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If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable - please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.\nRole Title: Design Engineer - Aviation\nBusiness Unit: Asset Intelligence\nLocation: Stansted\nRole Overview\nWorking in collaboration with our clients and partners, we deliver high-quality aviation and building services engineering solutions across complex infrastructure environments.\nThe Building Services Design Engineer will support the development and delivery of Mechanical, Electrical, and Public Health (Building Services) designs across aviation projects. Reporting to the Design Manager, the role will contribute to the production of compliant, coordinated, and buildable design solutions, ensuring alignment with client requirements, operational constraints, and aviation standards.\nWhat You Will Be Doing:\nSupport site visits, surveys and technical assessments alongside the Design Manager and wider design team.\nAssist in developing building services technical specifications and scopes of work following site inspections and client engagement.\nLiaise closely with subcontractor design teams to refine, coordinate and develop design solutions.\nReview subcontractor specifications, calculations and design information for completeness, accuracy and quality.\nSupport tendering and project delivery teams in the preparation of technical documentation and design submissions.\nEnsure company design procedures and governance requirements are followed across all office and site-based activities.\nAssist in the preparation, management and maintenance of design documentation in accordance with the Business Management System (BMS).\nSupport compliance with quality assurance processes, governance frameworks and company standards.\nMaintain design governance in line with Health & Safety legislation, including CDM Regulations and relevant industry standards.\nInterpret and assess client requirements through technical specifications, design information and stakeholder engagement.\nDevelop coordinated building services designs including: Electrical systems (power distribution, lighting and small power)\nMechanical systems (HVAC and ventilation)\nPublic Health systems (water services and drainage)\n\nProduce design deliverables including drawings, layouts, schematics, calculations, specifications and equipment schedules.\nWork collaboratively with the Design Manager and project teams to ensure designs are practical, buildable, value engineered and fully compliant.\nCoordinate with multidisciplinary teams including architectural, structural and specialist system designers to ensure integrated design solutions.\nReview subcontractor design submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements, legislation and cost-effective delivery.\nPromote innovation and support the use of digital engineering tools, including BIM, to enhance design coordination and efficiency.\nProvide technical support during subcontractor procurement processes and supplier engagement activities.\nAssist in the development and management of design programmes, design management plans and quality deliverables.\nReview and contribute to the approval process for design deliverables, ensuring technical accuracy and programme compliance.\nIdentify and communicate potential Compensation Events (CEs) and Early Warnings (EWs) arising from design development activities.\nEnsure design changes are managed through formal Change Control procedures and that scope creep is effectively controlled.\nSupport the handover of design information to Construction and Commissioning teams.\nProvide technical support during installation, construction, testing and commissioning phases as required.\nAbout You:\nA strong alignment with the company’s purpose, vision, values, and culture, with the ability to actively promote these within the AI Aviation Business and across project teams.\nAn effective communicator who can engage confidently with airport operators, technical stakeholders, consultants, and delivery teams, while demonstrating a strong commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and diversity.\nA high level of integrity and professionalism, with the ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion when dealing with sensitive commercial, technical, and operational information.\nHighly organised, structured, and detail-oriented, with a commitment to delivering high-quality engineering solutions within complex aviation and building services environments.\nA proactive and resilient individual with the ability to build strong working relationships across multidisciplinary teams, including clients, contractors, consultants, and airport authorities.\nA strong commitment to customer service and client satisfaction, ensuring that design solutions meet operational, safety, and regulatory requirements within live aviation environments.\nExperience working in fast-paced, multi-site infrastructure environments, ideally within airports, transport hubs, or complex building services projects, where coordination between design, operations, and construction teams is critical.\nWhat We Can Offer in Return:\nWith an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.\nWe are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.\nWe invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.\nOur industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.\nOur Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.\nOur Benefits:\nWe put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.\nGenerous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays\nA wide range of corporate discounts\nCycle to Work schemes\nComprehensive pension plan\nRegular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme\nPrivate medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it\nPaid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role\nAbout us:\nGalliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.\nOur purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.\nWe do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.\nFor more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Wharton - \nAdditional Information:\nGalliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.\nWe encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.\nDon’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.\nAs a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. 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