Mechanical Associate Director

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 28 April 2026
LOCATION
Leeds
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Building Services Engineering
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SKILLS

MEP deliverables Project Director role Project Leader role multi-disciplinary teams client-facing presenting Chartered Engineer CIBSE

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Mechanical Associate Director

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]

Leeds, United Kingdom

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Closing Date: 5 September, 2024

About the role

An opportunity for an Associate Director to join our CIBSE award-winning Building Services team in Leeds. This is a strategic role that will see you providing crucial leadership to projects, teams, and clients. This role will see you driving outstanding multidisciplinary project delivery, enhancing the technical knowledge and standards of the team, and supporting business development activities in close partnership with senior leaders in the MEP discipline and wider business.

Key duties:

  • Acting as a Project Leader / Director for multi-disciplinary projects operating across multiple groups, working with a Project Director to take overall responsibility for the technical and financial performance of the projects.
  • Being a technical champion for the delivery of high quality, robust and correct designs.
  • Taking ownership for mechanical systems and resilient designs with an ability to mentor others while retaining responsibility for product delivery.
  • Leading or participating in high-level project technical/quality reviews.
  • Mentoring more junior employees so that meaningful delegation can apply within the team.
  • Taking ownership for project delivery programmes and contributing to resource management activities.
  • Organising project workshops to ensure that the wider expertise of the firm is available to the project.
  • Promoting [Employer hidden]’s integrated services to potential Clients.
  • Reviewing financial and technical submissions/proposals; attending interviews.
  • Developing and maintaining key client relationships under all circumstances, maximizing opportunities for repeat business.

Your skills & experience

  • Experience leading MEP deliverables on projects and acting in a Project Director / Project Leader role.
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams on complex projects.
  • Comfortable in a client-facing role and comfortable presenting.
  • Chartered with a relevant institution, e.g. CIBSE.
  • Relevant qualifications.

What we offer:

  • Performance incentive scheme.
  • Hybrid working
  • Parental leave, up to six months on full salary.
  • Family Private medical insurance.
  • 25 days annual leave plus flexible holiday.
  • 10% pension contribution (based on 5% employee contribution)
  • Flexible Benefits - corporate discounts, gym memberships, cycle-to-work, et al.

About [Employer hidden]

Join us to find out what you’re really capable of. Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative', 'collaborative': [Employer hidden] is an independent, international engineering practice that for over 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world's leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering and consulting professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today. Follow us @burohappold and find out more at www.burohappold.com.

[Employer hidden] value flexible working as an important part of the way we work. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.#LI-JA1 #Hybrid

Job Details

Job Reference: burohappold/TP/653/155

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Category: Engineering and Design

Discipline: BEnv Mechanical

Location: Leeds , United Kingdom

Closing Date: 5 September, 2024

Application Instructions

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