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M&E Coordinator / M&E Manager / Building Services Manager Previous Main Contractor or Sub Contractor or Consultancy experience all considered. Sector: Building / Construction Role: As part of agrowing M&E team you will split your time across visiting2-3 sites in the midlands, so predominately live works. Upcoming projects initally in Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire. Company: My client is an international building main contractor with a strong order book of local midlands projects across a range of sectors. This company is renowned for working on a variety of projects and in particular a reputation for prestigious and bespoke multi million pound projects. This employer is looking to recruit a permanent M&E Manager or Senior M&E Managerto work on general build sector projects. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to transfer their M&E experience into a main contractor environment for example from a Sub contractor or Engineering Consultancyoran alreadyexperienced main contractor M&E Coordinator / Manager. Requirements: - Knowledge of Building Sector. - Previous employment as a M&E Co-ordinator, Building Services Coordinator, M&E Manager, Building Services Manager or Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Designer, Project Engineer, M&E Supervisor or M&E Project Manager. - Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare. - Previous Main Contractor employment would be ideal but not essential, Engineering Consultancy and M&E Subcontractor backgrounds also considered. - Good communication skills. - Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc). Duties: The responsibility of this role is to coordinate and control specialist engineering installations and ensure that the work is completed with accordance with the specification and completed programme. Key Accountabilities: -Adhering to the company H&S policy. -Monitor, co-ordinate and control the flow of M&E design information to ensure the timely release of information for construction activities. -Ensuring the M&E designers identify hazards and assess risks to health and safety when designing the works.-Review M&E design information at tender stage and undertake a full design gap analysis to advise the bidding team of any design shortfalls. -Ensure all required approvals (statutory, regulatory, client and company) are in place as and when required. -Assist in ensuring that the M&E designers produce design development programmes which meet the needs of the contract programme, and review the programmes regularly as required. -Assist, when required, in the selection and appointment of the M&E consultant designers and design and build sub contractors. -Ensure M&E information released for construction has been reviewed by all interface designers and construction team and amended/approved prior to issue for construction and is in line with the specification/ contract. -Ensure M&E designs and details produced are economic and do not exceed budgeted or estimated cost without good reason and are in conformance with the specified or detailed requirements for quality. -Ensure the M&E design is validated on completion of the works. -Keep appropriate cost and installation records including the witnessing of testing and commissioning as required. -Carry out cost checks on M&E design proposals and report serious deviations to senior management immediately. -Ensure risk assessments are carried out and all risks identified. -Assist in the production of O & M manuals on completion of the project. -Ensure that specialist mechanical and electrical sub-contractors work strictly within company Safety Management System and comply fully with all its requirements. -Promote the use of off site manufacturing to ensure programme and quality requirements are achieved using modern methods. -To ensure that production controls are in place for monitoring, reporting, benchmarking works and improving performance. Remuneration: CompetitiveBasic (Dependent on experience) Car Allowance Pension Bonus

Talk Recruitment is seeking an M&E Coordinator/Manager to join a growing M&E team. You will split time across 2-3 live sites in the Midlands, with initial projects in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire. Previous main contractor or consultancy experience is welcome, with opportunities to move into senior M&E management. Ideal candidates will have a Building Sector background, relevant qualifications, and strong communication skills.

Senior Technical Animator - Computer Games / Video Games - Warwickshire Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Animator to join and progress with an Award Winning and fast-growing Gaming Developer. LOCATION: Based in Leamington Spa, known as one of the UK's biggest Gaming hub locations. Not only is this location the hot spot for a career in gaming, it is also a nice place to live. What makes it GREAT? Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff. Recent Award for "Best Places to Work 2019" Unique projects, shaping the future of gaming. A highly successful and profitable business, a stable employer where you can progress your career for the long term. Exciting time to join their business as they look to unveil a new landmark project this summer. Fantastic company culture, big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, excellent option if you are fed up with being treated like just another number. Top company benefits and great working environment. Flexible working hours. Ethical business with strong values A reputation for promoting good work life balance and also a good social environment, with plenty of lunchtime social activities organised by staff, including board games, a table tennis league and a running club. COMPANY: Based in Warwickshire my client is a fast-growing gaming developer working on exciting projects with a long-term pipeline of work to fuel further growth of the business and your career. RESPONSIBILITIES: Seeking a Senior Technical Animator who is after an exciting new creative challenge. To assist the animation team, streamline and optimise our current processes. Work collaboratively with the art & programmer disciplines to overcome technical challenges and build animation tool sets. To help the animation team implement quality in-game character and prop animations. To assist with skinning, rigging and streamline the relevant pipelines of those tasks. Help to build tools for future challenges with animations in a UGC environment. Work alongside the Art Director and Principal Animator to create and use processes that maintain the animation art style. Build strong collaborative working relationships with all members of the team and studio, regardless of discipline or seniority. Understand the audience and core goals and game ethos. REQUIREMENTS: To be considered for this Animator role you must meet the following criteria: Professional experience of animation and technical animation for games. Highly proficient in the use of job relevant software e.g. Maya. Very experienced in skinning & rigging. Ability to utilise and develop appropriate tools and pipelines to implement, review and iterate animations. A strong showreel of animation work and/or technical skills A full understanding of UE4 blueprints, scripting, animation graphs or similar animation networks. Strong knowledge of anatomy and best practices for character topology. Exhibit a strong grasp of the principles of animating the human figure. REMUNERATION: Competitive Basic Salary Flexible Working Hours Relocation Allowance / Assistance Paid Overtime Private Health Cover Gym / Health Club Memberships Life Assurance Scheme / Critical Illness & Income Protection Digital Allowance Office Kitchen fully stocked with snacks and treats. Regular team lunches, company funded trips and events.

