Principal Electrical Engineer - Healthcare

Ramboll; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Matched pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Ramboll in the UK Healthcare team seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design and advisory for hospital projects across the UK and internationally.

You will define low‑carbon strategies, drive digital delivery, and act as a client‑facing technical lead with multi‑disciplinary teams. Flexible/hybrid work available.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in electrical, building services or related engineering.
• Chartered status or eligibility for MCIBSE/MIET/MIHEEM with Ramboll support.
• Proven track record delivering electrical building services for healthcare/high‑resilience projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for electrical building services from concept through to handover.
• Support and mentor the electrical team and coordinate with multi‑disciplinary colleagues.
• Develop and oversee electrical design concepts and detailed design, producing and reviewing calculations, specifications and drawings to meet UK healthcare standards.
• Lead digital delivery and MEP coordination using Revit (BIM 360) and industry tools.
• Act as a client‑facing technical lead: present solutions, chair technical workshops and maintain strong client relationships.
• Manage project scope, resource allocation and delivery as electrical/MEP project manager, identifying and mitigating technical and commercial risks.
• Embed best practice in sustainability, resilience and quality assurance across projects.
• Enhance Ramboll’s profile by contributing to proposals, technical thought leadership and external stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Revit/BIM 360

Client-facing leadership

Project management

Mentoring engineers

Healthcare sector know-how

Education

Degree in electrical/building services

Tools

Revit

BIM 360

MagiCad

Dialux

IES

Trimble

Job description

Principal Electrical Engineer - Healthcare

Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK and has around 2,000 bright minds working across multiple offices to apply their passion to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. We love seeing our talents develop and succeed and you will have opportunities to work on challenging and inspiring projects within an environment that is friendly, open and supportive.

Join Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team as a Principal Electrical Engineer and lead electrical engineering design and advisory for technically demanding hospital and healthcare projects across the UK and internationally. You will define resilient, low‑carbon electrical strategies, drive high‑quality digital delivery (Revit/BIM 360) and act as a confident client‑facing technical lead working across multi‑disciplinary teams.

We’re looking for someone with a proven track record delivering electrical building services on complex healthcare or high‑resilience projects, strong digital design capability, and either chartered status or qualifications that support MCIBSE, MIET or MIHEEM membership — with Ramboll providing structured chartership and professional development support. If you’re passionate about innovative engineering that improves patient care and advances sustainable outcomes, this role offers the scope to make a real impact.

Your new role

As Principal Electrical Engineer in Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team you’ll provide senior technical leadership on a portfolio of technically demanding hospital and healthcare projects across the UK and internationally. You’ll combine hands‑on design and review with client engagement, team mentoring and project delivery responsibility to shape resilient, low‑carbon electrical strategies and ensure excellent 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

• Provide senior technical leadership for electrical building services from concept through to handover.
• Support and mentor the electrical team (engineers and technicians) and coordinate with multi‑disciplinary colleagues (mechanical, structural, public health, etc.).
• Develop and oversee electrical design concepts and detailed design, producing and reviewing calculations, specifications and drawings to meet UK healthcare standards.
• Lead digital delivery and MEP coordination using Revit (BIM 360) and industry tools (e.g., MagiCad, Dialux, IES, Trimble).
• Act as a client‑facing technical lead: present solutions, chair technical workshops and maintain strong client relationships.
• Manage project scope, resource allocation and delivery as electrical/MEP project manager, identifying and mitigating technical and commercial risks.
• Embed best practice in sustainability, resilience and quality assurance across projects.
• Enhance Ramboll’s profile by contributing to proposals, technical thought leadership and external stakeholder engagement.

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, delivering projects that improve patient care and support NHS services.

• 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

• Demonstrable track record delivering electrical building services on UK projects — ideally healthcare or other high‑resilience/technically complex schemes.
• Proven technical or project leadership with experience mentoring engineers and driving a collaborative, inclusive culture.
• Degree (or equivalent) in electrical, building services or related engineering discipline.
• Eligibility for, or progress towards, corporate membership (MCIBSE, MIET or MIHEEM) — Ramboll provides chartership support.
• Strong competence in digital design delivery (Revit/BIM 360) and familiarity with MEP analysis/design tools (e.g., MagiCad, Dialux, IES, Trimble).
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and to identify and mitigate 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 the discipline while building client relationships.

What we can offer you

• 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

• 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.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.