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Principal Civil Engineer
Opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer to join our growing team in Cheltenham, GL50 3LH.
Our philosophy is simple: we invest in our people and build partnerships with our stakeholders, resulting in a dynamic and successful business that benefits everyone. Our four values include ‘living our best life’ and ‘celebrating our team’, and we provide a wealth of opportunity to do just that.
We are very proud of our work space in Cheltenham, which includes high quality open plan workspace, with views out over Cheltenham, natural light, large kitchen dining space flowing out onto a large sun terrace, a gym, showers, bike storage, meeting rooms, break out spaces…an investment in creating a special work space for our people to enjoy. About 40 of our people are based out of Cheltenham, including civil engineering, transport planning, water environment, landscape architecture and business services team members. A place to collaborate and socialise.
What we’ll expect from you and the skills and experience you’ll need:
Manage small to large company projects, from inception through to implementation, to the highest standards. Assist with the day-to-day management of a sub team of engineers, responsible for resourcing and signing off timesheets. Liaise with stakeholders, external project team members and clients. Undertake site visits. Provide support to Associates regarding the financial management of projects and proposals. Prepare Drainage Strategies and engineering reports to support planning applications. Prepare technical drawings such as preliminary highway designs, drainage and external works designs, ground modelling, S104, S278 and S38 drawings, including for the subsequent negotiation through to approval. Actively carry out business development for the company. Provide technical training to junior staff.
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About Rappor
Our philosophy is simple: we invest in our people and build partnerships with our stakeholders, resulting in a dynamic and successful business that benefits everyone. As a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering consultancy, our outputs contribute to the built environment we all occupy. Our four values include ‘living our best life’ and ‘celebrating our team’, and we provide lots of opportunities to do just that. We currently number over 90 people across the UK, based out of five principal offices, and recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary!
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Rewarding you
Competitive salary Industry-leading annual leave: 25 days, plus your birthday, plus the period between Christmas and New Year, and an additional day for every three years’ service up to an additional five days. 4% contribution towards your company pension Private Medical Insurance Life assurance Access to the Company’s wellbeing package, including a Cycle2work scheme, paid charity days, Employee Assistance Program (providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters) and social events throughout the year.
Being inclusive
We believe in having equity throughout our business and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We know that diverse teams are strong teams and strive to be a great home for all our people. Let us know what you need to be your best self with Rappor.
What Next
Apply and we will get back to you in less than two weeks. If your application is successful, you will be invited to have an initial discussion over the phone, followed by in person interview.
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