Overview

Senior Mechanical Building Services Engineer – Building Services (Senior Building Services Design Engineer - Mechanical) with Jacobs. This role supports multi-disciplinary UK buildings projects in our Birmingham, London or Manchester offices and involves refurbishment and new build projects across sectors such as High-rise Residential, District Energy Systems, Aviation, Transport, Energy and Power, Water, Data Centres, healthcare and more.

Responsibilities

• Lead the functional delivery of projects—often multidisciplinary—ensuring they meet scope, time, cost, and quality expectations.
• Act as a role model, supporting junior staff, contributing to team development, resource planning, and continuous improvement.
• Take ownership of work, guide others from planning and prioritising tasks to checking calculations and ensuring high-quality outputs.
• Manage scope, fees, and client communication to identify value-adding opportunities and manage expectations.
• Mentor colleagues, promote diversity and inclusion, and support strategic activities such as recruitment, budgeting, and policy development.
• Represent Jacobs in client meetings, strengthen relationships, and contribute to winning future work.
• Work within Jacobs’ pipeline of high-impact projects across the globe, with focus in the Middle East, aviation, and power and water infrastructure sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven relevant project design experience in building services mechanical engineering
• Degree in Building Services Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification/experience
• Proficient in Revit MEP, AutoCAD, IES VE, and building regulation compliance assessments
• MCIBSE / MIET C Eng accreditation (or actively working towards it)
• Strong knowledge of UK building regulations
• Experience in sustainable technology integration
• Proven project leadership and people management capabilities
• Excellent technical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions in a multidisciplinary environment

Role Requirements and Environment

• This is a hybrid role requiring 2 to 3 days in the office including client site visits.
• Travel opportunities may be available for projects beyond local environments.
• Collaboration, innovation, and making a real impact within the team and for clients.

Benefits and Inclusion

• Jacobs offers a competitive package, including UK benefits such as free single medical cover and digital GP service, enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programs, and reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
• Jacobs is committed to safety, inclusion and belonging; supports a culture of caring and well-being.
• Hybrid working policy to balance offices/projects and remote locations, flexible working and Well-being benefits, and opportunities for volunteering and global giving.
• Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to attract a diverse talent pool; opportunities for adjustments in recruitment processes for disabled applicants.

Company and Values

Jacobs challenges today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities and resilient environments. We value collaboration, safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging, and aim to embed these values in everything we do.