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2023 Best Place to Work & Best Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy

exciting opportunities to join our team

We are people focused and recruit, nurture and retain the most technically accomplished talent in the industry. At Bennett Freehill you’ll be part of a team focused on creating a fun rewarding environment which allows us to deliver technical excellence for our clients. If you want to join a growing dynamic company we would love to hear from you.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and client focused Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team. Click on the link below to find out more about the role and how to apply.

Bennett Freehill Graduate Academy & Apprenticeship Programme

We are looking for dynamic, hardworking and creative people who want to make a difference. Graduates and Apprentices with a collaborative ambitious ethos, who are driven to succeed and who nurture a passion for technical excellence.

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why work with us

Our people and our culture: We are people focused. We are a dynamic team working in a fun rewarding employee-focused environment. We nurture and retain the most technically accomplished talent in the industry. Our team-centred culture values and promotes equality and ideas, diversity and inclusion. This culture ensures we deliver pioneering, pragmatic MEP design excellence.

Flexible working environment
: Our Freedom and Balance policy gives staff flexibility and autonomy to work when suits them (not 9-5) and includes 2 days per week working-from-home and finishing from 1pm on a Friday, helping balance business and personal commitments.

Paid training and career development: We support and guide each member of our team to achieve their maximum potential technically, professionally and personally through academic, leadership, technical training and focused mentoring, and work with each person to reach their career goals.

Focus on employee health and wellbeing: Our Wellbeing Programme provides our team with the knowledge and resources to identify declining mental health and stress levels, and training on steps to help combat this. We have signed up to the Mental Health Charter underlining our continued commitment to providing a mentally healthy workplace and developing best practice.

Monthly versatile and casual Social, Sport and Wellbeing Activities (attendance optional) organised by staff, from fun teambuilding days and cookery classes, evening meals and rugby games, allow the team to relax, interact and decompress outside the office.

Other benefits include: Healthcare • 34 days holiday • Competitive Employer pension Scheme.

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Careers

Careers Bennett Freehill

We currently have no vacancies available.

We are a friendly practice with attractive offices in Belfast and we offer a supportive high-quality working environment. We have completed some of the most prominent projects in Northern Ireland, and our portfolio includes the Kingspan Stadium, visitor centres at Crumlin Road Gaol and Enniskillen Castle and the New National Stadium at Windsor Park. Our current projects include a significant number of schools, major leisure facilities for Derry and Strabane and University projects.

Paul O'Neill

MIET CEng MEng

Paul joined Bennett Freehill in late-2021 as part of the organisations drive towards technical excellence, an employee-focused culture, strategic growth and NZEB focus. 

A Chartered Engineer with 14 years’ experience in the construction and electrical industries, Paul has particular specialisms in electrical engineering, conservation, power generation and vertical transportation having worked on projects in the education, healthcare, hotels and office sectors. 

As electrical engineering design lead, Paul is responsible for technical delivery and project responsibility related to electrical engineering, and more critically, directing technical, quality and standards within the engineering teams.

Paul brings his passion for technical quality, buildability, progressivity and efficiency to the Bennett Freehill team.

Aaron McCarthy

MCIBSE CEng BEng

Aaron is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in sustainability and low carbon design, with detailed knowledge of passive design techniques and thermal modelling procedures.

Aaron joined Bennett Freehill in mid-2021, having previously gained 10 years’ experience as an Energy and Building Services design engineer within leading multi-national building services practices. Aaron brings extensive experience in managing and delivering large scale multi-disciplinary projects and has a wealth of experience in MEP Project Management.

Aaron is responsible for client liaison, technical delivery and management of design teams to ensure we meet our clients aspirations.

Aaron brings his passion and drive for successful project delivery through collaboration with clients and design teams.

In May 2022 Aaron was appointed as Partner.

Cormac Freehill

MCIBSE MIET CEng MSc BEng

A Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 15 years’ experience working with some of the UK’s foremost engineering companies, Cormac has been pivotal to the successful award and delivery of multi-million pound projects since being appointed to the role of Managing Director in June 2020 and rebranding the business as Bennett Freehill.

Cormac brings a new vision, new energy and fresh leadership to the team and is responsible for the strategic growth and development of the business, through supporting and undertaking marketing activities, and the training and development of our technically accomplished staff.  In the role of design team leader and client liaison Cormac ensures that the team delivers pioneering, pragmatic MEP design excellence for our clients. 

Cormac specialises in Passivhaus and Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) construction and is passionate about, and professionally skilled in, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy, Procurement, Design Management and Consulting Engineering.

Cormac Freehill

MCIBSE MIET CEng MSc BEng

A Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 15 years’ experience working with some of the UK’s foremost engineering companies, Cormac has been pivotal to the successful award and delivery of multi-million pound projects since being appointed to the role of Managing Director in June 2020 and rebranding the business as Bennett Freehill.

Cormac brings a new vision, new energy and fresh leadership to the team and is responsible for the strategic growth and development of the business, through supporting and undertaking marketing activities, and the training and development of our technically accomplished staff.  In the role of design team leader and client liaison Cormac ensures that the team delivers pioneering, pragmatic MEP design excellence for our clients. 

Cormac specialises in Passivhaus and Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) construction and is passionate about, and professionally skilled in, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy, Procurement, Design Management and Consulting Engineering.