Mechanical Principal Design Engineer - Healthcare

Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK and has around 2,000 bright minds working across multiple offices to apply their passion to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. We love seeing our talents develop and succeed and you will have opportunities to work on challenging and inspiring projects within an environment that is friendly, open and supportive.

Do you have experience in complex, technically challenging projects and want to join the UK team of our Global Healthcare Division? Do you enjoy developing sustainable solutions for technical challenges and working on a wide variety of project types? Are you motivated by innovative engineering solutions and creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature? Do you want to work in an environment that welcomes design flair and innovative solutions?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join the UK team of our Global Healthcare Division as our new MEP Principal Engineer and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

As our new Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be part of our growing UK team working on healthcare projects throughout the UK and internationally. You will have the opportunity to thrive in technical delivery excellence and develop excellent understanding of client care.

We offer flexible working arrangements with candidates able to work from any of our primary offices as well as home. We have an exciting range of ongoing projects including Hillerod Hospital Denmark, Cambridge Children’s Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and KEMH, Falklands Islands.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead, develop and manage a team of Mechanical Engineers and technicians, working collaboratively with colleagues from other engineering disciplines, e.g. structural, electrical and public health engineers, etc
• Positively raise the profile and reputation of Ramboll and our UK Healthcare Team
• Develop and oversee mechanical concepts and design solutions
• Undertake detailed design to required standards, and complete design calculations using industry software such as Hevacomp, Magi Cad, IES, Revit, etc
• Inspire and enthuse the engineers and technicians working with you on your projects
• Liaise with clients and collaborators, representing Ramboll at project meetings
• Support key accounts and developing relationships with new clients
• Support our UK Healthcare team sector business development strategies
• Implement best practice procedures to enhance and maintain delivery of sustainable, zero carbon, innovative and quality advisory and design services
• Manage your own projects and act as MEP or mechanical engineering project manager to allocate resources and co-ordinate tasks

Our Healthcare team is growing to deliver our exciting and ambitious 5 year strategy. You will be part of an expanding and dynamic team where you can develop your long term career aspirations. Our team is a national team and you have the possibility to be based out of any of our UK offices.

We have a rich portfolio of work that includes long term programme of works through to large new build acute hospitals that makes a difference to those who experience it. We are proud to be working in the Healthcare sector, and take pride in the positive impact that our projects have on the NHS and on people’s lives.

We work with leading UK and international architects, and we are recognised for our bold innovative approach, that is underpinned by our Scandinavian design heritage and foundation ownership.

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, experience and capabilities that will set you up for success.

• Must have demonstratable experience in mechanical design engineering on UK projects, preferably healthcare or complex, technically challenging, high resilience projects
• Proven discipline/project leader that drives a high performing, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Educated to a degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline
• MCIBSE, MIMechE or MIHEEM (or with qualifications support achieving relevant corporate membership)
• A thorough understanding of digital design delivery through Revit/BIM 360
• Excellent and demonstratable project management skills, with the ability to run multiple projects of varying size and complexity
• Understanding of project commercial and technical risks
• Excellent communicator capable of explaining complex technical concepts to our clients and project team partners in plain language, verbally and in writing
• Able to motivate and inspire confidence both internally and externally across geographical borders
• Able to work autonomously on all technical aspects of the…