Associate (Geo-environmental) - Manchester, United Kingdom - Ridge & Partners LLP

Ridge & Partners LLP

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Overview:

Location:
Manchester

About Ridge and Partners

Ridge and Partners is a has been established for 75 years and offers a quality and reliable service to our customers, we ensure we understand their business and are proactive to provide an excellent service and add value to enable their growth and development.

Our Partner-led approach means that every client has direct contact with an owner of our business to develop meaningful relationships through understanding, commitment and trust, providing scale and expertise with a personal touch.

If you are seeking a role that will enable you to build a team, develop relationships with potential clients, secure projects and lead them to completion, this varied role will give you the opportunity to utilise your Geo-Environmental experience, develop your portfolio and help us to grow our business.

This role offers your own career advancement in conjunction with developing your own team to fulfil their career aspirations.

You will be working for an award winning multi-disciplinary consultancy with experience of working on projects worth up to £100M with clients including - Boeing, Rolls Royce, JLR, Red Bull F1, Aston Martin, McCarthy Stone, IVG

Role and Responsibilities:

You and your team will be carrying out small and medium scale ground investigations mostly for housing, education, retail and industrial sectors. Recommendations for foundation solution, earthworks, heave / shrinkage, specification of buried concrete, waste classification, remediation. Some pile design, soakaway design and slope stability analysis. Desk Studies, Ground Condition Assessments, Remediation Method Statements, Gas Monitoring Reports, Piling Risk Assessments, Earthworks Report, Waste Classification Reports, Subsidence Investigations and Verification Reports.
Assist with developing the Geo-Environmental discipline in the northwest and within Ridge and be part of the Engineering discipline group
Working closely with the southern Geo-Environmental Team
Lead the technical development of the Team
Assisting the office Partner to lead and manage the Geo-Environmental Team
Manage existing clients and develop further opportunities
Look to grow the Team on the back of new and repeat clients
Be responsible for resourcing and delivering to a financial target
Raise awareness of Ridge by attendance at networking events, seminars and business development events
Liaison with the Ridge Civil and Structural Engineering Teams in the north who will be a source of work and support

Experience and Skills Required:

Relevant degree in Geology, Environmental Science
Experience in managing and developing a team of highly skilled Geo-Environmental Engineers
Experience working for a UK multidiscipline consultancy, preferably in the northwest
Chartered Membership of a professional organisation such as the Geological Society or CIWEM
Experience of quantitative human health, groundwater and groundgas risk assessments
Ideally knowledge of asbestos regulations and associated testing and risk assessment
You will have experience with running projects from quotes through to completion (including risk assessments, reports, calculations, drawings, specifications), whilst demonstrating commercial awareness in winning work
Experience in building a team and mentoring junior staff
Business development experience and great communication skills
Most projects have a contamination and geotechnical requirement, so knowledge of both sectors is important.

What We Can Offer

This role offers you the chance to progress your career at a forward thinking, friendly company. Along with providing you with an opportunity to learn and develop skills and qualifications as part of a dynamic team, we also offer;
Ability to contribute to the growth and development of the team, adding value to our growing business
26 days holiday entitlements increase by 1 day per annum after 3, 5 and 8 years
Car allowance
Generous bonus scheme
Private Healthcare
Life Assurance
Standard 6% Ridge Contribution rising to 7% after 5 years, and 8% after 10 years
Highly competitive salary

Salary Sacrifice

Cycle to Work Scheme
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Gym Membership Scheme
Company car leasing scheme
Ridge has advanced our position in the Building Magazine Top 150 Consultants, showcasing our continued success. We were also delighted to break into the Top 10 Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, and Surveyors lists.