Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer – Building Services

Overview

As a Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer at Ramboll, you will lead mechanical design work within a collaborative Building Services team and drive sustainable outcomes. You’ll manage your own projects, guide junior colleagues, and ensure high-quality design across all stages. The role emphasizes client care, technical delivery, and the use of digital and parametric tools to improve workflows. You’ll contribute to international projects and help advance sustainable, low-carbon design.

Pay / Benefits

• development opportunities
• leadership principles
• inclusive culture
• inspiration from colleagues and projects
• long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Responsibilities

• Lead larger mechanical work packages and act as Mechanical Discipline Lead on suitable projects
• Represent Ramboll in design team and client meetings with clear technical communication
• Develop design strategies across all design stages including site supervision
• Apply appropriate standards and design approaches with independent engineering judgement
• Plan and manage own workload and mentor junior team members
• Coordinate mechanical design with other disciplines and support multidisciplinary coordination on larger projects
• Complete detailed designs, perform quality reviews, and supervise others
• Identify and manage risks (technical, programme, commercial, HSEQ, CDM) and escalate as needed
• Support scope control, change management, and tender/submission activities
• Build strong client and collaborator relationships to support repeat work and satisfaction
• Mentor graduates and junior engineers, offering guidance and development opportunities
• Champion sustainable and regenerative design using Ramboll sustainability tools and digital tools
• Apply digital/parametric design to add value and drive innovation
• Act as experienced Mechanical Discipline Lead on larger projects (Principal role) and manage day-to-day client/design contact on responsibilities
• Lead or support complex scope/fee discussions and proposals
• Develop understanding of project financial performance and mentor commercial awareness
• Ensure quality assurance across disciplines and review junior-delivered deliverables
• Lead, coach and mentor project team members and, where applicable, line manage them
• Represent building-services disciplines in client discussions and coordinate across project team

Key requirements

• Qualified mechanical or building-services engineer with proven track record
• CIBSE/IMechE accredited honours degree or HNC with commitment to development
• Senior Engineer: professionally registered or working towards IEng/CEng (or equivalent)
• Principal Engineer: Chartered Engineer status or equivalent competence
• Strong technical knowledge across building-services design stages
• Experience leading mechanical design packages or discipline lead roles
• Ability to inspire confidence and strengthen client relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to demystify complex topics
• Commercial aware: scope, fee, programme, resources, change, risk
• Commitment to mentoring, collaboration and Ramboll values
• Interest in sustainable design, innovation, digital delivery and parametric tools

• strong communication
• mentoring and leadership
• collaboration and teamwork
• building-services design
• sustainable/low-carbon design
• digital and parametric design tools

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