Specialists in MEP Building Services Recruitment.

Circular Design Recruitment specialises in helping Building Services Engineers make smart, confident career moves, and supporting consultancies to hire the right people for their teams.

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Active client partners at any one time, allowing every hire proper focus and care.

Permanent placements delivered each year across UK Building Services design.

What we do.

Circular Design Recruitment delivers permanent recruitment within the UK Building Services sector, working with consultancies and design-led contractor teams nationwide.

We specialise in MEP Building Services design recruitment, placing permanent professionals across Mechanical, Electrical, Public Health, BIM/Revit, and Sustainability disciplines. Our core focus is consultancy-based design roles, where long-term alignment, team fit, and technical credibility matter most.

Where appropriate, we also support permanent hiring within contractor design teams, recognising the different environments, pressures, and stages of the project lifecycle, without diluting specialist focus.

If you want a recruitment partner who understands your world and hires with intent, let’s talk.

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Your next career move.

Changing roles in Building Services design isn’t a casual decision. It can be stressful, high-stakes, and easy to get wrong with the wrong advice.

We help MEP Building Services professionals make informed, confident career decisions. That means honest conversations, discreet handling, and clear insight into roles, teams, and long-term progression, not pressure to move for the sake of it.

Whether you’re actively exploring options or just want a sounding board, you’ll get straight advice, proper preparation, and support through interviews, offers, and resignations.

If you’re considering your next step, let’s talk it through.

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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Reading, Berkshire

£55,000 - £62,500

Senior Mechanical Engineer role delivering landmark projects within a progressive consultancy, offering strong career progression, flexible working, and exposure to advanced digital and AI-led design.

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Associate Electrical Design Engineer

London, Greater London

£75,000 - £85,000

Associate Electrical Design Engineer role leading major building services projects, with a clear and supported path to Associate Director within a highly regarded consultancy.

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Senior Public Health Design Engineer

London, Greater London

£55,000 - £65,000

Senior Public Health Engineer role working on high-profile, well-funded projects with top-tier clients, strong technical leadership, and clear progression in a collaborative consultancy.

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Sector experts for.

Mechanical Engineering

We recruit permanent Mechanical Design Engineers for Building Services consultancies and design-led contractor teams across the UK. From early-career engineers through to senior and associate-level hires, we focus on technical capability, project experience, and long-term team fit, not just CV keywords.

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Electrical Engineering

Our Electrical Engineering recruitment is rooted in a deep understanding of Building Services design environments. We place permanent electrical professionals who can operate confidently across complex projects, client interfaces, and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring hires are technically strong, commercially aware, and aligned to your way of working.

Public Health Engineering

Public Health Engineering requires specialist knowledge and careful assessment. We support consultancies hiring permanent Public Health professionals who understand compliant design, coordination, and buildability, as well as the realities of live projects. Our approach prioritises accuracy, clarity, and long-term suitability over speed or volume.

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BIM/Revit

We recruit permanent BIM and Revit professionals within Building Services design, supporting consultancies at different stages of BIM maturity. Whether you need hands-on technicians or strategic BIM leaders, we focus on software capability, coordination experience, and how individuals will integrate into your wider design team.

Sustainability

Sustainability hiring demands both technical expertise and commercial realism. We support permanent recruitment across sustainability, energy, and Net Zero-focused roles within Building Services design, placing professionals who can balance performance targets, regulatory requirements, and practical delivery within real-world project constraints.

Submit a vacancy.

If you’re hiring within Building Services design and want a more considered approach, you're in the right place.

Submit your vacancy and let's start a conversation. We’ll review the role properly, share honest market insight, and be clear about what’s achievable before discussing next steps.

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What our clients say.

Alex has supported our hiring across multiple levels over a number of years and has always been reliable, honest and easy to work with. He takes time to understand what's happening within the business and often brings ideas or potential candidates to us before we've even opened a role, which has been incredibly helpful.

He communicates clearly throughout the process, manages expectations well and genuinely cares about getting the right long-term fit for both sides. That consistency and understanding of our business is why we've continued to work with him for so long.

Rhys Davies, Director

Alex's approach to recruitment is focused on building a relationship with the individual candidates and businesses. His goal is always to fit the right people to the right businesses; this comes from an in depth understanding of both the candidates and the businesses he aims to place into.

From my own experience and that of other individuals I know have used Alex, he supports engineers through the entire process; from finding the right job for each candidate to keeping in touch afterwards and ensuring that the engineers are actually happy in their new roles. I couldn't recommend Alex enough as an engineering recruitment specialist.