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Advance TRS is an award-winning technical recruitment agency and one of the fastest growing recruitment companies in the UK.

Specialising in the Built Environment and Infrastructure markets, our company grew by 40% last year and plan to do the same again next year. Our ambitious growth plans include organic growth, opening and developing new offices and strategic acquisitions.

As a result of good growth this year we have vacancies for two Resourcing Consultants or experienced Delivery Consultants to join our established and expanding Guildford office.

If you are looking for a meaningful career and an opportunity to take the next step in a career that is financially rewarding, then this is a great chance to join an experienced team where you can achieve that.

Experience in an administration, customer focused environment, dealing with people over the phone or sales is preferred. Prior recruitment company experience would of course be advantageous though not essential as full training will be provided.

Duties will include:

– Managing candidate relationships to the highest standard

– Sourcing of candidate from a range of candidate application portals

– Matching & briefing candidates against selection criteria of the employment opportunity

– Deal with general queries relating to contracts, logistics etc

– Supporting the senior members of the team

Required skills:

– Excellent Inter-personal, verbal, and written communication skills

– Able to gain people’s confidence and put them at ease

– Persuasive, persistent and patient

– Hardworking and tenacious

– Able to cope under pressure

– Flexible and adaptable

– Good organisational and administrative skills

– Excellent judge of character

– Good computer literacy, proficient in MS Office packages

– Degree Qualified ideal, however, not essential.

Our market leading rewards package includes:

– Uncapped commission structure

– Annual / quarterly bonus

– Incentives including trips abroad

– Days out, Golf, Company events, such as Go-Karting, Bowling, Christmas & Summer parties and regular team lunches and nights out.

– Executive lunches,

– 9am start, early Friday finish,

– Long service awards

– Pension

– Private medical insurance

– Life assurance

– First class training and development and coaching

– Clear and defined career-path options

If you have any questions please contact jw@advance-trs.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Admin Coordinator

This is a key support role within the business services team specifically focused on the compliance management of the contractors we supply to our clients.

Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for the management and administration of various training courses, booking medical examinations and upkeep of bespoke company databases.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong administerial and organisational skills who enjoys working in a busy and lively team.

Full training will be offered on all aspects of the role for the successful applicant.

Details of the role and responsibilities include:

• Booking training courses
• Booking D&A test and medical examinations
• Monitoring expiries of worker competencies, D&A and medicals. Arranging recertifications where necessary.
• Updating the company database with new training providers and contact information
• Manage authorisation requests for workers to work for other providers
• Maintain the bespoke sentinel database by monitoring sponsorship of workers
• Running expiring items reports weekly and chasing up documents from contractors
• Ordering PPE to be sent to contractors
• Assisting the team in picking up inbound phone calls

Ideally you will hold the following:

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Excellent multi-tasking skills
• Excellent computer literacy in all MS Office packages
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Be able to work to tight deadlines
• A calm, professional manner
• Be able to prioritise
• Excellent administrative skills
• A flexible and adaptable approach to work
• The ability to work on your own initiative
• Strong organisational skills

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading consultancy, who work in the rail, utilities, oil and gas sectors, are now looking for a Commercial Manager to join their commercial team, to work on rail projects such as HS2, Gatwick airport, and Network rail projects.

The suitable candidate will have the below:

• Experience working for a Consultancy OR a Contractor.
• Will be chartered
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC or NR contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £45,000-£55,000
* Flexible hours and working from home as an option occasionally

* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK – this company will not provide sponsorship

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Are you an Estimator from a construction/fit-out background looking to join a dynamic business?? After an excellent 2022 where they have secured full workload for this year – they are looking to appoint another Estimator to support their Commercial team.

They are a well established Construction Management company specialising in Building Services – with an extensive portfolio spread throughout the Central South and London. You will work from surveys, pre-prepared tender documentation, internal and external leads and enquiries, undertake site surveys – in conjunction with the others.

This role would suit a Estimator from a construction background with a solid 3-5 years practical experience; The team are all long-standing members who would offer full support.

The Role and Individual;

• Estimating Construction/fit-out costings
• Dealing with clients and site delivery team, reporting back to the Commercial Director
• A mixture of Office, Site and Home based work
• Driving licence and commutable to Reading H/Q

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a forward thinking Tier 1 rail contractor, who can provide you with the right support, a structured, proven learning development plan, is looking for an AQS to join their commercial team.

Ideal candidate:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or related field
• 3-4 years + experience in Quantity Surveying – ideally rail but not a necessity
• Motivated, driven individual who wants to further their career

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Professional development support whilst working on large rail infrastructure projects.
• Great benefits
• Derby location

Please only apply for this role, if you have a legitimate right to work in the UK.

