Senior​/Principal Electrical Engineer - High Voltage; Critical Systems

Overview

Are you our next High Voltage Engineer? Ramboll has a great opportunity for the right person to join our well-established team as a High Voltage Engineer.

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Critical Systems Team as our new Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer – High Voltage (Critical Systems) and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

As our new Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer – High Voltage (Critical Systems), you will provide electrical design expertise for the UK-wide Critical Systems Team. Be accustomed to providing guidance to graduates and technicians, demonstrating your in‑depth understanding of design engineering.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Manage your own project work;
• Complete detailed designs to the required standards and supervise the work of others in this function;
• Manage time on projects to suit deadlines and complete your assigned tasks as stipulated by the Ramboll project manager;
• Maintain excellent levels of client service.

Our Critical Systems team works across a broad range of markets. As such, we are looking for people with skills in any or all of the following, and with an attitude to learn and expand into areas not already in their portfolio:

• Detailed design of electrical distribution at MV and LV
• Application of renewable technologies (battery energy storage, hydrogen, wind)
• Rail power delivery solutions (Network Rail and TfL)
• Power generation and control
• Detailed design of electrical installations for special locations
• Use of specialist software (ETAP, Paladin, Trimble)

You will be part of a highly dynamic team. Our Critical Systems team has a strong focus on detailed technical delivery and an excellent understanding of client care. We offer a supportive 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.

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, and capabilities that will set you up for success. You demonstrate good attention to detail and show pride in the work you produce and, you are able to motivate and inspire confidence both in your peers and clients.

These include:

• To be a qualified Engineer having a proven and demonstrable track record in your discipline;
• To have a CIBSE/IET Engineering Council accredited honors degree, or an HNC in an applicable discipline with commitment to continue with higher education;
• To have an understanding of financial arrangements for projects including fee forecasting, fee preparation, and allocation;
• Have proven ability to manage 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;
• Ideally you will have experience across different sectors such as Building Services Design, Site surveys & inspections, Snagging, Client & design team meetings.

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical cover and life assurance
• Matched pension contributions

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act.

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