Mechanical Design Engineer
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Mechanical Design Engineer

Employer: True Engineers Location: Southampton Salary: £40,000 - £65,000/annum Flexible Working & Benefits
Posted on
03 November 2026 (Yesterday)
Employment Type
Permanent
Closing Date
03 December 2026
Job Reference
225792878

About this role

This role is for an Intermediate or Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join a building services design team near Southampton, working on projects including military manufacturing plants, data centres, marine engineering departments, engine design suites and large, complex plant rooms. Low carbon design is central to the team's work. Depending on experience level, responsibilities include taking the client brief along with responsibility for technical fulfilment, carrying out site surveys to obtain the information required for scheme design, and undertaking mechanical design work consisting of surveys, design, drawings and specifications. Salary is £40,000 to £65,000 depending on experience, with flexible working options and benefits.

Job Description

Intermediate or Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - (Building Services / MEP)

Nr Southampton, Hampshire - Flexible working options

£40k to £65k dept on experience

MEP Design / Building Services Design / Intermediate Mechanical Design Engineer / Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Join an ambitious building services design team creating designs for a range of technical environments, project types include military manufacturing plants, data centres, marine engineering departments, engine design suites and large and complex plant rooms. It important to note that low carbon design is at the core of everything they do.

It's a modern creative consultancy and as such the engineers' contributions are recognised and people treated as individuals.


Responsibilities

  • Dependent on your experience level - take clients brief along with responsibility for the technical fulfilment.
  • Carry out site surveys for projects, to obtain all relevant information required for carrying out scheme design.
  • Undertake mechanical design work consisting of surveys, design, drawings and specifications for projects. Including undertaking calculations on cable sizing, lighting selections etc
  • Attend project meetings with clients and other design team members, contractors and other stakeholders.
  • Taking opportunities to learn and develop your skills as an engineer
  • Guiding more junior engineers.
  • To work with a focus on low carbon design

Experience Required

  • Building Services Degree or Mechanical Design Degree or other related higher educational qualification (HNC/HND)
  • At least 2 years' experience mechanical design within building services
  • Experience in maintaining / building good working relationships.
  • Technical design experience should include mechanical calculations, drawings, specifications.
  • Experience using design software
  • Hold a full UK driving license.