Senior / Principal Mechanical Building Services Engineer

Overview

Create places and spaces that matter.

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies, with over 50,000 employees worldwide. At AtkinsRéalis, we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment. Drawing upon a diverse skill set and a proven track record of delivery we are playing a leading role in some of the world's most challenging and exciting engineering projects across sectors including Aviation, Energy, Cities and Development, Education, Transportation and Defence.

AtkinsRéalis' Building Design Practice are looking for an experienced, motivated Senior / Principal Mechanical Design Engineer seeking to develop their career in a positive environment and join our team where talent is encouraged and growth opportunities unrivalled. We have openings in our new central Manchester office which presents the opportunity to join a national Building Services team with designers all across the UK and internationally through our Global Technology Centre.

This opportunity will involve working as part of a national practice of Building Design professionals delivering engineering design solutions to clients across the UK. This role will encompass a multi-sector experience, but expertise from working within the Commercial, Defence, Energy, Education, Healthcare sectors would be a benefit. You will be working on a diverse range of projects with recent examples including Manchester Digital Campus for the Government Property Agency, Seashell SEND college in Cheadle, New Submarine Manufacturing facilities for BAE systems and the University of Sheffield's MEP designer framework.

The opportunity will require candidates to be client-facing as well as being involved in the day-to-day design and management of projects. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced design engineer to further develop their career within a leading building design consultancy. Our Building Services Engineering team won the "Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)" award at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2025.

Energy and Carbon are an essential aspect of this position and with the rise in importance of decarbonising the built environment, improving air quality and implementing energy efficient design solutions, our team is expanding to deliver sustainable solutions for our growing portfolio of satisfied clients.

Our focus is on developing our staff to realise their full potential, with development plans geared to individual needs and abilities. This role will allow development of existing technical skills as well as providing potential to expand digital skills and project management.

Our Practice is committed to developing our ways of working using emerging Digital Technology and the global reach offered by an organisation of our size and capability. Our ideal individual will bring strong technical skills to the role, as well as an enquiring mind able to contribute to the growth of our digital practice, and the potential to lead and manage diverse delivery teams, locally and remotely.