Graduate Mechanical Engineer Building Services

Job Title: Graduate Mechanical Engineer Building Services

Location: Eltham

Salary: £25,000-£28,000

Kick-Start Your Career with Baily Garner: Graduate Mechanical Engineer Building Services Opportunities

Are you a recent Engineering graduate or finishing soon and eager to launch your career in the construction industry? Join Baily Garner—a vibrant, friendly, and innovative consultancy where your talent and ambition are valued from day one.

Who are Baily Garner?

With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 300 employees and offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham—delivering national coverage. We provide a full suite of services including Architecture, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, M&E Engineering, Sustainability Consulting, and more.

Our purpose is to  positively impact people’s lives . We achieve this by delivering exceptional service and creating opportunities that make a real difference—for our clients, end users, our people, and the planet.

Why Choose Baily Garner?

• Collaborative Culture: Enjoy the supportive feel of a close-knit team, combined with the opportunities of a leading consultancy. Our energetic, interdisciplinary approach means your ideas are always welcome.
• Competitive Rewards: We offer attractive salaries and a great range of benefits to recognise your contribution and help you thrive.
• Professional Growth: We’re committed to your development—supporting you to gain professional qualifications and excel in your field. Our team consistently achieves high pass rates at top institutions like CIBSE and IET.
• Career Progression: Many of our partners started with us as graduates or trainees. We’ll support you from your first day, providing mentoring, sponsorship for study, and structured career pathways.
• Flexible Entry Routes: Whether your seeking a year out placement or a graduate role, we have a pathway for you. We understand the importance of work-life balance and inclusivity, and we’re committed to fairness for all.

What Will You Be Doing?

· Support the design and delivery of building services projects.

· Produce designs that meet regulations, procedures and company standards.

· Collaborate with internal and external multidisciplinary teams.

· Prepare clear specifications, drawings and schedules for electrical building services designs.

· Submit design work for senior engineer review before issue.

· Take part in site surveys, commissioning and testing.

· Support project meetings, including preparing and distributing minutes when required.

· Project administration.

Who Are We Looking For?

· We are looking for someone with the right attitude and will to learn

· The ideal candidate will have a passion for building services engineering and an inquisitive nature.

· The nature of the role will be both challenging and rewarding and attitude will be just as important as academic qualifications.

· The ideal candidate will have a degree in Building Services engineering or a closely related subject and will need to demonstrate a basic understanding of what Building Services Engineering is, how it fits into everyday life and more specifically the mechanical design side, what it entails, the wider role in the construction industry etc.

Start Your Journey with Us

If you’re passionate about engineering in the built environment and want to gain experience across every aspect of the industry, there’s no better place to start. We’ll guide you at every step, helping you carve out your own path to a rewarding career.

Some of our amazing benefits include: 

• Flexible working hours (choice of start and finish times based around a 7 hour working day, core hours between 10am-4.pm) 35 hours per week
• Hybrid working (potential to work from office and home)
• Medicash health plan (money back on your dental, optical, physio appointments and more)
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary) for all colleagues.
• In-house mental health first aiders
• Pay reviews twice a year
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Birthday leave
• Buy/sell annual leave
• Long-service leave
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched)
• Professional development scheme
• Sponsorship of professional fees
• 2 paid corporate social responsibility days

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.

Example: If you need additional time for assessments, require materials in an alternative format, or need a different interview setting, please inform us, and we will make the necessary arrangements.