This company will NOT provide sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a forward thinking Tier 1 rail contractor, who can provide you with the right support, a structured, proven learning development plan, is looking for an AQS to join their commercial team.

Ideal candidate:

• Recently qualified with a Quantity Surveying degree or relevant alternative
• 1 + experience in Quantity Surveying – ideally rail but not a necessity
• Motivated, driven individual who wants to further their career

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Professional development support to assist you in becoming a qualified, experienced Quantity Surveyor working on large rail infrastructure projects.
• Great benefits
• London location

Please only apply for this role, if you have a legitimate right to work in the UK.

This company will NOT provide sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This highly regarded main contracting organisation are keen to recruit an Assistant Site Engineer to work alongside their industry expert Senior Engineer managing key client new build projects across the Home Counties & Oxfordshire.

This is a great opportunity for an Assistant Engineer to join a tier one main contractor where they can continue their development by learning off a Senior Engineer who is willing to invest their time into the successful candidate. To this end you should have an enthusiastic attitude and a strong mindset to learn.

The successful candidate will be working on various new build and refurbishment projects from inception to completion with build values exceeding £20M.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Setting Out
• As Builts
• Quality Assurance
• Assist Senior Engineer

Essential requirements:

• Degree Qualified
• CSCS card holder
• Full driving licence (Preferred)

In return for your skills, experience and abilities you will be joining an established organisation willing to invest time into their employees development. This contractor makes it their mission to create client relationships for life, this approach ensures the client’s interests are protected at all stages of the project creating repeat business from their clients.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Drainage Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £45-55k

Location: London, UK

Grade: Senior

Employment type: Permanent / Full-time / Hybrid

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

Key Skills:

• Complex problem-solving skills particularly involving solutions to problems within the drainage, civil engineering, and utility engineering sectors.
• Strategic infrastructure planning and engineering design skills including:
  • Conceptual drainage scheme evolution.
  • Experience in negotiating and securing S104 and S106 agreements with sewerage authorities.
  • Interpretation and discharge of planning conditions relating to, drainage, highways, and infrastructure works.
  • Experience with interpreting records and site information as well as manipulating 3D design software to perform utility clash detection analysis.
  • Development of infrastructure design packages from concept through to construction.
• Experience in researching UK Engineering Standard guidelines relating to drainage.
• Demonstrative experience with specific software, including:
  • Autodesk Civil 3D
  • MicroDrainage network modelling within industrial, commercial, and residential environments, and including coordinating with Civil 3D
  • AutoCAD
  • Document Control and Common Data Environment (CDE) software such as Aconex, A-Site, etc.
• Proficiency with client and stakeholder liaison.
• Ability to work remotely and effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Production of technical memos, design reports, design packages, and drawings / models.
• Experience procuring and managing survey contractors and overseeing activities on site.
• Commercial / Project Management experience with an emphasis on time, cost, and scope management.
• Highways design experience and familiarity with UK design standards and negotiation of S38 and S278 applications.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should be degree qualified in a relevant field and either chartered or working towards a Chartership status.

Relevant Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience working within a design consultancy and / or contracting environment.
• Experience on working on both single and multi-discipline projects would be preferable as would experience of project management.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package with annual salary reviews.
• 26 days holiday per year, rising to 31 days with loyalty days, plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Fantastic training and development culture.
• Access to mentoring support from industry experts.
• Opportunity to play a key role in exciting and varied projects.
• ICE Training Agreement.
• Opportunity to be client facing and the chance to get involved with business development and marketing activities.
• Fast-tracked career progression for the right candidates.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading sub contractor, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team, to work on rail project HS2, supporting the Senior quantity surveyor.

The suitable candidate will have:

• Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
• MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field
• Happy to work in Acton or Central London

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000 + Package
* Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Project Manager- Rail

Type: Permanent

Location: London

Rate : dependant on experience

Job Reference: JHCCM

I am looking for a project manager with a good rail background, to deliver engineering technical excellence on works

Role

You will have previous experience working in a similar role within programmes from a civils or pway aspect. This role would suit a project manager.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensure the civil engineering element of the works goes according with works plans.
• Organise resources of people and materials to ensure delivery of works.
• Work in a team for round the clock coverage of job sites.
• Assist with engineering design and plans as required
• Attend engineering reviews as required for allocated contracts.

