Kantor Energy are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Engineer to work on various Kantor projects, based in the Kantor/Dornan London Office.
Kantor are a specialist engineering contractor, who have been designing and building innovative and sustainable energy systems for clients across the UK and Ireland for over 12 years. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dornan Engineering Group (itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Turner Construction).
Dornan are a leading Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation contractor with projects in Ireland, Mainland Europe, the Nordics and the UK.
You will join a hard-working, ambitious, innovative team and you will benefit from a supportive culture, where your ideas and contributions will be recognised.
Your day will include:
Detailed design and site engineering work across a range of scales and types of heat network projects in the London area.
Engagement with supply chain during initial procurement, detailed design, construction and commissioning phases to ensure optimal product selection and delivery.
Combination of engineering office-based (during detailed design phase) and site-based role (during construction phase).
Reporting to the Engineering Manager (design phase) and Lead Site Engineer (Construction/Commissioning Phases).
Review, analysis and reporting on project performance.
About You
Level 8 / Honours bachelor's degree in engineering
Min 5 years' experience in an engineering role, preferably within the energy sector
Flexible and enthusiastic approach, with a willingness to take on novel challenges
Good understanding of heat network systems, and in particular LTHW systems and heat pumps.
Proficiency in MS Office suite, in particular MS Excel and MS Word
Some experience preferable in use of computer drawing software, e.g. AutoCAD, Revit, Solidworks
Desire to experience full project engineering lifecycle, from design through to construction, commissioning and operation
Willingness to engage and collaborate with a wide range of multi-disciplinary counterparties
Why Kantor?
Kantor's mission is to deliver novel and innovative solutions within the distributed energy sector, with a focus on sustainable and low-carbon projects. You will be contributing to this important enterprise, at a time of high projected growth throughout the energy sector.
Kantor has an exciting pipeline of projects in the Heat Networks sector. The combination of the aggressive growth plans of the UK Government for Heat Networks, the strong positioning of Kantor within the sector and the ambitions of the wider Dornan/Turner groups to expand their low carbon energy sector footprint make this the ideal time to join our team.
Notwithstanding our ambitious growth plans, Kantor remains a relatively small and tight-knit team. We pride ourselves on fostering a family feel and a down to earth culture. You will thus be working with a diverse multi-disciplinary team of engineers, with direct exposure to senior management and decision makers.
As part of a tight-knit team, you will take on responsibility and have an opportunity to deliver real value from the outset.
As part of the wider Dornan Group, Kantor also benefits from the advantages of a large, well-established organisation:
Kantor/Dornan offers ongoing educational assistance and promotes CPD, including supporting its engineers on their journey towards Chartership.
Kantor/Dornan promotes collaboration through various team building, social and charity events.
Kantor/Dornan are committed to employee wellbeing with our Employee Assistance Programme and an in-house Health & Wellbeing advisor.
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Salary description
£1.00 - £70000.00 per year