Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer

Ridge and Partners LLP; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridge and Partners LLP in Cambridge is seeking an Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer to join their expanding team. This role offers a blend of challenges across diverse projects, focusing on quality and innovative designs.

The ideal candidate will possess an accredited Building Services degree and have experience using CAD and BIM software. Success in this position involves close collaboration with various professionals and a commitment to environmental conservation.

Qualifications

• Accredited Building Services degree is required.
• Experience in a similar role is essential.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver detailed designs as part of a design team.
• Use CAD and BIM software for system design.
• Advise clients on energy use and conservation.

Skills

Communication

CAD software

BIM (Revit)

Energy conservation advice

Education

Accredited Building Services degree

Job description

Are you an Intermediate 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 demand for our services continues to grow, we are looking to expand our already talented and hardworking electrical team with an Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer to work in our Cambridge office and help deliver innovative solutions for our clients.

Our diverse projects will give you the opportunity to evolve your engineering skills across the full spectrum of RIBA deliverable stages for new and refurbished facilities.

The team structure ensures quality mentoring and coaching, synchronised to your development as you grow your knowledge and working experience.

Our projects cover all sectors of the construction industry, providing insight into cross‑pollination of ideas and solutions, allowing you to re‑think standards and deliver quality engineered responses.

What you need to do to be effective in this role:

• Work as part of a design team delivering detailed designs.
• Use specialist computer‑aided design (CAD) and BIM (Revit) software and other resources to design the systems required for the project.
• Design site‑specific equipment as required.
• Liaise closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in‑house and external project teams.
• Directly advise 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.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role:

To be successful you will have an accredited Building Services degree or higher educational qualification and experience in a similar role. Ideally you are chartered or working towards chartered engineer status with a suitable institution. You will need to be an excellent communicator who can articulate complicated issues between clients and our highly skilled project teams. You will also need to show a willingness to learn whilst demonstrating high level diligence and organisational skills.

Ridge operates a CIBSE accredited mentor scheme for registration to the Engineer Council to obtain CEng.