Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Cambridge

Are you a Senior Electrical Design Engineer who would be interested in a challenging yet exciting role with plenty of variety? If the answer is YES, we may just have the perfect role for you!

As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, we now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our significantly experienced and talented Engineering Team based at our Cambridge office.

Our client list includes Formula One teams, high-end residential, commercial, retail, industrial, leisure and many more. As the Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Ridge, you will be exposed to many sectors and many cultures. Building Services Engineers design, install and maintain the services that are needed to allow the building to do what it's designed to. These services include heating, lighting, power and supply, lifts and escalators, health and safety, acoustics and security.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer you will be involved with:

• 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
• Directly 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

Experience and Skills Required

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience with running projects from conception through to completion including calculations, drawings, specifications, etc
• Experience in lighting design, distribution design and designing to defined data centre tier ratings, and report writing is essential
• Accredited Building Services degree or higher educational qualification (HNC/HND)
• AutoCAD experience (experience with Revit would be an advantage)
• Post degree qualification experience in Building Services or Electrical engineer, and ideally be working towards Chartership
• The applicant should be innovative and forward thinking

What’s in it for you:

Our people are our business – our vision is to be ever progressive, expanding our expertise and nurturing our talent through Quality, Innovation & Growth, to achieve our strategic outcomes:

• Growth which fuels ideas and opportunity for all
• Purposeful and meaningful work
• Continual development and mentoring
• Empowerment, inclusivity and respect
• Happiness and enjoyment
• Openness, honesty and integrity
• Acting as one team

Your reward is focused on your total wellbeing, with a package to support all aspects of life. In addition to your salary, you can expect:

• A healthy holiday balance of 25 days, plus bank holidays & the ability to buy / sell to suit you
• 3 days a year to give your time to others, volunteering for great causes
• An inclusive wellbeing offer:
• Financial – Life Assurance, Pension Scheme (3% Employee, 6% Employer), Income Protection, Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, flexible choice of Critical Illness Insurance
• Physical – Free Private Medical Insurance, Doctor at Hand Private GP, Best Doctors, flexible choice of Dental Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, GymFlex & Healthcare Cash Plan
• Mental – Mental Health First Aiders, Help@Hand by Unum
• Car allowance
• A flexible approach to hybrid working, to suit both you & your team
• Tailored career development – focused on professional, personal and/or educational

If this role is of interest, APPLY now.