Mechanical Project Engineer

Client: Working throughout several sectors including commercial, residential, education, the business has seen a significant amount of growth in the last 5 Years. With a traditional engineering mindset and reinvestment into new principals, the business expects 2025 to be a similar period of growth. After a successful year they are now looking to increase turnover to £160M, consequently they are looking to expand their operations team. Despite their size, my client are a family owned and run business and this is a trait they pride themselves on with well over 80% of their clients using them on multiple occasions because of the nature of the business.

Role: Mechanical Project Engineer - Central London - £350-£400 per day

Role/Responsibilities:

• Read, understand and scrutinise Specifications


• Assist with management of design stage


• Procurement of sub-contractors, kit and plant


• Investigate Value Engineering


• Assist with preparation of Contract Documents I.e. Method Statements, Risk Assessments, RFI’s, etc.


• Coordination and management of direct labor


• Instruct and coordinate site managers


• Progress reporting


• Overseeing commissioning and testing


• Working with Quantity Surveyor on Commercial Accounts


• Preparation of OMs for final project handover

The ideal candidate:

• Experience delivering major shell and core projects


• Experience managing projects to a minimum of £10m M&E value


• A minimum 5 years’ experience in a management role


• Must be technically astute and a good people manager