Design Engineer - Aviation / Building Services

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Role Title: Design Engineer - Aviation

Business Unit: Asset Intelligence

Location: Stansted

Role Overview

Working in collaboration with our clients and partners, we deliver high-quality aviation and building services engineering solutions across complex infrastructure environments.

The Building Services Design Engineer will support the development and delivery of Mechanical, Electrical, and Public Health (Building Services) designs across aviation projects. Reporting to the Design Manager, the role will contribute to the production of compliant, coordinated, and buildable design solutions, ensuring alignment with client requirements, operational constraints, and aviation standards.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Support site visits, surveys and technical assessments alongside the Design Manager and wider design team.
• Assist in developing building services technical specifications and scopes of work following site inspections and client engagement.
• Liaise closely with subcontractor design teams to refine, coordinate and develop design solutions.
• Review subcontractor specifications, calculations and design information for completeness, accuracy and quality.
• Support tendering and project delivery teams in the preparation of technical documentation and design submissions.
• Ensure company design procedures and governance requirements are followed across all office and site-based activities.
• Assist in the preparation, management and maintenance of design documentation in accordance with the Business Management System (BMS).
• Support compliance with quality assurance processes, governance frameworks and company standards.
• Maintain design governance in line with Health & Safety legislation, including CDM Regulations and relevant industry standards.
• Interpret and assess client requirements through technical specifications, design information and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop coordinated building services designs including:
  • Electrical systems (power distribution, lighting and small power)
  • Mechanical systems (HVAC and ventilation)
  • Public Health systems (water services and drainage)
• Produce design deliverables including drawings, layouts, schematics, calculations, specifications and equipment schedules.
• Work collaboratively with the Design Manager and project teams to ensure designs are practical, buildable, value engineered and fully compliant.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including architectural, structural and specialist system designers to ensure integrated design solutions.
• Review subcontractor design submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements, legislation and cost-effective delivery.
• Promote innovation and support the use of digital engineering tools, including BIM, to enhance design coordination and efficiency.
• Provide technical support during subcontractor procurement processes and supplier engagement activities.
• Assist in the development and management of design programmes, design management plans and quality deliverables.
• Review and contribute to the approval process for design deliverables, ensuring technical accuracy and programme compliance.
• Identify and communicate potential Compensation Events (CEs) and Early Warnings (EWs) arising from design development activities.
• Ensure design changes are managed through formal Change Control procedures and that scope creep is effectively controlled.
• Support the handover of design information to Construction and Commissioning teams.
• Provide technical support during installation, construction, testing and commissioning phases as required.

About You:

• A strong alignment with the company’s purpose, vision, values, and culture, with the ability to actively promote these within the AI Aviation Business and across project teams.
• An effective communicator who can engage confidently with airport operators, technical stakeholders, consultants, and delivery teams, while demonstrating a strong commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and diversity.
• A high level of integrity and professionalism, with the ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion when dealing with sensitive commercial, technical, and operational information.
• Highly organised, structured, and detail-oriented, with a commitment to delivering high-quality engineering solutions within complex aviation and building services environments.
• A proactive and resilient individual with the ability to build strong working relationships across multidisciplinary teams, including clients, contractors, consultants, and airport authorities.
• A strong commitment to customer service and client satisfaction, ensuring that design solutions meet operational, safety, and regulatory requirements within live aviation environments.
• Experience working in fast-paced, multi-site infrastructure environments, ideally within airports, transport hubs, or complex building services projects, where coordination between design, operations, and construction teams is critical.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our Benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Wharton - [email protected]

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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