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Principal Mechanical Engineer - Critical Systems

Job in Chester, Cheshire, CH1, England, UK
Listing for: Ramboll
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-04-17
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 125000 GBP Yearly GBP 100000.00 125000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Principal Mechanical Engineer - Critical Systems

  • Full-time

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.

Are you excited about understanding, interpreting, and navigating complex engineering issues? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature? Are you a curious and open-minded person?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Critical Systems team as our new Principal Mechanical Engineer and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will be working as part of a team, you will be expected to manage your own project work, undertake conceptual and detailed design to the required standards and to maintain excellent levels of client service.

You will be part of a team which has a strong focus on technical delivery and an excellent understanding of client care. You will be an important part of a close-knit team working on a wide variety of project work in. There’s also the opportunity to get involved in international signature projects if desired. We have a supporting and collaborative culture and enjoy what we do!

We are looking for like-minded and personable people to strengthen our team and there is rapid progression on offer for talented candidates. We have a current focus on digital and parametric design and believe that the future of our industry lies in working smarter not harder.

Your key responsibilities will be:

  • To take a key role representing Ramboll on Critical Systems projects leading your own discipline and also managing engineers of a complimentary discipline
  • Able to work using their own initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of their discipline or have specific specialist experience applicable to the role
  • Complete conceptual and detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function
  • Have an ability to inspire confidence both internally and externally, and then use this to strengthen and delight client relationships
  • Manage time on projects to suit deadlines and complete their assigned tasks
  • Co-ordinate the tasks so all deadlines are met and allocate resource appropriately
  • To have a deep interest in or experience using digital and parametric design tools
  • To create and develop innovative and complex technical suited solutions and design work
  • To collaborate with other project internal and external disciplines
  • To develop low energy, low carbon solutions to meet net or nearly net zero targets
  • To spatially and technically coordinate the MEP solution

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

  • Being a qualified Engineer having a proven and demonstrable track record in their discipline
  • To have industrial, critical systems, and building experience
  • Experience in firefighting water system design
  • Having a CIBSE / IET / IMechE Engineering Council accredited honours degree
  • To have achieved CEng status
  • Able to proactively work using their own initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of their discipline or have specific specialist experience applicable to the role
  • Able to inspire confidence both internally and externally, and then use this to strengthen and delight client relationships
  • To be an excellent and positive communicator and possess to the ability to make what is complicated simple
  • To have an interest in or experience using digital and parametric design tools

What we can offer you

  • Investment in your development
  • Leaders…
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