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We are recruiting talented and ambitious graduates and placement students to join the KK family across all our offices. At KK, you’re not just joining an interdisciplinary team – you’re becoming part of a people-first culture where your growth is our priority. Anchored by the KK Way, training and development sits at the heart of our business empowering staff to achieve their authentic best.
Dive into a world of diverse projects across multiple sectors and work collaboratively with fellow professionals. In our Academy, you’ll be on the fast-track to professional qualification, mentored by seasoned experts, with an impressive industry-leading 86% first time pass rate. Be part of our organic growth story, where 60% of management are homegrown talents, and 75% of our graduate intake who qualified with us remain employees over the last 10 years. With such excellent retention statistics, we must be doing something right!
Are you ready to be our next success story?
Job Description
Your Role in the Team
- Assisting professionals in the delivery of commissions at all project stages.
- Assisting with technical and professional reports and associated advice.
- After a period of probation and as your confidence grows, begin to operate more autonomously providing strategic advice allied to your professional background.
- Work towards your professional qualification alongside your practical experience.
Individual Duties
(Please note these are generic and there will be some variance dependent upon the discipline.)
- Collating and organising technical building information from Designers / Line Manager.
- Investigating and offering technical advice on factors that affect building, including user needs, site and building surveys, and regulatory requirements.
- Liaising with other construction professionals in-house and external, including BS, QS, PM, SE, MEP Designers, etc.
- Coordinating detailed design information.
- Preparing specifications for construction work.
- Preparing designs using CAD software.
- Preparing drawings, plans, and documents for statutory approvals.
- Obtaining tenders for construction work.
- Preparing applications for approval by regulatory bodies.
- Contributing to meetings and document preparation.
- Visiting sites pre-contract and during construction phase.
- Researching new design processes, building legislation, and technology.
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Skills And Requirements
- Relevant accredited degree (anticipating minimum 2:1 for Graduate applications).
- Aspiration and drive to work towards membership of professional body (RICS / CIAT / CIBSE).
- Valid driving license.
- Ability to work under own initiative and within a team setting.
- Willing to travel by car and / or public transport in support of day-to-day work.
Knowledge of
- MS 365 and Teams.
- Basic CAD knowledge (full training given for our systems).
- Good IT literacy.
About Us
Kendall Kingscott (KK) is a UK-based, multidisciplinary construction consultancy of architects, building surveyors, project managers, quantity surveyors, principal designers (CDM), principal designers (Building Safety Act), interior designers, mechanical and electrical engineers and other personnel. Our staff of 200 offer our specialist consultancy services throughout the UK.
Throughout our 60-year history, we have acquired wide-ranging expertise across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, residential and retail and an equally diverse client base. From transformative refurbishments and ongoing maintenance to complex extensions and large-scale new builds, we work across the full project spectrum, offering variety, challenge and the chance to make a real impact.
Our dynamic team structures offer the collaborative, supportive environment of a small company while providing the benefits and growth opportunities of a larger business. At KK, careers flourish. Our statistics speak for themselves: low staff turnover, countless success stories of career progression, impressive training success rates, and sustainable repeat business. We nurture and develop our people to be the best they can be. Irrespective of when you join or in what role, we provide opportunities to thrive.
Kendall Kingscott is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.
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At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.
Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.
We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.
If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?
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