Building Services Engineer
Building services engineers install, maintain and often design the systems that make buildings safe, convenient and comfortable.
The Role
- Plan, design, monitor and inspect systems
- Advising clients and architects on matters relating to building services
- Negotiating and developing project contracts and agreeing these with clients
- Making life-cycle decisions about existing systems equipment and the appropriate location of new equipment
- Designing systems with the aid of computer-aided design software
- Managing and forecasting spend, using whole life-cycle costing techniques, and ensuring that work is kept to budget
- Designing site-specific equipment as required
- Commissioning, organising and assessing the work of contractors
- Overseeing and supervising the installation of building systems and specifying maintenance and operating procedures
- Monitoring building systems and processes
- Ensuring that the design and maintenance of building systems meets legislative and health and safety requirements
- Meeting manufacturers of building products to learn about the latest products
- Assessing the life cycle of buildings and their component services to minimise resources consumed and the impact on the environment during fabrication, construction, operation and dismantling.
- Incorporated building services engineers manage all aspects of the design, installation and maintenance of the services in new and existing buildings.
Salary
- Newly trained building services engineers can earn in the region of £24,000 - £27,000
- Trained with experience building services engineers can earn in the region of £27,000 - £35,000
- Senior, chartered or master building services engineers can earn in the region of £35,000 - £50,000
Qualifications & Training
The most direct route into this work is with a relevant three-year honours degree in one of the following:
- Building services engineering
- Building environment engineering
- Electrical or electronic engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Physics and applied physics
- Maths