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Technical Animator for a Warwickshire-based gaming developer. You will streamline animation tools and workflows to deliver high-quality character and prop animations. Work with art and programming teams to overcome technical challenges, implement animation pipelines, and help build tools for future features in UE4. A strong showreel and knowledge of skinning, rigging, and anatomy are required.

Technical Animator - Computer Games / Video Games - Warwickshire Fantastic opportunity for an Animator to join and progress with an Award Winning and fast-growing Gaming Developer. LOCATION: Warwickshire Based in Leamington Spa, known as one of the UK's biggest Gaming hub locations. Not only is this location the hot spot for a career in gaming, it is also a nice place to live. What makes it GREAT? Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff. Recent Award for "Best Places to Work 2019" Unique projects, shaping the future of gaming. A highly successful and profitable business, a stable employer where you can progress your career for the long term. Exciting time to join their business as they look to unveil a new landmark project this summer. Fantastic company culture, big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, excellent option if you are fed up with being treated like just another number. Top company benefits and great working environment. Flexible working hours. Ethical business with strong values A reputation for promoting good work life balance and also a good social environment, with plenty of lunchtime social activities organised by staff, including board games, a table tennis league and a running club. COMPANY: Based in Warwickshire my client is a fast-growing gaming developer working on exciting projects with a long-term pipeline of work to fuel further growth of the business and your career. RESPONSIBILITIES: Seeking a Technical Animator who is after an exciting new creative challenge. To assist the animation team, streamline and optimise current processes. Work collaboratively with the art & programmer disciplines to overcome technical challenges and build animation tool sets. To help the animation team implement quality in-game character and prop animations. To assist with skinning, rigging and streamline the relevant pipelines of those tasks. Help to build tools for future challenges with animations in a UGC environment. Work alongside the Art Director and Principal Animator to create and use processes that maintain the animation art style. Build strong collaborative working relationships with all members of the team and studio, regardless of discipline or seniority. Understand the audience and core goals and game ethos. REQUIREMENTS: To be considered for this Animator role you must meet the following criteria: Professional experience of animation and technical animation for games. Proficient in the use of job relevant software e.g. Maya. Experience with skinning & rigging. Ability to utilise and develop appropriate tools and pipelines to implement, review and iterate animations. A strong showreel of animation work and/or technical skills An understanding of UE4 blueprints, scripting, animation graphs or similar animation networks. Strong knowledge of anatomy and best practices for character topology. Exhibit a strong grasp of the principles of animating the human figure. Experience in working with outsourcers (Desireable) Facial animation experience. (Desireable) Familiarity with optimisation of animation (e.g. UE4 Blueprint Fast Path evaluation) (Desireable) REMUNERATION: The successful Animator will receive: Competitive Basic Salary Flexible Working Hours Relocation Allowance / Assistance Paid Overtime Private Health Cover Gym / Health Club Memberships Life Assurance Scheme / Critical Illness & Income Protection Digital Allowance Office Kitchen fully stocked with snacks and treats. Regular team lunches, company funded trips and events.

Talk Recruitment is looking for a Senior Technical Animator in Warwickshire to join a fast-growing games developer. Based in Leamington Spa, you will help shape animation quality across a pipeline and work with the art and coding teams on exciting projects. The role requires strong skinning and rigging skills, Maya proficiency, and a deep understanding of UE4 blueprints/animation graphs to drive innovative tooling and workflows.

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Senior Animator for a leading AAA gaming developer in the West Midlands. You will lead animation pipelines for Unreal Engine 4 projects and craft high-quality character and prop animations for expansive game worlds. The role focuses on collaboration with art and design teams, maintaining animation libraries, and delivering game-ready locomotion across diverse platforms. A senior level of expertise and prior AAA experience are preferred.

Senior Animator - Computer / Video Games - West Midlands Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Animator to join a leading AAA Gaming Developer. LOCATION: Birmingham / West Midlands / Worcestershire What makes it GREAT? -Excellent opportunity for career progression, going through an exciting period of organic growth. -Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff. -Exciting and diverse projects, working on Iconic projects on a variety of platforms. Role: As a Senior Animator you will help lead and develop high quality Animation for AAA Unreal 4 projects Responsibilities Collaborate with the art and design teams to develop fully realised 3D animations for use in large-scale game world environments Communicate and collaborate with Leads and the Art Director, relaying feedback to the wider art team where required Help create and maintain animation libraries Work within the specifications of the project and technology, keeping the assets within budget, as well as following per project naming conventions COMPANY: Based in the midlands my client is a fast-growing gaming developer working on exciting projects with a long-term pipeline of work to fuel further growth of the business and your career. REQUIREMENTS: To be considered for this Animator role you must meet the following criteria: Excellent practical understanding of Unreal Engine 4's animation pipeline Demonstrate expert understanding of motion and kinematics to enable you to get the most out of character, creature and prop animations Knowledgeable level of character skin weighting and rigging Comprehensive understanding of characters and object setup within animation blueprints Knowledge of Human IK or similar Maya rig controls Ability to build game ready locomotion animations for biped and non-biped characters (Advantageous) Understanding of best practice with geometry when applying deformation to a mesh (advantageus) Experience animating high quality characters for third and first person adventure games (Advantageus) REMUNERATION: The successful Animator will receive: -Competitive Salary + Benefits -Company bonus scheme -Company outings & events To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now. Services advertised by Talk Recruitment are that of an employment business and/or agency