Air Tightness Engineer – North West England

Location:

Manchester (M15) – Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom

Salary:

£27000 – £28000 per annum

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Engineering Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Mechanical

Advertiser:

Penguin Recruitment Ltd

Job ID:

132421104

Posted On:

05 November 2025

A well established construction services organisation with offices across the UK currently have an urgent requirement for an Air Tightness Engineer to complement their team of engineers. You will be responsible for carrying out air tightness and acoustic testing across the North West England area for a number of high profile public and private sector clients. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to further develop their career within a highly successful engineering company where professional development is promoted and training provided.

Qualifications

Qualified in an engineering discipline

Experience

Background/previous experience in engineering, surveying, building, construction etc.

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal as report writing will be one of the key aspects of this role

An understanding and knowledge of a building’s anatomy

Computer literate

Duties

Responsible for carrying out air tightness testing

Responsible for end-to-end management of client engagement; arranging site visits, pre-engagement with the site manager to ensure pre-site checks had been conducted, explaining design features and faults to the site manager, explaining where improvements can be made to the design of the building;

Undertake design reviews with Site Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Architects and Regional Managers.

Identify potential problems and/or weakness with the building design

Suggest cost effective ways to improve the energy efficiency of the building.

Undertake pre-test audits

Produce detailed technical reports to identify potential leakage areas

Compliance with Part L Building Regulations

Projects/Clients

Types of properties include Public and Private sector buildings ranging from single house tests to large scale development testing.

Interested in this or other roles in building compliance? Please do not hesitate to contact Amir Gharaati from Penguin Recruitment for more info! We have many more vacancies available on our website.
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