Principal / Associate Sustainability & NZC Consultant
Job Description
Job Title: Principal / Associate Sustainability & NZC Consultant
Directly reports to: Sustainability Director/Head of Sustainability
No of Direct Reports: TBC
Location: UK Wide
Position Summary:
To provide an excellent service to clients within the boundaries of our professional and commercial capabilities. The Principal / Associate should lead projects on behalf of the Sustainability group and to deliver Wallace Whittle’s services to the highest of standard and on time.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Assist the Sustainability Director to develop new business for Wallace Whittle by building relationships with existing and new clients.
- Day-to-day contact for the Location Directors, organising, and coordinating design team and client meetings discussing energy, sustainability, environmental and health & wellbeing topics.
- Specific focus on implementing Wallace Whittle’s Net Zero Carbon strategies, ideally leading the embodied carbon service-line.
- Delivery of environmental assessment certifications (BREEAM, WELL and Home Quality Mark).
- Ability to undertake preliminary concept design studies to influence building shape, form and function.
- Delivery of Sustainability Statements for Planning Applications.
- Knowledge and implementation of planning policy sustainability requirements (specifically the GLA).
- Knowledge of Energy Auditing and assessments.
- Attend business development events, conferences and other marketing activities.
- Carry out presentations to clients.
- Take the initiative in organising and leading technical meetings.
- Assists in the development of thought leadership and technical articles for industry publications.
- Assists in the preparation of fee bids, proposals and interviews.
- Liaise with and provide project focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are most effectively fulfilled.
- Maximise staff effectiveness and improve efficiency by enhancing client relationships, improving internal systems and developing staff skills.
- Interlink and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work.
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project manage and actively undertake training and development of subordinate staff.
- Effectively distribute project workload and liaise with technical and other support staff to ensure acceptable product delivery.
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures.
- Ensure documentation issued from Wallace Whittle in respect of a project has been processed in accordance with all relevant procedures.
- Manage multiple projects including organisation of trainee staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements.
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly recording of man-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information.
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties.
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors.
- To ensure compliance with the IMS, by supporting the administration of the Internal Audit programme, corrective action and customer feedback registers.
Education and Experience:
- Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartered status in the near future.
- Masters level of education in engineering field, preferably in Sustainable Design and Energy.
- Previous experience in a consulting engineering environment.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Technically competent
- Project management experience
- Good communication and presentation skills
Preferable:
- IESVE Level 5 accreditation
- Embodied Carbon assessments
- BREEAM / WELL / FitWell / LEED / HQM accreditation
We encourage and prefer all applicants to apply directly, please no recruiters.
Graduate Electrical Engineer, Belfast
Job Description
Job Title: Graduate Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Belfast
Position Summary:
To support the Senior Engineer(s)/Directors in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with moderate supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, Design Calculations (Amtech, Dialux etc), and Design Schedules
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Study towards chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
- Ensure application of all Quality System procedures
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Education and Experience:
- Minimum relevant Engineering Honours/Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related relevant discipline.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Good numeracy, literacy and computing skills
- Ability to manage your own time and prioritise at busy times
- Ability to produce neat and accurate technical drawings
- Ability to think in a methodical way to design, plan and organise projects
- Good communication skills within a team environment
- Ability to present and explain the thought process behind your own design work
- Competent in the use of AutoCAD Software
- Ambitious self-motivated individual with good team ethic, looking to excel and aspire
Desirable:
- Previous consulting engineer experience
- Knowledge and experience of Revit software
- Knowledge of energy and thermal modelling software such as IES
- Knowledge and experience in electrical design software and lighting design software
Senior Electrical Engineer, Belfast
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Associate / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Belfast
Position Summary:
To support the management team in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, Hevacomp, IES, Relux, Dialux), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Part F/ Part L / Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification.
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Chartered or studying towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme
BIM Certified Digital Engineering
BIM Certified Digital Engineering
Our expert application of Revit and Digital Engineering in the form of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a powerful design management and coordination tool. This advanced coordination in design minimises abortive work, site fabrication and wasted materials. Populating the modelled information in the later stages of design, fabrication and installation provides our clients with invaluable facilities management data for operation and maintenance.
It’s a common misconception that BIM is purely about the production of a 3D virtual construction model, but this is only part of BIM Level 2. Certification ensures:
- We have the necessary BIM capability, IT capability and available resource to deliver projects.
- That we evaluate our supply chain for the same capability.
- Necessary and regular training is in place.
- Project roles and responsibilities are clearly defined.
- Processes are in place for the production and monitoring of workload.
- A robust QA process is in place to ensure that all information issued has been validated and has passed through the appropriate QA checks.
We have achieved BIM Level 2 verification from the British Standards Institute, as a ”Tier 2 Appointed Party including MEP Building Services and Sustainable Design Consultancy complying with BIM Level 2 in accordance in accordance with ISO 19650-2:2018 incorporating the UK National Annex” for the 6th year running now.
This is testament to the expert skills and dedication of our BIM team, led by Paul Hargreaves. Great job Paul!
Technical Leadership: Sustainability and NZC
Technical Leadership: Sustainability and NZC
Our team of Sustainability Consultants is growing under David Spiteri’s leadership, with Scott O’Hara, Andrew Hogg, Ewan McCluckie and Chris Stevens all joining the team since our last newsletter. This significantly enhances our already strong credentials in energy, sustainability, wellness, BREEAM, modelling, analysis, and certification.
David and his team are leading the way in driving Net Zero Carbon solutions for our clients, cutting through the mystery and separating out the facts to realise and deliver practical and cost-effective solutions. We are also responding and contributing to the emerging trends in the market, as we look forward to COP26 in Glasgow, and we enhance social value and placemaking on our projects.
