Junior ME&P Engineer

The PureGym Way

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good.

We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. As such, we are a Disability Confident Committed employer, and offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria for a role, and opt-in to the scheme on their application form.

Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement-free spaces where everybody can come in, work out and leave Feeling PureGym Good. We are proud to be certified by Top Employers Institute. See our careers page for full benefits.

We offer

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• Hybrid working
• A truly flexible working culture
• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

The Role

• Location: London (2-3 days, including travel to gym sites)
• Contract type: Full-time and permanent
• Application: Closing date Sunday 24th May (early application encouraged)
• Interviews: 1st interviews will be over Teams., 2nd interviews will be in-person, with a task.

We are seeking a Junior ME&P Engineer to join our Central Operations team. Reporting to the Head of Energy & Engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to promote engineering excellence and deliver innovative, energy-efficient MEP solutions across our expanding international portfolio. We are looking for someone who has perhaps recently graduated, or newly qualified in this field to join us.

In this role, you will support the design, governance, and technical oversight of mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) systems for both new developments and refurbishment projects across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland, and the United States. You, alongside the team, will ensure the highest standards of technical quality, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle performance, while driving continuous improvement and innovation in system design and delivery.

The role is accountable for overseeing contractor design outputs, managing and developing internal technical standards, and ensuring cost-effective, future-focused engineering solutions that enhance asset performance and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing development and management of M&E specifications across all regions.
• Provide technical guidance, direction, and governance across all MEP disciplines.
• Oversee and assure the quality of all design deliverables, ensuring compliance, consistency, and best-practice engineering.
• Drive continuous improvement of design formats, specifications, and standards to ensure optimal whole-life value for each property.
• Build strong relationships and engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support and shape supply chain development to ensure capability, innovation, and alignment with standards.
• Lead quality assurance activities across all MEP design stages.

The Person

We’re looking for someone who drives innovation in their work, can bring a fresh perspective and has can-do approach. We’ll need someone to be a team player, comfortable working across different markets and workstreams, stay organised and close to the detail. Importantly, our successful candidate will also learn to be commercially astute, balancing member experience, brand standards and financial return.

Qualifications And Skills

• Recent graduate (e.g. mechanical or electrical engineering) and/or newly qualified (CIBSE or similar).
• Some knowledge of building regulations, legal compliance and industry best practice.
• Some experience in ME&P design or project management.

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is ‘Everybody Welcome’ and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

Please note: Qualifications and Skills represent the essential criteria for the role, which need to be met to be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Volume of eligible applications may impact everyone being able to be offered an interview.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert may be withdrawn at any time. Early application is encouraged.

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