Register your Interest - Water Consultancy in Sheffield

RPS, a Tetra Tech company, has been selected by United Utilities, one of the United Kingdom’s largest listed water companies, to be part of a £100 million single-award framework to support the improvement of river health across the Northwest of England. Under this 10-year framework, RPS will drive program optimization, develop solutions, and select the preferred options based on best value, lowest carbon, and cost.

Our RPS operations in England have provided United Utilities with high-end modeling, technical, operational, and critical infrastructure services for two decades. We look forward to continuing to use our Leading with Science approach and global water expertise to provide innovative technical solutions that promote a stronger, greener, and healthier Northwest of England.

It’s an exciting time here at RPS and we have a variety of opportunities for growth across several major utility projects nationally. We are looking for the below industry professionals across multiple seniority levels to join our teams across the UK & Ireland:

• Civil, Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
• Programme & Project Managers
• Hydraulic Engineers & Modellers
• Process Engineers
• GIS Engineers
• Data Analysts

Please register to be a part of this incredible new chapter at RPS, upload your CV and Cover Letter and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

About The Business: It’s an exciting time to be working for our UK and Ireland Water business as the workload in the water market takes off. With a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on the challenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducing leakage, pollution, and flooding, or improving the environment and levels of service to their customers.

Our Water business employs around 1000 highly skilled and motivated people working on projects for all the water and sewerage companies across the UK and Ireland, and most of the water-only companies. We deliver a full range of end-to-end water and wastewater services including data collection and analytics; modelling and risk analysis/optimisation; data visualisation and mapping; artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; feasibility studies; outline and detailed design of capital solutions; and development of optimised, risk-based, operational interventions.

Here you’re part of the solution: RPS is where you come to build a career, where you’ll find true support, encouragement, and the opportunity to grow. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion for solving the problems that matter. People who believe they can shape a more sustainable future, who build lasting relationships, and who embrace new ways of working. And where you’ll be supported every step of the way.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their well-being. A career here is far from ordinary.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.

Our approach to Diversity and inclusion: Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work. ‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace: ‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’

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.