Civil / Structural Engineer

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

We Are Currently Recruiting Civil & Structural Engineers To Be Based Anywhere In The UKto Support a Growing Workload Across Our Water Industry Clients And Have Opportunities For Chartered Engineers And Those Approaching Chartership To Support Programmes Of Work Relating To

• Assessment of civil, structural, pipeline and MECIA assets
• Developing investment plans and strategies
• Solution development and optioneering
• Outline and detailed design
  
  

This is an exciting growth area for RPS, with award of the Scottish Water Asset Inspection framework being a recent example of current opportunities across the UK.

About The Team

RPS Water Consulting is a team of Engineers, Modellers, and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities that require innovation, dedication, and teamwork to help us meet our clients’ needs.

Our Water Consultancy business has a range of prestigious AMP8 programmes leading into AMP9 and beyond, where you’ll be securing your career for the next 20 years, leaving a lasting legacy!

About You

As a key member of the Water Consultancy business, your role as a Civil / Structural Engineer is critical to helping us deliver great projects for our Water Industry clients. You will be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of water project experts on a range of capital delivery projects.

By joining us, you're not just taking on exciting projects and collaborating with leading minds. You're making a meaningful impact on millions of lives the UK, leaving a legacy for generations to come. As a valuable member of our team, you'll play a crucial role in the water industry, and work with the largest water companies in the region, ensuring a positive and enduring influence on the communities we serve. If you're ready to contribute your skills and expertise to a dynamic and innovative environment, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include undertaking routine and detailed civil/structural analysis checks on a variety of asset types, supporting our clients in devising asset management strategies to support their investment plans and/or developing solutions and designs to maintain or replace assets.
• All roles will require close internal and external working relationships with project stakeholders, and the supervision and development of junior staff.
• We are also developing innovative ways to capture, analyse and report on asset condition and performance, utilising techniques such as Remote Operated Vehicles and LiDAR. The trialling, assessment and implementation of these approaches could also form part of these roles.
• There may also be opportunities for the right candidate to work in projects across our wider multi-disciplinary design services including renewables, transport and buildings.
• Leading a small team undertaking programmes of structural inspection and condition reporting of assets
• Liaising with our internal innovation team to identify opportunities to trial and test innovative techniques and technologies, and subsequently implement them into delivery projects
• Being responsible for, or providing specific technical support into, the production of work packages at optioneering, outline and detailed design phases of projects
• Acting as Technical Lead to providing guidance, support and assurance across a range of teams and projects
• Liaison with our clients to develop technical approaches and associated documentation for internal and external use.
• Assist the co-ordination of environmental, geotechnical, civil or other specialist disciplines to assist in the provision of RPS’ wider multi-disciplinary design service.
• Knowledge sharing and technical development of junior colleagues.
• Supporting the efficient and timely delivery of projects
• Maintaining up-to-date technical and industry knowledge
  
  

Skills, Knowledge, And Experience

• Sufficient and appropriate relevant postgraduate experience working within a consulting engineering practice or other equivalent organisational structure
• Demonstrate knowledge of engineering design procedures and construction processes related to concrete, steel and masonry.
• Experience of inspections of civil / structural assets
• Working knowledge of BS/EN standards
• Experience of utilising a relevant data acquisition / analysis software package
  
  

Qualifications

• BEng, MEng in Civil/Structural Engineering, or similar qualification
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), or nearing Chartered Engineer, status with ICE, IStructE or similar
• A full UK driving license is required for this role.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

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 well-being.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you are part of the solution.

Why RPS?

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023, RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 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.

Come and join our team and truly make a difference in the future of water!

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.