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Associate Director - Mechanical Engineering

Cardiff, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior mechanical engineering leader managing medium to large healthcare, education, and defence projects, overseeing design, team management, and commercial performance.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical building services engineer (Associate Director)

Builds

Mechanical building services systems for hospitals, schools, and defence facilities

Domain

Infrastructure consulting, healthcare, education, defence

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

mechanical building services design, project finance management, team leadership, interdisciplinary design coordination, technical specification writing, BIM software, low carbon/energy-efficient systems design, building performance analysis (IES), HTM/HBN standards knowledge

Preferred skills

healthcare facility design experience, education and defence standards frameworks, CIBSE chartership

Technologies

BIM software, IES, mechanical building services design tools

Responsibilities

Manage project finances and commercial performance; lead a small team of engineers; coordinate interdisciplinary design reviews; prepare fee estimates and design programmes; oversee quality checks on design calculations and drawings; write technical specifications; support engineering budget and schedule development; manage project resources for on-time, on-budget delivery

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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