Associate Civil / Structural Design Engineer

We are recruiting for an Associate Civil / Structural Engineer to lead an experienced and dynamic team. The role will be linked to our Newark office in the East Midlands but will allow for agile and hybrid working. The business is going from strength to strength and this represents an exceptional opportunity to further your career through delivering quality engineering solutions and designs for commercial development projects which achieve and exceed our client’s expectations.

About The Design Business: RPS Design Division delivers projects across multiple, niche sectors from residential housing developments, logistics, retail, aviation, healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, data centres, energy and more as we strive to achieve the right balance between form and function when faced with competing priorities around sustainability, materiality, cost and constructability. Digitalisation is at the core of our delivery model allowing our clients and their stakeholders to really experience our designs right from project concept stage and through drawing on expertise spanning decades, industries and disciplines, we assist clients to harmonise design drivers through inspired engineering, architecture and development services.

What you’ll be doing:

• Management of project team resources output technical quality and delivery
• Deliver quality Civil Engineering solutions and designs for commercial and logistics development projects which achieve or exceed the client’s expectations
• Provide expert advice and support to the team through extensive engineering technical knowledge
• Develop client contacts to build new works stream and grow the RPS business in Newark
• Visiting site and attending site meetings
• Attendance at external design meetings with clients and other design team members
• Working closely as required with support functions within RPS, such as HR, Finance, Marketing / Bid
• Additional duties as required

Who we’re looking for: The most suitable candidate will most likely be a chartered engineer and have strong leadership skills with extensive technical knowledge of civil engineering. This is a key role in the success of the team and business and represents a real opportunity to build your career with this progressive business where you will work on interesting, challenging and flagship projects. Ideally you will have gained previous extensive commercial, logistics and residential sector experience and you will be proficient in the use of Civils 3D and AutoCAD.

What’s in it for you? We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone. A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go. We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing. We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you. A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

What happens next? If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within three working days. If you’d like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Parv Sandhu at RPS.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company: Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

We know we develop better solutions together. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

Recruitment Agencies: We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.