💼 Job
Graduate Mechanical Building Services Engineer
UK Research and Innovation
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12d ago
💼 Graduate Job
Oxford
🤑 £31.8K
AI generated summary
- The ideal candidate must have a minimum 2:1 degree, knowledge of mechanical building services, excellent communication and problem-solving skills, proficiency in MS Office and AutoCAD, ability to work both independently and within a team, and preferably experience with health and safety regulations and design software.
- The candidate will be responsible for preparing mechanical building services designs, coordinating contractor works, planning project construction activities, liaising with clients, and ensuring user acceptance of completed designs.
Description
- This opportunity will be responsible for supporting the design and delivery of the Estates Mechanical Building Services Projects and to include overseeing the successful delivery of assigned works to programme and within allocated budget.
- The graduate will engage with and consult with RAL customers regarding projects, including the “brief”, interpretation of requirements and preparation of specifications, management through the project management office, and working closely with the estates teams and other specialists.
- This role will also take on some design lead responsibilities for projects, and managing externally appointed professional teams and contractors.
Requirements
- Essential:
- Achieved, or be on course to achieve, a minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant field of study
- Have the right to live and work in the UK at the time of starting employment
- Good knowledge of Mechanical Building Services
- Good inter-personal skills, particularly in communication, negotiating networking and team building, motivation and problem solving
- Good knowledge of Mechanical Building Services Design and standards including CIBSE Guides
- Excellent numeracy skills
- Good ICT skills, including MS Office and AutoCAD
- Good time management skills
- Able to work well within a team but also show excellent initiative alone and work independently
- Desirable:
- Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations, especially fire, asbestos and CDM regulations
- Post qualification experience of Mechanical Building Services Design
- Commercial awareness
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary design office
- Use of Mechanical Building Services Design software i.e IES VE and AutoCAD
Education requirements
2:1 or higher
Bachelors
Area of Responsibilities
Engineering
Responsibilities
- As a graduate within our Design and Construction team, you become an integral part of this multidisciplinary collective. This experience offers insights that go beyond traditional construction, thanks to close collaboration with our wider STFC team, including scientists and researchers. Your ideas are valued here, and your collaboration will fuel your personal and professional growth.
- Imagine supporting projects that facilitate research across a range of physical and life sciences. By delivering cutting-edge buildings and infrastructure, your work supports the efforts of our broader STFC community. Whether it's advancing laser-driven accelerators, pioneering space test environments, or laying the foundation for quantum computing, your contributions will directly impact real-world challenges and drive progress.
- This is where your skills align with tangible challenges, shaping the path of research, innovation, and daily life in significant ways.
- Overall you will:
- Prepare Mechanical Building Services Designs, estimates, specifications and tender documents relating to Projects at RAL
- Assist in the coordination of contractor works with building user operations, ensuring that CDM requirements and other site standards/policies are implemented
- Proactively and strategically plan project construction activities to avoid impacting upon the scientific programme
- Liaise with the client to interpret and define project requirements, scope and budget
- Ensure the Users acceptance and sign off the completion of Design
Details
Work type
Full time
Work mode
office
Application deadline
Oct 29, 2023
Location
Oxford
Salary
31790 GBP