There is no one-size-fi ts-all solution when designing a Net Zero Carbon building. Wallace Whittle have worked with clients develop net zero carbon strategies and roadmaps across all sectors: from large masterplan schemes to re-purposing of existing buildings.
WW understand there are fundamental NZC design questions which need answering at early design stage, such as:
- What is the cost-optimal passive design solution for a development?
- What building services systems are considered viable and practical?
- What renewables technologies can I use?
- Which design options are affordable and maintainable for the end-users, whilst allowing for future flexibility?
- How can a Net Zero Carbo design strategy promote a healthy environment for its occupants?
David Spiteri will be delighted to discuss your thoughts and requirements, so please get in touch to benefit from the value we can add.
London Calling
London Calling
We asked Craig Robertson to share some of his thoughts on our history and activities in and around London… Wallace Whittle has been established in London for over 20 years and we have worked on some of the capital’s most amazing projects, with some great clients and innovative designers and contractors.
I’m very proud of our track record in London, and a significant project that really sticks out in my memory is the Athletes Village for the London Olympics in 2012, where we provided expertise to many areas of the regeneration. These included temporary works, site-wide infrastructure, and sustainable MEP engineering to more than 1,200 homes and a state of the art 8,000m2 Polyclinic, delivering community health services following a temporary existence as the medical centre for the Games. This was closely followed by Battersea Power Station Phase 1 and Phase 2, providing over 1,000 new apartments and attractive retail and leisure destinations, in what is now recognised as an outstanding mixed-use urban regeneration development.
One of our longest associations has been with innovative developer Lendlease at their Elephant Park Regeneration in South London. Elephant Park comprises an entire new neighbourhood with thousands of homes, and many cafes and shops have been created, providing a great place to live, and thriving community al around a new central park with hundreds of retained trees.
Our London office, led by Location Director Matt Graves, is currently involved in some excellent projects including the major mixed use hotel, retail and BTR development at Victoria Square Woking, residential developments at Battersea Power Station Phase 2 Switch Houses and Network Homes at Northwick Park as well as the Dalata Hotel in Brighton. Our focus for the future is on the implementation of Net Zero Carbon strategies through the whole life of the developments and built environment we are involved in, and bringing our knowledge led approach to all our clients and friends. As members of the UK Green Building Council, and working closely in accordance with LETI principles, we are very well placed to deliver this approach. I have enjoyed reflecting on 20 years of London projects, and I’m looking forward to looking forward to even more exciting projects to come in and around London.
Major Project : Edinburgh St James Quarter
Major Project : Edinburgh St James Quarter
We were very excited to see the Edinburgh St James Quarter galleria open for the first time to visitors on 24th June and the front cover photo on this newsletter was taken on opening day. Originally due to open in 2020, work was forced to temporarily come to a halt on the £1 billion development amid the coronavirus lockdown, and construction has been underway for five years to bring the new site to life, after the former St James Centre closed its doors for the last time in 2016.
Edinburgh St James Quarter introduces a new retail led, lifestyle district that fully integrates into and enhances Edinburgh’s City Centre providing an inspiring, attractive, and vibrant destination for locals and visitors to live, shop, eat, sleep and play. St James Quarter accommodates an enviable line up of restaurants, cafés, bars, shops, public spaces, leisure venues, residential and hotel accommodation.
The development, which spans across 1.7 million square feet, accommodates 85 shops and more than 30 food outlets, as well as Scotland’s first W Hotel, which includes a bar, outdoor terrace, restaurant, and spa. Still to come in the later phases of the development, over the next 18 months, will be more shops, restaurants and bars, a boutique Everyman Cinema, a Roomzzz Aparthotel, and 152 New Eidyn residential apartments.
Everyone at Wallace Whittle is very proud of the part we played in bringing this fantastic development to fruition, providing MEP engineering design and Sustainability consultancy with an MEP construction value of £70m. We were engaged from concept to completion, and this has been a journey of more than 10 years to date. We have worked with many talented and dedicated people and companies along the way, and we are very much looking forward to seeing Edinburgh St James Quarter fully complete.
Electrical Engineer, Glasgow
Job Description
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Senior Engineer / Associate
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: Glasgow
Position Summary:
To support the Senior/Associate Engineer(s) in producing robust design solutions including drawing and written deliverables with moderate supervision.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Produce Electrical Design drawings, calculations (Amtech, Hevacomp, IES, Relux, Dialux), reports, specifications and schedules
- Contribute to BREEAM or equivalent legislation
- Contribute to Building Regulations Section 6 compliance modelling
- Witness test the proving and commissioning procedures of final installations
- Assist the development of trainee engineers
- Work to internal and external project programs effectively
- Work to company Quality Assurance management systems
- Support Senior/ Associate Engineers and Management
Education and Experience:
- Engineering degree preferred. Minimum Engineering HNC/D or equivalent qualification
- Previous experience in a Building Services consultancy required
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- Competent in AutoCad and knowledge of Revit
- Communicate effectively with internal and external design team members
- Undertake non-intrusive surveys of existing installations
- Undertake main plant area spatial allowance exercises
- Ensure industry knowledge is kept up to date with new legislation, standards and regulations, product development and new technology
- Attend and contribute to design team and project meetings
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly timesheets
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
Desirable:
- Study towards Chartership and maintain CPD requirements
- Quality checking/review of trainee staff work and equivalent grade engineers
- Liaise with lead and/or support engineers to ensure that discipline designs are completed to expected quality and programme