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Partner - Civil Engineering

Employer
Ridge & Partners
Location
SO23 7RX, Winchester
Salary
Highly Competitive
Closing date
28 Jun 2019

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Sector
Infrastructure jobs
Function
Civil Engineer
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Title: Partner - Civil Engineering
Location: Winchester

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 Civil 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 Winchester with over 80 staff covering a wide range of disciplines in property and construction, you will play an extremely important senior role delivering innovative solutions for our clients, whilst developing and strengthening our existing Civil Engineering team not only within the Winchester office, but throughout the entire Civils discipline within Ridge. With national offices and support from established engineering teams, and working alongside professionals from all other disciplines, you will develop a comprehensive view of the construction industry as a whole, whilst being involved with residential and commercial developments (including pre-planning infrastructure).

Key Duties: 
•Leading and growing the Civil 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
•Oversight of the team’s work to a high standard
•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

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

•Experience with managing and developing a Civil Engineering team/discipline
•Experience with designing a wide range of projects from conception through to completion (including calculations, drawings and specifications), whilst demonstrating commercial awareness 
•Be a respected leader
•Educated to degree level and ideally a Chartered Engineer
•Experience working in a multi-disciplinary consultancy environment

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.

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 
•Car allowance
•Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
•Excellent work / life balance

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

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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