Essential requirements:

• Rail engineering background
• Rail experience ideally civils or pway
• Will need to have current or past project management experience

Desirable:

• Ideally having worked on high speed focused projects

To discuss in more detail please call Josh Hill at Advance or apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a forward thinking Tier 1 rail contractor, who can provide you with the right support, a structured, proven learning development plan, is looking for an AQS to join their commercial team.

Ideal candidate:

• Recently qualified with a Quantity Surveying degree or relevant alternative
• 1 + experience in Quantity Surveying – ideally rail but not a necessity
• Motivated, driven individual who wants to further their career

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Professional development support to assist you in becoming a qualified, experienced Quantity Surveyor working on large rail infrastructure projects.
• Great benefits
• London location

Please only apply for this role, if you have a legitimate right to work in the UK.

This company will NOT provide sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a principle rail contractor, who are are involved with the design, renewal, refurbishment, installation, commissioning and maintenance of an expansive list of rail projects, are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team.

It will be to work on rail projects which will including bridge replacements, depots and walkways with values from £50k – £25 million.

The Senior Quantity surveyor will have the following:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Hybrid working

Benefits

• Attractive Salary
• Pension
• Flexible hours and working from home occasionally
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £45,000 – 55,000 + Package

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a principle rail contractor, who are are involved with the design, renewal, refurbishment, installation, commissioning and maintenance of an expansive list of rail projects, are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team.

It will be to work on rail projects which will including bridge replacements, depots and walkways with values from £50k – £25 million.

The Quantity surveyor will have the following:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Hybrid working

Benefits

• Attractive Salary
• Pension
• Flexible hours and working from home occasionally
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £45,000 – 55,000 + Package

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading sub contractor, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team, to work on rail project HS2, supporting the Senior quantity surveyor.

The suitable candidate will have:

• Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
• MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field
• Happy to work in Acton or Central London

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000 + Package
* Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Advance TRS Construction are once again assisting this increasingly busy main contract organisation who specialise across the industrial sector in London and the Southern region. On this occasion we are supporting in the recruitment of an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their on site commercial team delivering a £40M steel frame new build in Colchester.

Ideal candidates will be eager to grow and progress with vast amounts of opportunity to continue learning off an extremely experienced commercial team. This candidate must demonstrate a recent track history of employment as an assistant and/or trainee quantity surveyor. You will have held hands on commercial responsibilities on various new build construction projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely as part of the Commercial team to ensure commercial viability of contracts.
• Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems.
• Be involved in the procurement of Subcontract partners including preparation of bid enquiry documentation and critical evaluation of bids.
• Administer contractual documents to both the Client and Subcontractors.
• Assist in the management of change by maintaining detailed schedules of values and ensuring the production and submission of Compensation Event Quotations.
• Collate and calculate information required to assist the wider Commercial team in the production and maintenance of a detailed cost to complete including schedules of Subcontractor liabilities.
• Liaise with operational and engineering staff to maintain site records.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Able to communicate effectively with site team and subcontractors.
• Good attention to detail.
• A self-starter with a flexible but robust approach, a good team player and able to work as part of a team.
• The ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work alone without constant direction.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Aware of individual Health and Safety responsibilities and adheres to company health and safety policy and procedures.
• A working knowledge of Quantity Surveying through job experience or training
• Degree / HND(C) Level qualification
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages.

In return for your skills, experience and abilities you will be joining a dynamic and ambitious team willing to invest time into your progression whilst working alongside industry specialists on major projects.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Advance TRS Construction are once again assisting this increasingly busy main contract organisation who specialise across the industrial sector in London and the Southern region. On this occasion we are supporting in the recruitment of an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their on site commercial team delivering a £25M steel frame new build in Brighton.

Ideal candidates will be eager to grow and progress with vast amounts of opportunity to continue learning off an extremely experienced commercial team. This candidate must demonstrate a recent track history of employment as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor. You will have held hands on commercial responsibilities on various new build construction projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely as part of the Commercial team to ensure commercial viability of contracts.
• Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems.
• Be involved in the procurement of Subcontract partners including preparation of bid enquiry documentation and critical evaluation of bids.
• Administer contractual documents to both the Client and Subcontractors.
• Assist in the management of change by maintaining detailed schedules of values and ensuring the production and submission of Compensation Event Quotations.
• Collate and calculate information required to assist the wider Commercial team in the production and maintenance of a detailed cost to complete including schedules of Subcontractor liabilities.
• Liaise with operational and engineering staff to maintain site records.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Able to communicate effectively with site team and subcontractors.
• Good attention to detail.
• A self-starter with a flexible but robust approach, a good team player and able to work as part of a team.
• The ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work alone without constant direction.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Aware of individual Health and Safety responsibilities and adheres to company health and safety policy and procedures.
• A working knowledge of Quantity Surveying through job experience or training
• Degree / HND(C) Level qualification
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages.

