Principal Electrical Engineer

at  Ramboll

Job Description
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 Principal Electrical Engineer? Click the apply-button to send your application.

INVITING BRIGHT MINDS

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 our new Principal Electrical Engineer, you will be 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. Finally, we enjoy what we do! And are looking for like-minded and personable people to join and strengthen our team.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Deliver sustainable design solutions to the required standards and supervise the work of others in this function
• You will be able to 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 their 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.
• You will be technically and project focused, rather than managerial, working with your regional technical directors, you will provide input to technical implementation and quality to ensure the delivery of technical excellence.

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 key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Deliver sustainable design solutions to the required standards and supervise the work of others in this function
• You will be able to 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 their 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.
• You will be technically and project focused, rather than managerial, working with your regional technical directors, you will provide input to technical implementation and quality to ensure the delivery of technical excellence

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’ strateg

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• 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
• Ideally you will have experience across different sectors such as Building Services Design, Site surveys & inspections, Snagging, Client & design team meeting

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

• You have impressive collaboration skills
• You are an excellent communicator and possess the ability to make what is complicated simple!
• You demonstrate good attention to detail and show pride in the work you produce
• You are able to motivate and inspire confidence both in your peers and clients
• You are able to work using your own initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of your disciplin