Senior Associate Mechanical Engineer

🔧 Senior - Associate Mechanical Designer - Liverpool | Growing Consultancy | Education Sector Focus

Are you an experienced Senior Mechanical Designer looking to take the lead on meaningful, high‑quality projects across the North West? This growing consultancy, highly active within the Education Sector, is expanding and now seeking a client‑focused and technical mechanical engineer to join their team in Liverpool.This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a role where you'll shape mechanical design delivery across new builds, refurbishments, capital improvement programmes, and government‑funded schemes.

📍 Location - Based in Liverpool, with work delivered predominantly across the North West.

🔥 What you'll be doing

As a Senior Mechanical Designer, you'll play a key role in delivering technically robust, compliant, and efficient building services solutions. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading mechanical design delivery across multidisciplinary projects
• Producing and reviewing mechanical designs, specifications, calculations, and reports
• Undertaking condition, asset, and life cycle surveys with costed recommendations
• Ensuring compliance with Building Regulations, CIBSE guidance, H&S standards
• Supporting workload planning and resourcing
• Contributing to government‑funded programmes and major project delivery
• Acting as a key technical contact for clients
• Supporting junior engineers and technicians
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement across design processes
• Assisting with framework submissions and bid documentation
• Strengthening client relationships and supporting repeat business

🎓 What you'll bring

• HNC/HND or BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
• Strong background in mechanical building services design
• Experience within a consultancy or Contractor
• Ideally, experience working within the Public Sector / Education Sector
• Confident communicator with strong client‑facing skills
• Analytical, proactive problem‑solver
• Ability to lead and coordinate mechanical design on complex projects
• Experience conducting mechanical condition surveys
• Enhanced DBS required (due to education‑sector workload)

⭐ What's on offer

• Competitive salary of up to £70k (negotiable based on experience)
• AXA Health Insurance
• Pension
• Extra holidays for long service
• Performance bonus
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Life insurance
• Electric vehicle plan (car allowance included)

What you need to do now
If you're a Senior Mechanical Designer looking for a role where you can genuinely influence project outcomes, lead technical delivery, and work on a diverse portfolio of education‑sector projects, this is a brilliant opportunity. Click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now on (phone number removed).

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