In return for your skills, experience and abilities you will be joining a dynamic and ambitious team willing to invest time into your progression whilst working alongside industry specialists on major projects.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Purpose of Role

• Search, filter and screen potential candidates for internal roles
• Manage diary for Talent Acquisition Manager – scheduling meetings, recruitment events, interviews and training sessions
• Process new starter paperwork and admin
• Manage employee engagement activities – including ensuring regular appraisals are completed, updating training records and employee records on BreatheHR, drafting and coordinating employee letters (anniversaries, milestones etc)
• Support marketing team to deliver internal events, incentives and conferences
• Support marketing team to deliver talent attraction marketing strategies
• Manage company training calendar – scheduling and promoting training opportunities

Person Specification

Essential

• Experienced in candidate qualification, attraction and sourcing
• Excellent organisation, time management and planning skills
• Enthusiastic and assertive – confident to speak to anyone
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Solutions orientated
• Positive attitude, ability to influence and lead by example
• Approachable and resilient

Desirable

• Recruitment background

Roles & Responsibilities

Induction

• Complete new starter administration – coordinating welcome packs, printing information, IT set up and new starter paperwork
• Welcome new staff to the business – give office tour and support with initial IT introduction
• Support Talent Acquisition Manager to coordinate and schedule induction plan

Internal Recruitment

• Qualify and filter of CVs generated by searches, applications and watchdogs (salary, location, interest, current situation etc)
• Add qualified candidates for internal roles to the database and book interviews for Talent Acquisition Manager
• Manage Talent Acquisition Managers diary and schedule meetings/appointments/interviews
• Support Talent Acquisition Manager with talent attraction tactics – organising events and working with Marketing to promote the business externally

Employee Engagement and Company Culture

• Embody the core values and promote the company culture as an ambassador for the business
• Support Marketing with internal communication – recognising and celebrate examples of excellence, anniversaries, birthdays and promotions in bulletins
• Manage employee engagement activities – including ensuring regular appraisals are completed, updating training records and employee records on BreatheHR, drafting and coordinating employee letters (anniversaries, milestones etc)
• Support Marketing to deliver company events, incentives and activities
• Be a strong presence on social media to showcase the business to potential candidates

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Bid Manager – Rail

Type: Permanent

Location: Remote work possible / Crewe office

Salary : Dependant on experience

Job Reference: JHBidM

I am looking for a Bid Manager with a good rail background, to work within a rail contractor for infrastructure works on Network rail projects

Role

You will have previous experience working in a similar role within the rail environment. This role would suit an existing sales /bid led technical expert.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop relationships between clients and other organisations within the rail and civils industry.
• Network effectively across the business in multiple areas of industry.
• Work toward bid, tender and invite dates.
• Manage the bid process from start to finish
• Work with the engineering and senior team to attempt to win works across the uk

Essential requirements:

• Have worked in a sales led business development . bid management role previously .
• Have five years relevant experience.
• Will need to have current or past engineering understanding

Desirable:

• Although not essential it would also be advantageous if you have a degree in a relevant discipline such as Civil Engineering.

To discuss in more detail please call Josh Hill at Advance or apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job title: Sustainability Manager Rail

Type: Permanent

Location: Reigate

Salary: £Negotiable on experience

Job Reference: JHHSM

An outstanding opportunity has arisen to join one of the leading rail organisations and play a vital role in the team team on rail projects

Role

The role will see you getting involved with detailed environmental and sustainability works. The role includes site work

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Visit sites and undertake inspections
• Advise and help on sustainability procedures
• Work closely with environmental delivery team toward project completion safely

Essential requirements:

• Environmental experience with a successful track record in the UK market
• Rail experience ideally
• Ability to demonstrate technical expertise

To apply please contact Josh Hill at advance or apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We have been tasked to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a increasingly busy specialist main contract organisation covering industrial projects across London and the Eastern Region. The initial scheme consists of a £40M new build industrial scheme in Colchester

Role Overview:

As Senior QS you will be working under a Managing Surveyor, it is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great team and to become an important part of the Commercial resource. The project is a £40M industrial project which is due to finish in 2024. The successful candidate will be on the project from inception to completion with the scheme due to start early 2023.

