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Partner / Associate - Structures

Employer
Ridge & Partners
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (GB)
Salary
negotiable
Closing date
11 Apr 2019

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Sector
Structural engineering jobs
Function
Management
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Partner / Associate - Structures
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £Competitive plus a huge amount of benefits which include a very generous bonus scheme, car allowance, holidays and a very important working life balance!

Are you an energetic and driven Structural Engineering professional with a real desire to add value whilst eager to take your career forward with a growing privately-owned consultancy?

At Ridge, our culture is open and friendly, aligned very much to a ‘people business’ rather than a big global organisation. You will certainly NOT be a small cog in a big machine here! We are proud Ridge people who successfully strive to make a difference.  We have consistently grown our business over the last ten years to over 600 people and the pipeline shows that growth being maintained.

The Opportunity
Based at our offices in Solihull Birmingham with approximately 50 staff covering a wide range of disciplines in property and construction, you will play an extremely important role developing and strengthening our Structural Engineering team not only within the Birmingham office but throughout the entire structures discipline within Ridge.  You will also have the ability to play a leading role in the Office.  Our client base is enviable with the current team delivering for:  Rolls-Royce Plc, Boeing, Jaguar Land Rover, Formula 1 Teams, private developers and many more.

Main Duties

  • Leading and growing the Structural Engineering discipline
  • Manage existing clients and develop further opportunities
  • Look to grow the group on the back of new and repeat clients
  • Be responsible for resourcing and delivering to a financial target
  • To ensure that the business generates and sustains profitable sources of income that are serviced to a standard that meets the requirements of the client and the internal standards of the Partnership
  • Day-to-day support to colleagues from other disciplines within the office
  • Represent the company at external meetings with clients and fellow professionals
  • Be responsible for delivering work to a pre-agreed budget
  • Project profitability (monitoring / planning of costs and budgets)
  • Responsible for negotiating fee proposals and requesting additional fees
  • Construct teams from internal and external resources
  • Lead the technical development of the group

About You

  • Chartered Engineer
  • Experience with managing and developing a Structural Engineering team/discipline
  • Great ability to interface with clients

You will have the technical skills, knowledge and experience to find creative solutions for even the most complex challenges and the ability to communicate these clearly to all parties.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team offering excellent career progression prospects.

What's in it for you?
At Ridge we invest heavily in our biggest assets........our people. And as you will find out from day one in your Ridge career, you will be handsomely rewarded:

  • Private Healthcare
  • Life Assurance
  • Generous bonus scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Highly competitive salary
  • 27 days holiday
  • Company car allowance
  • Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
  • Childcare scheme
  • Excellent work / life balance

About Us
Ridge is an award winning, UK top 20 multi-discipline property and construction consultancy with over 600 people. Core disciplines include Project Management, Cost Management, Building Surveying, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Building Services Maintenance Management, Property Consultancy, Architecture, Health & Safety, Sustainability, Expert Witness & Advisory Services, Traffic & Transportation, Infrastructure Commercial Management, Geo-Environmental and Town & Country Planning. In addition, we provide property consultancy expertise for asset management, modern procurement, planned maintenance programmes, innovative strategies and holistic delivery planning.

We maintain a spread of projects across all public and private sector markets from affordable housing to Formula One which is the essence of our strength in the depth and diverse range of our activity. All services are accredited to BS EN ISO9001 2015 for quality, ISO14001 environmental and ISO18001 Health & Safety. Ridge has been successfully operating since 1946 and now employs over 600 people in 11 offices across the UK and has delivered projects in 75 countries worldwide.

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