Location: Birmingham

Are you a creative, self motivated and forward thinking Intermediate Mechanical Design Engineer, looking for a challenge?

Our diverse projects will provide the opportunity to evolve your engineering skills.  Working 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 creating great insight to cross pollination of ideas and solutions allowing you to re-think standards and deliver quality engineered responses.

The team’s continued success has created opportunities to expand, with an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate Mechanical Design Engineer to join our experienced and talented Engineering Team. 

• Work as part of a design team delivering reports, specifications, performance and detailed design solutions
• Use specialist computer-aided design (CAD) and BIM (Revit) software and other resources to design the compliant systems solutions
• Undertake design calculations to support and demonstrate compliance with client requirements aligned to the proposed solution
• Undertake site survey and capture data relevant to the appointment i.e. initial survey, on-going site inspections, defect recording and witness
• Reviewing construction design details and making comment
• Liaise closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams
• Attend a range of project group and technical meetings
• Ensure that the design and maintenance of building systems meets legislative and health and safety requirements
• 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

• Good time management
• Experience of design solutions from conception through to completion including calculations, drawings, specifications, etc aligned to RIBA stages and BSRIA BG6
• Qualification with a Building Services degree or higher educational qualification (HNC/HND)
• Working towards IEng registration - registration fee paid for by Ridge*
• Revit software usage is beneficial, but training will be provided
• IES modelling would be an advantageous skill
• Good oral and written communication

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

What We Can Offer

This role offers you the chance to progress your career at a forward thinking, friendly company. Along with providing you with an opportunity to learn and develop skills and qualifications as part of a dynamic team, we also offer;

• Ability to contribute to the growth and development of the team, adding value to our growing business
• 25 days holiday - entitlements increase by 1 day per annum after 3, 5 and 8 years
• Supported through the national Ridge CIBSE accredited mentor scheme for registration to the Engineer Council to obtain CEng
• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Standard 6% Ridge Contribution - rising to 7% after 5 years, and 8% after 10 years
• Highly competitive salary
• Salary Sacrifice - Cycle to Work Scheme
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Gym Membership Scheme
• Company car leasing scheme

When you join Ridge and Partners, you will be surrounded by professional people who are experts in their field. You will work with and be surrounded by mentors and a support network to help you to embrace new challenges, grow, develop your skills and experience to progress with your career.