As Senior QS, you will play an integral role in the management, direction and successful completion of new build projects located across the East. Your focus will be to build and lead a high performing commercial team that manages build cost and maximises margin whilst enhancing value for money for our Clients and achieving the required standards and quality.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial & Contractual

• Analysis of tender allowances
• The measurement and valuation of works (on site and from drawings), for valuations, variations and final accounts.
• Agreement of valuation dates and preparing, submitting and agreement of interim valuations in accordance with those dates.
• Administering and/or advising on Main Contract and Subcontract conditions
• Subcontract and Design Procurement
• Subcontract payments, variations and final accounts

Financial Reporting

• Cash management and maximisation
• Cash Flow and Turnover forecast
• Provision of standard reports
• Internal Valuations/CVRs and subcontract liability reports in accordance with schedule of accounting period end dates and deadlines

Experience and Qualifications:

• You will have experience of working within the Construction industry for a main contractor, specifically on Design and Build;
• Experience of working on high value commercial mixed used use buildings would be of benefit
• Relevant Quantity Surveying/Construction related qualification
• Applies high level technical skills across a range of functional or business activities
• Effective cash management
• Provides commercial appraisal of projects for audit purposes
• Makes commercially sound decisions (in terms of profitability and productivity)
• Raises commercial awareness in the business unit
• Proactive, Self-aware, empathetic and constructive leadership used to successfully plan and deliver change and management of projects.
• Focuses in on the long term benefits to the employer when making plans and decisions
• Clearly demonstrates the capability and drive to successfully carry out the key requirements of business leaders
• Builds trusting relationships based on open communication and mutual respect
• Demonstrates the appropriate passion, energy and enthusiasm to succeed

In return for your skills, experience and abilities you will be joining an expert professional team who work alongside their clients to meet budget, offering innovative solutions. This contractor’s business model is based upon quality rather than volume, aiming to work for select clients, providing repeat business, ensuring standards remain high and quality of staff is not diluted.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We have been tasked to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a increasingly busy specialist main contract organisation covering industrial projects across London and the Southern Region. The initial scheme consists of a £25M new build industrial scheme in Brighton.

Role Overview:

As Senior QS you will be working under a Managing Surveyor, it is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great team and to become an important part of the Commercial resource. The project is a £25m industrial project which is due to finish in 2024. The successful candidate will be on the project from inception to completion with the scheme due to start early 2023.

As Senior QS, you will play an integral role in the management, direction and successful completion of new build projects located across the South. Your focus will be to build and lead a high performing commercial team that manages build cost and maximises margin whilst enhancing value for money for our Clients and achieving the required standards and quality.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial & Contractual

• Analysis of tender allowances
• The measurement and valuation of works (on site and from drawings), for valuations, variations and final accounts.
• Agreement of valuation dates and preparing, submitting and agreement of interim valuations in accordance with those dates.
• Administering and/or advising on Main Contract and Subcontract conditions
• Subcontract and Design Procurement
• Subcontract payments, variations and final accounts

Financial Reporting

• Cash management and maximisation
• Cash Flow and Turnover forecast
• Provision of standard reports
• Internal Valuations/CVRs and subcontract liability reports in accordance with schedule of accounting period end dates and deadlines

Experience and Qualifications:

• You will have experience of working within the Construction industry for a main contractor, specifically on Design and Build;
• Experience of working on high value commercial mixed used use buildings would be of benefit
• Relevant Quantity Surveying/Construction related qualification
• Applies high level technical skills across a range of functional or business activities
• Effective cash management
• Provides commercial appraisal of projects for audit purposes
• Makes commercially sound decisions (in terms of profitability and productivity)
• Raises commercial awareness in the business unit
• Proactive, Self-aware, empathetic and constructive leadership used to successfully plan and deliver change and management of projects.
• Focuses in on the long term benefits to the employer when making plans and decisions
• Clearly demonstrates the capability and drive to successfully carry out the key requirements of business leaders
• Builds trusting relationships based on open communication and mutual respect
• Demonstrates the appropriate passion, energy and enthusiasm to succeed

In return for your skills, experience and abilities you will be joining an expert professional team who work alongside their clients to meet budget, offering innovative solutions. This contractor’s business model is based upon quality rather than volume, aiming to work for select clients, providing repeat business, ensuring standards remain high and quality of staff is not diluted.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Senior Civil Engineer

Salary: £50-60k (depending on skills and experience)

Location: Hampton, UK

Type: Perm – Full time – Hybrid

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

What will you be doing

As a Senior Civil Engineer, a key role in the Project Engineering team is working alongside contractors and consultants delivering Capital Projects ensuring they comply with our requirements, standards, and expectations for design, delivery, and Health & Safety.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved with the design and delivery of capital projects within the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. Working within an encouraging and collaborative team who live our values daily, you’ll be in a prime position to make a difference to our business and customers.

