Mechanical Design Engineer
6 months Contract
Remote (2 days per month onsite in Stockport)
Circa £60 per hour via Umbrella
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My high profile Utilities client requires a Mechanical Design Engineer to contribute to the delivery of sustainable, zero carbon, innovative and high-quality design solutions for mechanical building services systems. To succeed in this role, you must be confident facing clients and have working knowledge of the delivery of mechanical building services installations.
Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Producing mechanical documents (equipment specifications, schedules, reports)
- Pipework sizing calculations * (for LTHW, CHW, HWS, CWS, Steam, Gas, Flue, Compressed Air, Lube Oil, etc)
- Ductwork sizing calculation
- Equipment sizing *(pumps, PHEs, boilers, CHPs, heat pumps, thermal stores, buffer tanks, calorifiers, fans, AHUs, chillers, etc.)
- Control valve sizing and authority
- Heat gain/loss calculations
- Heating/cooling loads and respective profiles
- Functional Design Specifications
- Participating and contributing to HAZOP and LOPA discussions/meetings **
- DSEAR assessment **
- PED calculations and documentation **
- Experience in sizing all these pipework systems and all these examples of equipment is preferred but not absolutely necessary as training will be made available as required.
- * Experience in these fields is preferred but not absolutely necessary as training will be made available as required.