Senior Mechanical Engineer (Energy Reduction)

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Utilities and Sustainability
Location:  Guildford
Wage: 
£46,000 to £57,000
Mounted Time period
Publish Kind:  Full Time
Closing Date: 
23.59 hours BST on Friday 05 April 2024
Interview Date: 
To be confirmed
Reference:  006824-R

An thrilling alternative has arisen for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to assist the College of Surrey cut back its carbon emissions and make a actual distinction in preventing local weather change. 

Working with the Sustainability, Upkeep and Services groups, you’ll a part of a three-person workforce, chargeable for the planning & supply of adjustments to constructing providers methods to implement carbon and value reductions, in addition to surveying buildings to really useful costed and prioritised vitality effectivity tasks.  

Function & Obligations: 

Working alongside the Senior BMC & Controls Engineer, you’ll be tasked with auditing our buildings to establish vitality effectivity measures, in addition to figuring out vitality saving and good housekeeping measures to be applied at low or no price to the College. 

There’s a major alternative to make vitality financial savings and enhance operational effectivity. 

Different tasks embrace: 

• Evaluate and consider constructing providers operation and efficiency, together with heating, air flow, and the conditioning of air to judge what adjustments could be made to enhance the environment friendly and optimum operation of providers, with the intention of lowering carbon emissions and saving operational prices. 

• Evaluate management panels, fault discovering right down to a part degree, and make suggestions to Heads of Sustainability and Upkeep for actuator, sensor and system substitute and calibration, aiding with substitute the place essential. 

• Following session with the College’s BEMs supervisor and key school and division stakeholders, implement the recommissioning of constructing providers to allow environment friendly operation resulting in improved person expertise, carbon, and value financial savings, based mostly on efficiency tendencies managed by the submit holder. 

• Analyse vitality and environmental knowledge to confirm the place carbon and value financial savings could be made. Compile knowledge from testing to offer proof to show the enhancements made have contributed to carbon reductions and potential price financial savings to utility payments. 

• Work with the Senior Mechanical Engineer within the surveying of buildings to establish vitality effectivity measure and tasks together with controls adjustments, metering, heating and air flow methods and work with wider estates employees to establish material and lighting enhancements, costing, and prioritizing these measures, constructing by constructing. 

• Develop costed enterprise circumstances for vitality effectivity enhancements, working with capital tasks and procurement within the preparation of documentation. 

What’s in it for you?

There’s a actual alternative to make a distinction, not solely in bettering services for a world main tutorial establishment however in addressing local weather change. 

Our constructing displays the big selection of science, engineering, well being and humanities provision, contributing to each regional and nationwide communities and economies. 

Surrey is an incredible place to work, and we’re fastidiously crafting a dynamic, versatile, and enjoyable place to work and thrive. 

Our campus is a wonderful, leafy surroundings with fastidiously designed gardens, vibrant inexperienced enjoying fields, and a picturesque lake. With the excitement of scholar life and excellent working services, the College is a world group of concepts and other people, devoted to life-changing schooling and analysis in an inspiring, modern and numerous surroundings. 

Alongside our attractive campus setting, collegiate on-site ambiance and plentiful improvement alternatives, we additionally supply: 

• 35 Days Vacation (20 Days Annual Go away + 7 College Closure Days – round Christmas and Easter + Financial institution Holidays) 

• Further Day of Go away per 12 months of service for five years 

• Extremely-competitive Pension  

• Related Coaching & Improvement 

• Versatile and hybrid working 

• On-site discounted Nursery/Childcare 

• Electrical Automobile Leasing scheme 

• Discounted Surrey Sports activities Park Membership 

For extra info or to be thought of for the function, please apply through the College Web site. 

The College of Surrey is dedicated to offering an inclusive surroundings that provides equal alternatives for all.  We place nice worth on range and are looking for to extend the range inside our group. Due to this fact, we significantly encourage purposes from under-represented teams, akin to folks from Black, Asian and minority ethnic teams and other people with disabilities.