The Project Engineering team is responsible for ensuring the effective definition and de-risking of project briefs that provide the foundation of capital projects. You’ll play an essential part in the supply of project briefs for contractors to deliver against whilst maintaining capital spending.

Focusing on the Civil Engineering discipline, the Senior Civil Engineer will provide the expertise needed to:

-Oversee the development of Contractor Project Briefs to meet defined needs with best-value solutions

-Understand and mitigate project risks to reduce project delivery costs

-Provide Design sign-off between Asset Management and Capital Delivery as the Delivery Stream dictates

-Provide technical assurance of projects during the delivery, commissioning, and handover of Assets

Key accountabilities include:

-Co-ordinating the development of Project Briefs from the needs defined by Asset Management

-Understanding project risks and co-ordinate mitigation activities

-Preparing and supporting technical reviews through the Definition, De-Risking, and Detail Design phases of projects

-Carrying out Technical Assurance checks and audits of contractor activities and outputs through the Detail Design and Construction phases of projects

-Coaching and mentoring others to facilitate personal development and continuous improvement

What we are looking for

-Be educated to degree level in Civil engineering or other appropriate technical qualification in an engineering discipline

-Be knowledgeable and have relevant experience in Civil Engineering

-Understanding of Health & Safety in the construction industry and in particular CDM

-Experience of developing capital project solutions in the water/wastewater industry

-Experience of developing technical project solutions and/or briefs

-Understand the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements

-Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be naturally collaborative and confident to effectively communicate with colleagues, contractors and consultants and drive forward project delivery

-Have a passion for continuous professional development and an active approach to driving diversity within engineering

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Principal Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer

Salary: £45-60k (experience dependant)

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

(Other location that may be considered include Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol or London)

Grade: Senior to Principal

Employment type: Permanent Full-time / Hybrid

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

Our client is currently looking for a talented and motivated Principal Flood Risk & Drainage Engineer to join our Flooding and Water Management Team.

You will join a growing team of civil engineers, hydraulic modellers and hydrologists who provide consultancy advice, design and hydraulic modelling services in the area of developer infrastructure, flood risk management, surface water management, SUDs and water resource management.

Your role will be to lead the delivery of water input for several key clients in the developer sector both in the UK and Europe.

You will be capable of working across the full spectrum of water management from potable water, water efficiency, surface water and wastewater management.

The work will cover a range of activities including pre-planning and Masterplan development, outline and detailed design and construction support. Your role will play a significant part in the development of others in the team.

Core duties and responsibilities will include:

• Working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategy.
• Leading project delivery tasks as defined by the Project Manager/Team Leader.
• Calculations, drawings, sketches, and reports etc.
• Site investigations.
• An awareness of project needs and take personal responsibility to work to deliver these to agreed time, cost, and quality requirements, taking guidance as required.
• Assessing, documenting, and communicating design changes to the Project Manager/Team Leader.
• Ensuring that all work is carried out in full compliance with the Company’s Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
• Complying with health and safety policies at all times.
• Providing technical guidance, support and training to colleagues.
• Working in close collaboration with and supporting colleagues from other disciplines as required.
• Recommending/implementing improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions where applicable, and sharing via the knowledge management channels as appropriate.

To be successful in this role you’ll possess:

• A proven record (minimum 10 years of experience) of working with developers on medium to large scale developments from pre-planning to detailed design and delivery of water-based solutions.
• Knowledge of the UK legislation governing the flood risk, drainage and water resource management discipline.
• A good technical understanding of hydrology and open channel and pipe hydraulics.
• Experience in some or all of the following: providing pre-application advice to developers, surface water management plans, drainage strategies, drainage and SUDs design and water resource management.
• Experience of acting as technical discipline lead for water on multi-disciplinary developer projects to provide a holistic integrated developer focussed infrastructure solution.
• Understanding of designer’s responsibilities under CDM regulations.
• Experience of mentoring and developing team members – this is essential as the role will be expected to mentor team members less experienced in this field.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to adapt your style to suit difference audiences.
• Proven decision making skills with the ability to influence strategic decision-making and make commercial decisions within defined parameters.
• Demonstrable experience of operating and influencing at a senior level.
• Experience of delivering across a multi-site organisation.
• Degree in Environmental Science or Engineering or similar subject with significant hydrology or hydraulics content
• MScMEng andor PhD with a focus on either hydrology, hydraulics, flood risk management, sustainable drainage, water resources or other applied water focussed environmental science or engineering subject.
• Chartered status with a relevant professional body.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Senior Landscape Architect

Salary: £30-40k (experience dependant)

Employment type: Permanent / Full-time / Hybrid

Grade: Senior

Location: Multiple UK locations – Midlands, Northeast, Northwest and South Coast.

