Job description

Are you a highly-experienced Electrical Building Services Design Engineer looking to scale your career with a highly-acclaimed multi-award winning practice? Do you have leadership skills? Are you qualified to Chartered level or working towards this qualification?

As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, we now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Building Services Design Engineer to join our experienced team based at our idyllic headquarters offices in the grounds of Blenheim Palace – Oxford.

Our projects include large industrial and commercial schemes with contract values over £70 million to smaller schemes and working for diverse and interesting clients including F1 Teams, motor manufacturers, Schools/Universities, contractors, developers etc.

We champion flexible, part time and hybrid working.

Role Info:

Associate Electrical Design Engineer
Hybrid Working Plus Weekly Meetings @ Oxford HQ (c3 days per week)
Competitive Salary + Generous Company Bonus 10%
Plus Benefits including Healthcare, Pension and Life Assurance and Much More…

Pedigree: Awards inc: Building Awards 2022, RICS Awards 2022, National Building & Construction 2022, Constructing Excellence Awards 2021
Values: Quality, Creative, Reliable, Proactive, Flexible, Entrepreneurial
Leadership: Highly acclaimed and inspired leadership team
Showcase: Aston Martin HeadQuarters, Rolls Royce, Oxford University,
Science and Innovation Centres, The National Gallery.

Your Skills: Highly experienced in Electrical design building services. Leadership ability. Ideally Chartered qualified or working towards this.

About us:

We are an AJ100 architecture practice and a significant part of a multi-disciplinary design practice. Our design portfolio is world class, and we are currently working on several exciting new projects including F1 Teams’ headquarters, advanced manufacturing, science, education, defence and workplace projects which results in a diverse, growing, and exciting practice.

We work across the UK and internationally, where we both design and deliver a range of projects in terms of scale and sector.

We are known for our collaborative and consultative approach, integrated multi-disciplinary design philosophy and technical excellence. We pride ourselves in applying these skills when designing and delivering environments to enhance human activities and experiences.

The Associate Electrical Design Engineer Opportunity:

Based at our office in Oxford with over 200 staff, you will be part of our Building Services team that are delivering innovative solutions for our clients within the residential, educational, industrial and Commercial property sectors.

As the Associate Electrical Design Engineer at Ridge, you will be exposed to many sectors and many cultures. Supporting the delivery of the project you will be engaged with the complete design team, supporting the engineering choices and direction to optimise benefits and value for money to the client and end users.

Working in a collaborative environment you will be instrumental in supporting the design development, taking on board other disciplines requirements.

You will be involved in all aspects of development support by senior and junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Working as part of a design team delivering detailed design
+ Using specialist computer-aided design (CAD) and BIM (Revit) software and other resources to design the systems required for the project
+ Designing site-specific equipment as required
+ Overseeing and supervising the installation of building systems and specifying maintenance and operating procedures
+ Liaising closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams
+ Attending a range of project group and technical meetings
+ Ensuring that the design and maintenance of building systems meets legislative and health and safety requirements
+ Advising clients and architects on energy use and conservation in a range of buildings and sites, aiming to minimise the environmental impact and reduce the carbon footprint
+ Peer review of colleagues works

About you:

+ Experience with running projects from conception through to completion including calculations, drawings, specifications, etc
+ Accredited Building Services degree or higher educational qualification (HNC/HND)
+ AutoCAD experience (experience with IES modelling and Revit would be an advantage)
+ Post degree qualification experience in Building Services or Electrical engineering, and ideally be working towards Chartership

What’s on Offer:

When you join Ridge and Partners, you will be surrounded by professional people who are experts in their field. You will work with and be surrounded by mentors and a support network to help you to embrace new challenges, grow, develop your skills and experience to progress with your career.

Ridge has climbed to 14th position in the Building Magazine Top 150 Consultants, whilst continuing to rise within the Top 50 Architects in the country. Showcasing our continued success!

And from day one in your career with us, you will be handsomely rewarded:

+ Ability to contribute to the growth and development of the team, adding value to our growing business
+ 25 days holiday - entitlements increase by 1 day per annum after 3, 5 and 8 years
+ Car allowance
+ Private Healthcare
+ Life Assurance
+ Standard 6% Ridge Contribution - rising to 7% after 5 years, and 8% after 10 years
+ Highly competitive salary
+ Salary Sacrifice - Cycle to Work Scheme
+ Buying and Selling Annual Leave
+ Gym Membership Scheme
+ Company car leasing scheme

Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to the Practice Leadership team.

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If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £50,000.00-£75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 17950