Location: Leeds

Are you an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer looking to take that next step in your career? Do you want to work on exceptionally varied and diverse projects?

As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, we now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our significantly experienced and talented Building Services Engineering Team.

Based at our offices in Leeds with over 60 staff covering a wide range of disciplines in property and construction, you will be part of our Building Services team that are delivering innovative solutions for our clients.

Our client list includes financial services, education, healthcare, residential, commercial, retail, leisure and many more. As the Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Ridge, you will be exposed to multiple sectors and many cultures. Building services engineers at Ridge advise, design, monitor and survey the services that are needed to allow the building to do what it's designed to. These services include, resilience, lighting, power, back-up power generators, statutory compliance, heating, safety and security.

• 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
• 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

• Accredited Building Services degree or higher educational qualification and significant experience in a similar role
• Ideally 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 our clients and our highly skilled project teams
• Experience with IES modelling and Revit would be highly advantageous

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
• A flexible approach to hybrid working, to suit both you & your team
• Tailored career development – focused on professional, personal and/or educational

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application & selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.