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

Due to the further demand our client’s landscape & arboriculture consultancy services are looking for enthusiastic Senior Landscape Architects to join the team.

Our client has a particular focus on water-related projects, including fluvial and coastal flood defence as well as habitat creation initiatives, nature-based solutions, engagement, and consultation within river restoration projects.

They have a wide spectrum of clients, many of whom are future proofed, including the Environment Agency.

We are looking for a talented Landscape Architects to join their National Landscape Team, delivering a broad range of projects including:

-Renewable energy.

-Linear infrastructure.

-Public realm and residential projects.

Qualifications and experience:

-Applicants should have a minimum of a degree (or equivalent) in Landscape Architecture.

-Chartered status.

-Relevant UK sector experience.

Key competencies required for the role:

-Organised and able to balance competing priorities.

-An enthusiastic and dynamic team player, who is a strong communicator with a design and planning background.

-A pragmatic thinker and solution finder.

-A self-starter, who manages their own workload, and potentially that of a wider team.

-Natural Flood Management (NFM) and SuDs design experience.

-Strong skills using AutoCAD and Adobe software products.

-Experience in Landscape & Visual Impact assessment and Appraisal (LVIA), with strong report writing skills.

-Awareness of Nature Based Solutions.

-Good understanding of process and health and safety.

-Full UK driving licence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are recruiting to reinforce and expand the infrastructure design team in Bristol and we are currently looking for talented and motivated Senior & Principal Civil Engineers to join our team. We are the principal water and wastewater infrastructure design office in the south of England and Wales. We work for a wide range of clients as well as water companies.

What does the role involve?

You will be a Senior or Principal Civil Engineer in a team who cover a wide range of clients and capabilities. Our work encompasses most aspects of stormwater, wastewater and clean water infrastructure. We provide flood prevention designs on combined and stormwater systems for water companies and design new systems for developments both for developers and water company requisitions.

Flood Risk Assessments, environmental and planning considerations and SUDS design are included in most of these projects. There is a current emphasis on cleaning up sewage overflows to rivers and bathing waters and we are experts in that field. Nature-based solutions are a method in which we are currently developing our skills.

We also carry out maintenance and safety driven projects such as refurbishment and new designs for pumping stations and other M&E installations such as mechanical screens. This is a full service from option identification through hydraulic modelling to detailed design, construction support and commissioning.

The role requires an enthusiastic approach to the development of less experienced members of the team, supporting their progress to professional qualification. It will also include responsibility for guidance and quality control of their work and supervision of their programme and cost compliance.

Day to day duties will include:

• ​​​​​​​Preparing designs to current water company and regulatory standards.
• Providing regular feedback on progress to the team leader to assist in the management of delivery and ensure that project delivery meets the client’s objectives and requirements.
• Ensuring tasks are carried out and completed in accordance with the agreed scope of works, timescales and budgets.
• ​​​​​​​Assisting team leader and occasionally deputising at meetings.
• Assisting team members with consultation with stakeholders.
• ​​​​​​​Working in close collaboration with team members, clients and colleagues from other disciplines as required to deliver project requirements.

To be successful in this role, you will need to possess:

• Current knowledge and experience in water design projects, you’ll be able to carry out design independently whilst making use of support and advice from the team.
• The ability to provide advice and guidance to others in a way that motivates whilst ensuring compliance with client requirements.
• The drive and determination to ensure you meet all targets for budget, programme, quality, safety and performance.
• Experience of current Water Company, EA and NRW design standards and requirements
• Knowledge of InfoWorks and ability with MicroDrainage.
• Understanding of the mechanical and electrical elements of hydraulic design projects in order to instruct the M&E engineers who assist us.
• The ability to work with professionals from all disciplines to optimise and develop bespoke, ‘value for money’ and innovative designs.
• Experience of liaising with all clients and consultees.
• A clear understanding of the contractors needs and for prompt but considered response to RFIs and TQs.
• An appreciation of the implications of works on the environment.
• An appreciation of water company procedures.
• A good understanding of the health and safety legislation, particularly regarding confined spaces.
• The ability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner with other team members and to produce reports in clear English.
• The ability to organise and prioritise own workload to ensure that timescales and budget are met.
• Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find innovative and practical solutions.
• Chartered membership of ICE or CIWEM.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be working for a top ten civil engineering firm (recognised by New Civil Engineer, (NCE). You’ll experience an inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you’ll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Are you experienced in areas such as net zero carbon, natural capital, nature-based solutions and climate change?

