Consulting Engineer: District Heating Design

Climate17 Ltd is seeking a Consulting Engineer for District Heating Design in London. The role involves project lifecycle management, focusing on heat network design and implementation. Candidates should have at least 2 years of consulting engineering experience, particularly in communal heating systems. Responsibilities include design development, energy modelling, and project documentation. The position requires attendance at design meetings and collaboration with clients and stakeholders.
Climate17 is proud to be partnering with a forward-thinking heat network consultancy at the forefront of the UK’s heat decarbonisation efforts. This organisation is deeply embedded in delivering innovative, sustainable energy solutions and plays a vital role in the future of low-carbon infrastructure.

We’re looking for a Consulting Engineer with a passion for technical excellence and a drive to make a tangible impact in the energy transition. This is an exciting opportunity to work across the full project lifecycle-from early-stage feasibility to detailed design-on some of the UK’s most progressive heat network developments.

Requirements:
Essential

- A minimum of 2 years of experience within a Consulting Engineering role within the building services industry, ideally with a focus on communal heating systems and district heating systems / heat networks.
- Good understanding of heat network design, construction, commissioning and operation, particularly with regards to common pitfalls and key failures often seen in the industry.
- Ability to produce the calculations, deliverables and specifications across RIBA3 and RIBA4 heating and hot water systems
- Proficiency across Microsoft Office packages.

Desirable:

- An ability to develop drawings on AutoCAD, QGIS and EnergyPro.
- Direct experience of designing and delivering energy centre, network and building connection designs.
- Knowledge of relevant industry documentation such as CIBSE CP1.

Responsibilities:
Your role will consist primarily of project and design development from modelling, through to detailed design. It is expected that you would be working with existing building owners to understand their existing systems and new build developers to support their design development; and undertaking early stage techno-economic optioneering. Moving into detailed design stage you would be undertaking hourly load energy modelling, producing peak load and network pipe sizing calculations; sizing and selecting of energy centre equipment; producing plant room schematics and layouts; producing specification documents, including technical specifications, schedules, description of operations and controls philosophy, pre-commissioning and water quality specifications, CDM design risk assessments; ensuring that the relevant pre-construction information is provided by the building owner and passed on to the contractors if
acting as Principal Designer on the project

You will be expected to:

- Attend regular design team meetings with project stakeholders to discuss design progress and any project risks.
- Maintain the district heating design and project management documentation to ensure that the project is delivered in line with internal quality standards, the design is delivered on time and to budget, and various project risks are appropriately managed as the project progresses through to RIBA4 design completion.
- Work closely with the client and heat off takers to guide all the project through the design development and commercialisation process.
- Work alongside Quality Assurance team who will be responsible for responding to requests for information, conducting contractor design reviews, reviewing changes proposed by the contractor and then reviewing compliance with specifications at installation, commissioning and handover to ensure that the design intent is achieved at handover of the system.

As a Consulting Engineer, you may be asked to mentor our Graduate Engineers ensuring the upskilling and knowledge growth of these individuals. To help you do this, you will follow an initial training programme.

About Us

Climate17 is a purpose-led, international Renewable Energy & Sustainability recruitment firm. We provide specialist talent acquisition services to organisations seeking to reduce their environmental footprint, as well as those working towards the decarbonisation of the energy sector.

Inclusive Application Process

Climate17 is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe there is no solution to climate change without people. We aim to increase diversity across all areas and as such, we are committed to partnering with clients and candidates to create an inclusive and sustainable regenerative world.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether they have a disability

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