Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer
Location: Winchester
Salary: £Negotiable – depending on experience

At Ridge and Partners, we offer client care and advice that very few, if any can match. The Civil Engineering team fully embrace this philosophy by providing a comprehensive range of civil engineering design, procurement, coordination and project management services to support clients through the whole project life cycle; offering a full multi-disciplinary service or standalone specialist technical services.

The Ridge Civil Engineering team has particular expertise in highways design for roads, pavements, bridges, Section 278 Agreements and in earthworks engineering, cut and fill assessments, remediation, underground services, flood alleviation, sustainable drainage systems, pumping stations, sewerage and external works.

As a Civil Engineer based at our offices in Winchester covering a wide range of disciplines in property and construction, you will be responsible for providing a wide range of civil engineering services under the direction of the Discipline Partner.

Due to our continuing success and growth, we are now seeking an Engineer to join our team and undertake all aspects of the civil engineering design from Pre-Planning [Masterplanning], Conceptual design through to the production of As-Built drawings. 

What you’ll be doing:
•Be responsible for delivering work to a fee agreed with a Project Manager
•Project profitability (monitoring / planning of costs and budgets)
•Prepare client / project proposals
•Oversees the delivery of projects
•Produce flood risk assessments (FRA’s) and Drainage strategies
•Agree design philosophy / design fundamentals
•Represent the company at external meetings with clients and fellow professionals
•Producing highways and drainage designs relating to medium to large development infrastructure projects
•Produce civil engineering drawings and layout and/or supervise/mentor more junior engineers & CAD Technicians
•Provides day-to-day client interface, conducting site visits for technical assessment or problem-solving
•Starting to run small jobs autonomously
•Flexible working to meet project deliverables, demonstrates efficient working under pressure
•Procure project resources
•Construct project teams from internal and external resources.
•Support senior civil engineering staff with design

What we need from you:
•Some experience in a similar role, ideally within a private practice
•Pre-Planning experience for Flood Risk and/or Masterplanning support [desirable]
•A good understanding of the Sectional Agreements required to obtain technical approval for highway and drainage schemes (e.g. Section 278, Section 104 etc.)
•An understanding of DMRB and MfS Vol 1 and 2
•A relevant engineering qualification (BEng or equivalent)
•Good understanding of Building Regulation Part H designs, and
•A competent user of Windes Microdrainage, AutoCAD
•Fully conversant in AutoCAD with Civil Engineering related experience 

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:

•25 days holiday and study leave
•Car allowance
•Private Healthcare
•Life Assurance
•Pension: Standard 6% Ridge Contribution
•Highly competitive salary
•Hugh potential for progression and promotion

About Ridge:
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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