Graduate Development Engineer - Design Engineer - London
Posted 2 weeks ago by PRS
The team supports the Business development team to ensure growth of our existing district heating and district cooling schemes, a well as on securing new schemes through tenders or direct engagement with developers.
The Graduate Development Engineer will support the team in carrying out the following activities:
- • Feasibility studies
- • Concept design
- •Energy and Hydraulic modelling
- • Techno-economic appraisal for district heating and cooling networks throughout the UK.
Specific Requirements
- BEng / BSc Mechanical Engineering Degree (or similar, minimum of a 2:1 standard).
- Experience of AutoCAD.
- Experience with Excel.
- An understanding of the decentralised energy industry
- A good understanding and ideally ability to carry out energy, hydraulic and techno-economic modelling
- An understanding of concept design of energy centre (e.g. heat pumps, boilers, chillers) and district heating network installations
- An understanding of sizing and specifying heating and cooling generation plant for DH.
- A basic knowledge of relevant standards and an ability to seek, understand and utilise industry knowledge to good effect.
- Ideally previous experience of working with multidisciplinary teams for large construction projects General Requirements
- An attention to detail and a high standard of verbal and written skills.
- A team player with an ability to self-manage and develop projects from an outline brief and specification.
- A keen interest in combined heat and power (CHP) and Heat Pumps (HPs) installations, district energy networks and energy saving technology.
- A natural aptitude for undertaking engineering calculations, analysis and problem solving.
- An interest in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, energy transfer and stress analysis.
- Project document control & management in line with the company Quality Management System.
- Operate within and adhere to the company Health & Safety policy and procedures. Desirable
Desirable
- MEng / MSc Mechanical Engineering Degree (or similar subject).
- Supplementary safety and industry specific training (such as CSCS card, IOSH, CIBSE courses).
- Experience of working on modelling software’s like EnergyPro, Termis AutoCAD etc.
- A working knowledge of relevant CIBSE Guides, CP1, British Standards, BSRIA, IGEM and other industry authority publications.
- An appreciation and understanding of the Construction & Design Management Regulations 2015.
- An ability to size and specify major plant such as boilers, CHP engines, pumps, heat exchangers and chillers.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 30/06/2024
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 000000000088319
- Job ID:
- 221643196
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