Job Description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we\'ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed \xe2\x80\x93 today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs\xe2\x80\x99 greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you\xe2\x80\x99d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We\xe2\x80\x99re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business

About the Opportunity

Due to our expanding portfolio and long-term local framework expansion, we have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Mechanical Engineer (Building Services) to join our Midlands multi-disciplinary buildings team in Birmingham. We are looking for a person who is looking to further develop their experience and responsibilities within the Building Services sector within our Birmingham Office portfolio.

As part of our multi-disciplinary design consultancy in Birmingham our Building Services team are involved in a variety of planned and reactive maintenance, refurbishment and new build projects including several multi-million-pound development schemes and framework agreements within the construction industry. These consist of multi-residential high, medium and low-rise infrastructure replacement projects, district heating upgrades, as well as education-based projects including new build schools and student accommodation both design and technical adviser roles.

We are seeking a strategic thinker who can coordinate the designs of mechanical building services projects, providing an oversight of the project performance alongside an appreciation of quality assurance and business management. You should have considerable experience working within building services engineering design within a consultancy, coupled with sound working knowledge of AutoCad & Revit MEP and thermal modelling software. There is a requirment to coordinate teams and mentor/coach more junior employees, being able to comfortably support the team whilst maintaining standards in work and efficiency.

You will report to the Regional MEP Lead where you will be responsible for the support of your team, as well as being client facing demonstrating professionalism and an inquisitive approach with a desire to explore innovative ideas, whilst still understanding the need for a good commercial balance.

UK and international travel may be required depending on projects and client requirements. Here\xe2\x80\x99s What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Need:

• MCIBSE accreditation or working towards
• Qualification to Degree Standard in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience and knowledge
• Knowledge and experience of UK regulations
• Sustainable technology integration knowledge and experience.
• Good communication skills
• Project Management experience.
• An enquiring approach with a desire to explore innovative ideas whilst still understanding the need for a good commercial balance

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we\xe2\x80\x99re more connected, and if we are diverse, we\xe2\x80\x99re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you\xe2\x80\x99re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity \xe2\x80\x93 ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women\xe2\x80\x99s \xe2\x80\x93

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