Role: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Coventry

About the Role:

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support the design and delivery of innovative low-carbon energy solutions, including heat pump systems, energy centres, and plantroom installations across the UK.

This role will play a key part in delivering decarbonisation projects within the NHS, public sector, and commercial environments, working alongside a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Key Responsibilities:

Design & Engineering

• Produce mechanical designs, calculations and technical specifications for energy centre and plantroom projects
• Develop 2D/3D CAD drawings and review outputs from junior engineers
• Support system sizing, thermal modelling and equipment selection

Project Delivery:

• Assist with the delivery of projects from concept through to commissioning
• Work closely with Project Managers, Designers and site teams
• Ensure designs align with programme, cost and technical requirements

Testing & Commissioning:

• Support commissioning of mechanical systems including heat pumps and HVAC plant
• Participate in system testing, fault finding and performance validation
• Ensure systems meet operational and efficiency targets

Compliance & Standards:

• Ensure all designs comply with relevant standards, regulations, and health & safety requirements
• Undertake risk assessments and contribute to safe system design
• Support quality assurance and technical reviews

Stakeholder Management:

• Liaise with clients, consultants, suppliers and subcontractors
• Provide technical input during meetings and design reviews
• Support clear communication of engineering solutions to non-technical stakeholders

Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• Experience in MEP, HVAC, energy centres or plantroom design
• Strong CAD experience (AutoCAD, Revit or similar)
• Good understanding of mechanical systems, heat transfer and fluid dynamics
• Knowledge of UK building regulations and standards

Desirable:

• Experience with heat pumps / decarbonisation projects / Traditional Building Services Design
• Working towards or already Chartered (CEng)
• Familiarity with NHS or public sector projects Mechanical and electrical design formatting

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Pankaj Chaudhary at [email protected].

Since 1987, Mitie's 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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