Building Services Associate-Mechanical

The Team

We are an award winning global consultancy and have been named Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2024, 2022 and 2021. We are at the forefront of the industry, priding ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable projects.

Sustainability runs through everything we do at Cundall, and our people are empowered to drive change and decarbonise the built environment. By the end of this decade, we have set ourselves an ambitious goal to only work on projects that meet our zero carbon design criteria, a commitment we have called our Zero Carbon Design 2030 goal. We need engineers who share this passion for sustainability and thrive in designing energy efficient buildings and communities.

Our Building Services team’s mission is to play a key role in making buildings more energy efficient, sustainable, cost effective and safe to build and operate. We pride ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable solutions, that minimise the use of natural resources.

Our global Building Services team are a source of world leading expertise – and offer a pro-active and collaborative approach to skill development, and professional excellence.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and client focused Mechanical Engineering expert to join our Melbourne office. As part of the senior team, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of projects, the management of project teams, client relationships and line management duties.   

Working across a variety of sectors such as education, commercial, retail and critical systems, you will develop new and nurture existing outstanding client relationships to and play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative design solutions by leading our group of multi-disciplinary engineers in the Mechanical, Hydraulics/Fire and BIM department.

You will manage and control financial aspects of projects and work closely with colleagues of various disciplines to lead the delivery of technically excellent, profitable projects. You will be an expert in design and engineering within your discipline and across building services and be part of a global skills community for sharing knowledge, projects and your specific expertise. 

The Skills

A Chartered Engineer, educated to degree level in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering, you have gained vast experience within a building services context. Ideally you will have in depth experience in consultancy to the built environment. You also possess a strong technical expertise in the property sector to deliver low energy design, solutions for advanced comfort while balancing buildability and commercial consideration.

In your most recent position, you would have consistently demonstrated your ability to lead multiple large-scale projects and teams to deliver to, and exceed client expectations, and crucially you have a passion for creative and intuitive design. You will be experienced in business development skills, with success in buildings and maintaining client relationships and securing work through engaging and commercially successful bids.

Given the collaborative and client focused nature of this role, excellent communication and project management skills are essential. Regional or international experience would be an added advantage.

We provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development while maintaining a healthy work-life balance such as flexible start and finish times, working from home, diverse and exciting engineering projects, paid parental leave, paid purchase leave, professional memberships, birthday day off, amongst others.

Job Description 

Your career at Cundall

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.

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