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Do you want to Inspire the design of pioneering renewable heat projects? Now’s your opportunity to join Vital Energi!\nDue to a growing pipeline, we are looking for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to inspire our East Anglia Design Team, based in Cambridgeshire.\nAbout the role\nAs Principal Engineer, you will take a key role in growing and directing the East Anglian office of our Operational Design department. The team produces a broad range of conceptual to technical design of major district and communalheating systems, energy centres, commercial heat pump retrofits and industrial low-carbon energy generation systems.\nThe role involves direct leadershipof the East Anglia mechanical design team. You will collaborate the design senior management team across the UK, helping to shape our continued growth in the renewable heat market and deliver our industry-pioneering design solutions.\nKey responsibilities.\nManage the design of distributed energy schemes, energy centres, district heating networks and other major projects\n\nProvide mentorship, workload management and technical oversight of direct report design engineers\n\nMaintain statutory and regulatory compliance in design processes and deliverables\n\nContribute to our continued innovation in engineering practices, digital design techniques and technology deployment\n\nEnsure time, cost and quality outcomes are achieved in design\n\nProvide technical supportto adjacent project stages, from early pipeline development to construction and commissioning\n\nWhat you will need\nEducated to at least HNC/HND level in Mechanical, Building Services or similar Engineering discipline\n\nMembership to an applicable engineering institution\n\nA minimum of 5 years’ experience in commercial building services, industrial heat generation or heat network design\n\nSuccessfil portfolio directing a teamskills, including past experience in direct line management duties\n\nDemonstrable design process leadershipskills, including the delivery of complex multidisciplinary engineering solutions\n\nExtensive knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and industrial design standards\n\nThe following attributes could give you an advantage:\nBachelor or masters degree in engineering\n\nChartership to an applicable engineering institution\n\nLeadershipof renewable heat-led energy centre design\n\nProficiency in standard industrial digital design tools\n\nApplications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.\nThe company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.\nApplicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time-limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK\nNotice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:\nVital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. 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