Ridge and Partners LLP
Associate Partner Civil Engineering

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What’s The Opportunity
We are looking for an Associate Partner to lead the expansion of our Bristol civil engineering team. We deliver a wide range of projects for both public and private sector clients with schemes varying from typical residential developments up to large scale infrastructure and complex multi-phased development schemes.
What you need to do to be effective in this role
- Ability to lead and develop a team of civil engineers across a broad range of projects
- Win work by introducing Ridge to new clients or developing relationships with existing Ridge clients
- Oversee the delivery of projects of various sizes and complexity to develop work-winning relationships
- Manage resources to ensure effective and timely delivery of work
- Interface with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects i.e. architects, building services engineers, project managers, and cost managers
- Undertake project administration and financial management
- Identify new opportunities for work and prepare fee proposals and submissions
- Represent Ridge through external liaison with Clients, stakeholders, and approving bodies
- Manage and co-ordinate highways and drainage designs relating to large development infrastructure projects
- Provide pre-planning advice and services to client including flood risk assessments (FRA’s), drainage strategies, and other pre-planning advice
- Provide day-to-day client interface, conducting site visits for technical assessment or problem-solving
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- Experience in a similar role, ideally within a multi-disciplinary organisation
- Ideally be professionally qualified as a chartered engineer (CEng) or keen to become chartered
- A member of (or an aspiration to become a member of) the Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.) or equivalent relevant professional body
- Previous experience of Civil 3D and Infodrainage
- Design experience that can be discussed at interview
- Experience in drainage (foul and surface) and minor roadway design
- A good understanding of section 38, 278 (Highways Act) and section 104, 106 and 185 (Water industry Act) agreements
- Experience with designing a wide range of projects from conception through to completion (including calculations, drawings and specifications)
- Familiar with Part H and M of Building Regulations, British Standards and local authority requirements
- Familiarity with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its application within civil engineering
- A solid understanding of drainage design, SUDS, highways, cut and fill analysis
- Be proficient at design and happy to participate in productive work
- 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.
- Experience of leading project teams.
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