Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer in Bristol

We invite you to bring your expertise and enthusiasm into play as you contribute to innovative and high-quality design solutions. To succeed in this role, you must be client focussed and have solid experience of working in a design capacity with good working knowledge of building services installations.

Are you our new Senior Electrical Engineer? Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

You will join our Building Services department as part of a highly dynamic team. Our Building Services team has a deep focus on technical delivery and an excellent understanding of client care. You will be an important part of a close-knit team working on a wide variety of project work in and around Southampton. There is also the opportunity to get involved in international signature projects if desired. We offer a supporting and collaborative culture and environment, in which you can develop and grow in your role. For the right candidate, there is the opportunity to progress rapidly, with increasing client facing duties and mentoring of junior engineers and apprentices.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Deliver sustainable design solutions to the required standards and supervise the work of others in this function.
• Demonstrate good competency across the full spectrum of design stages; from developing building services strategies at Stage 2 to writing detailed specifications at Stage 4, as well as supervising works on site.
• Manage time on projects to suit deadlines and complete assigned tasks as stipulated by the Ramboll project design manager.
• Actively support the project manager in organising the breakdown of tasks and their dependencies on delivery deadlines.
• Have a focus on client and industry relations that seek to promote the reputation of yourself and Ramboll in order to build upon your business development focus.
• Collaboration with industry partners and clients to successfully deliver projects and provide opportunities to secure repeat work.

Your key deliverables over the first 12-24 months for this role will be:

• Maintain excellent levels of client service.
• Help to develop and promote Ramboll’s multi-discipline capability in the local market.
• Ensure Ramboll Q.A procedures are implemented.
• Make a meaningful contribution to our technical excellence strategy.

Your starting point for constant growth:

• To be a qualified Engineer having a proven and demonstrable track record in your discipline.
• To have a CIBSE / IET / IMechE Engineering Council accredited honours degree, or an HNC in an applicable discipline with commitment to continue with higher education.
• To have achieved IEng Status and working towards CEng.
• To have an understanding of financial arrangements for projects including fee forecasting, fee preparation, and allocation.
• Be accustomed to providing guidance to graduates and technicians, demonstrating your in-depth understanding of design engineering.
• Have a proven ability to work on a number of projects at any one time.
• Be forward thinking and passionate about digital design innovation and ‘smart design’ in an increasingly digitalized construction arena.
• Demonstrate compliance in tools such as Amtech, Relux, MagiCad, Revit.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• Impressive collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to make complicated concepts simple.
• Good attention to detail and pride in the work produced.
• Able to motivate and inspire confidence both in peers and clients.
• Able to work using your own initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of your discipline.

Welcome to our Buildings division. As one of the top 10 building designers in the world, Ramboll works on more than 10,000 building projects each year. 4,000 experts across the world specialise in creating more innovative, sustainable and liveable buildings. We place particular emphasis on our liveable buildings concept where we balance the cultural, social and physical values of buildings, to improve the quality of life for building users.

Ramboll offers the opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation in the rapidly growing Engineering and Consultancy sector in the UK. We offer a competitive salary, alongside 27 days holiday per year, private medical insurance and flexible working.

How to apply: Apply online. Attach your CV, cover letter and relevant documents showcasing why you are the right fit for the role, and when you are available to start. We look forward to receiving your application.