Associate Mechanical Engineer - Healthcare

Ramboll; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work

Matched pension

Flexible work environment

Chartership support

Job summary

Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team is seeking an Associate Mechanical Engineer to lead mechanical design for hospital and healthcare projects in the UK and internationally. You’ll shape low‑carbon building services solutions, deliver coordinated BIM workflows and act as a client‑facing technical lead across multidisciplinary teams.

You will combine hands‑on engineering excellence with people leadership and client engagement, delivering resilient designs with high standards of digital delivery.

Qualifications

• UK healthcare project delivery experience or high-resilience/complex schemes.
• Experience leading project teams or workstreams and collaborative delivery.
• Degree in mechanical/building services engineering or related discipline.
• Membership progression towards MCIBSE, MIMechE or MIHEEM; chartership support available.
• Strong digital design delivery using Revit/BIM 360; familiar with MEP tools.
• Excellent project management with ability to manage multiple projects and risks.
• Clear communicator able to explain complex concepts to clients and teams.
• Self-starter capable of autonomous work while building client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design and delivery for healthcare projects from concept to handover.
• Mentor and develop small to medium technical teams of mechanical engineers and technicians.
• Oversee MEP coordination and BIM delivery using Revit/BIM 360 and MEP tools.
• Produce detailed design calculations, specifications and drawings to required standards.
• Act as client-facing technical lead; represent Ramboll in meetings and maintain client relationships.
• Manage project scope, resources, and delivery as MEP/Mechanical PM, mitigating risks.
• Support business development with proposals and technical inputs.
• Champion sustainability and zero-carbon design and continuous improvement.

Skills

Mechanical design leadership

Client engagement

People leadership

Digital delivery (Revit/BIM 360)

MEP coordination

Project management

Education

Mechanical/building services engineering degree

Tools

Revit

BIM 360

MagiCad

IES

Job description

Job Description

Join Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team as an Associate Mechanical Engineer and lead mechanical engineering design for technically challenging hospital and healthcare projects in the UK and internationally. You’ll shape resilient, low‑carbon building services solutions, deliver coordinated BIM workflows and act as a confident client‑facing technical lead across multi‑disciplinary teams.

Your new role

As an Associate Mechanical Engineer in Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team you’ll lead mechanical engineering delivery on technically demanding hospital and healthcare projects across the UK and internationally. You will combine hands‑on engineering excellence with people leadership and client engagement, shaping resilient, low‑carbon building services solutions and ensuring high standards of digital delivery.

We offer flexible working arrangements with candidates able to work from any of our primary offices as well as home. We have an exciting range of ongoing projects including Hillerød Hospital Denmark, Cambridge Children’s Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and KEMH, Falklands Islands.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical engineering design and delivery for healthcare projects, from concept through detailed design and handover.
• Manage, mentor and develop small to medium technical teams of mechanical engineers and technicians.
• Take responsibility for MEP coordination and BIM delivery using Revit/BIM 360 and relevant MEP tools (e.g., MagiCad, IES).
• Produce and review detailed design calculations, specifications and technical drawings to required standards.
• Act as client‑facing technical lead: represent Ramboll in project meetings, present solutions, and maintain strong client relationships.
• Manage project scope, resources and delivery as MEP/Mechanical project manager, identifying and mitigating technical and commercial risks.
• Support business development and key account activity by preparing proposals, technical inputs and thought leadership.
• Champion best practice in sustainability and zero‑carbon design, quality assurance and continuous improvement across projects.
• Promote Ramboll’s profile and technical reputation through collaborative working with multi‑disciplinary teams and external partners.

Your new team

You’ll join a growing, national Healthcare team delivering an ambitious five‑year strategy. Our multidisciplinary group works across long‑term programmes and high‑profile new‑build acute hospitals, creating environments that improve patient care and support NHS services.

Why people join us

• Meaningful impact: work on projects that directly benefit patients, staff and communities.
• Broad portfolio: national and international projects, from estate renewals to large hospital new builds.
• Collaborative culture: partner with leading UK and international architects and multidisciplinary specialists in a design‑driven environment rooted in strong Scandinavian design values.
• Career progression: clear development pathways, chartership support and opportunities to grow technically or into client/project leadership.
• Flexible ways of working: national footprint with the option to be based at any UK office and hybrid working as standard.

About You

• Proven track record delivering mechanical building services design on UK projects — ideally healthcare or other high‑resilience/technically complex schemes.
• Demonstrable experience leading project teams or technical workstreams and driving collaborative, inclusive delivery.
• Degree (or equivalent) in mechanical/building services engineering or related discipline.
• Eligibility for, or progress towards, corporate membership (MCIBSE, MIMechE or MIHEEM) — Ramboll provides chartership support.
• Strong competence in digital design delivery (Revit/BIM 360) and familiarity with MEP industry tools.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to run multiple projects or workstreams and manage technical and commercial risks.
• Clear, confident communicator able to explain complex technical concepts to clients and multidisciplinary teams, verbally and in writing.
• Self‑starter who can work autonomously across technical aspects of mechanical engineering while building client relationships.

We encourage applications from people at different career stages.

We’ll support your professional development and chartership, and we’re looking for someone who can step into a technical and client facing leadership role on complex healthcare projects.

What We Can Offer You

• Investment in your professional 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
• Be at the forefront of the use of digital tools
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• A host of subsidised benefits including private medical insurance and cycle-to-work

Why join our Healthcare team

Join a growing, high‑impact team where you’ll develop technical expertise, run your own projects and influence our five‑year strategy. You’ll work on varied, high‑profile hospital programmes and collaborate with international colleagues to share best practice and innovative, patient‑centred design solutions.

• Real responsibility: lead projects and multi‑disciplinary teams with visible impact on patient care.
• Career growth: chartership support, dedicated CPD and paths into technical or client leadership.
• Global collaboration: access to Ramboll’s international healthcare network and knowledge exchange.

Work at the heart of sustainable change

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. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation‑owned people company. Ramboll has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with around 2,000 employees across 16 offices working towards a more sustainable future. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. Strong values guide what we do and drive an inclusive, collaborative, and highly flexible culture that values people and ideas. Explore and nurture your own passion, expertise, and creativity at Ramboll through work that benefits our people, partners, nature, and society.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment, where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics, in addition to the Protected Characteristics as set out in the Equality Act, (2010). As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. When you join Ramboll, you’ll have the ability to work your hours flexibly through our positive and inclusive approach to work.

Additional Information

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