efficiency by enhancing client relationships, improving internal systems and developing staff skills
- Interlink and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project manage and actively undertake training and development of subordinate staff
- Effectively distribute project workload and liaise with technical and other support staff to ensure acceptable product delivery
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures
- Ensure documentation issued from Wallace Whittle in respect of a project has been processed in accordance with all relevant procedures
- Manage multiple projects including organisation of trainee staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly recording of man-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
- Contribute to the maintenance of the highest possible standards of design by maintaining a good working knowledge of proved building services systems and new developments in the Building Services Industry
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors
- To manage the workload of junior staff resource ensuring all deadlines and project requirements are met
- To contribute to ensuring operations are conducted in accordance with the relevant ISO and national legislation
- To ensure contract compliance with the IMS, by supporting the administration of the Internal Audit programme, corrective action and customer feedback registers
Education and Experience:
- Preferably BEng (Hons) Degree in Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
- Chartered or working towards chartership with IMECHE/CIBSE
- Minimum engineering HNC/HND or equivalent qualification
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Customer care
- Technically competent
- Project management
- Excellent communication skills within a team environment
- Good numeracy, literacy and computing skills
- Ability to manage your own time and prioritise at busy times
- Good team ethic approach