Are you ready to join an exciting environmental company and help to lead on a range of diverse projects?

Due to growing demand for our services across a range of exciting projects we are looking for an experienced Environment & Sustainability Consultants with a background in multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy.

The successful candidate will join our existing team delivering a diverse range of environment and sustainability projects including climate change resilience, net zero carbon, natural capital, nature-based solutions, stakeholder engagement, evidence-based policy and strategy development, and research. We work collaboratively with our clients to achieve their environmental and sustainability and resilience targets, providing value for money, improving the social and environmental legacy of projects and going further to deliver improved inclusivity, community benefit, decarbonisation, resilience and climate adaptation.

Qualifications & experience

Who we are looking for:

The position represents a significant opportunity to develop and expand your career through working with established teams which service delivery to our extensive client base. It is expected that the role will involve a significant degree of cross office working and will be client facing. Therefore, confidence in working with clients in relation to project delivery is essential, as is experience in supporting the preparation of bids and proposals.

Key tasks

• Leading project teams on sustainability projects and working as part of a wider project team.
• Mentoring, challenging and supporting junior staff to support their pastoral wellbeing and professional development.
• Work within the existing team to drive innovation both internally and externally.
• Leading on contributing to tenders on new and existing workstreams.

Key competencies required for the role:

• Relevant academic qualifications in geography, environmental science, ecological economics, climate change, sustainability or related subjects such as climate change.
• Chartered status (IEMA, CIWEM, CIEEM, IES, CMLI or equivalent), or progressing towards Chartership.
• Robust relevant post-graduate experience and understanding of current environmental legislation, regulations, and policy.
• A self-starter, who manages their own workload, and potentially that of a wider team.
• Technical report writing and editing
• Business development – delivering tenders/bids and fee proposals
• Experience in any of the following or similar:

• Climate Change adaptation and resilience
• Carbon management
• Natural capital and ecosystem services
• Nature-based solutions
• Environmental land management
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Strategic Environmental Assessments
• Sustainability Appraisals
• Environmental Modelling
• Risk Assessment

Location:

The location for the successful candidates is flexible and we have multi-office locations across the UK. Our teams are predominantly based in our office in Leeds and we are seeking to build our capability across other UK offices providing local delivery. Some ad-hoc travel to Leeds should be expected if you are remote from it.

We support agile working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work.

Further information:

For an informal discussion about the role contact Alex Shaw on 07931815066

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you have proven experience in leading or delivering EIA, Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) projects in a variety of fields or sectors?

Our client is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Principal EIA Consultant, or Technical Director commensurate with experience, (although other grades would be considered for exceptional applications) to join their growing environment team working on a range of exciting projects across the UK. It is expected that the successful applicant(s) will also have demonstrable experience in leading SEA and SA projects.

This person will develop the exciting work our client are doing in this area and become a key contact for EIA/SA/SEA projects and practice.

As an Environmental Consultant you will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, alongside design engineers, planners and a range of environmental specialists, and engage with a diverse range of clients and stakeholders.

The successful candidate will, amongst other things, be responsible for:

• Company-wide technical leadership on EIA, SA and SEA, including training provision.
• Providing our clients with expert advice on EIA, SA and SEA using your wealth of experience in this area.
• Leading in the delivery of strategic-level environmental assessment, including (but not limited to) SA and SEA, including technical review of products and reports.
• Business development in EIA, SA, SEA and associated assessments.
• Coordinating statutory and non-statutory project-level environmental assessment / EIA, or leading on / delivering work within another relevant discipline (e.g. ecology, landscape, stakeholder engagement, etc.)

Location:

Our client has 4 offices in the Yorkshire region (all commutable from Leeds) where this role could be based.

Our client supports agile working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that they work.

Qualifications and experience

The right candidate will have the following:

Our client is looking for candidates with a positive and professional attitude, who can demonstrate a proactive and creative approach to problem solving.

• A robust level of demonstrable experience in leading or delivering EIA, SA and SEA projects in a variety of fields / sectors.
• Experience with site-level projects, whether EIA or as part of another discipline as described above.
• Other associated assessments such as Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA) desired but not essential.
• Strong understanding of environmental legislation, relevant policy and guidance and awareness of updates.
• Demonstratable understanding of strategic planning and spatial development.
• Strong awareness and understanding of relevant stakeholders for SA / SEA / EIA.

Core skills required:

• EIA, SA, and SEA fluency, both theory and practice; ability to ensure compliance / fluent in key case law; ability to develop and implement bespoke approaches and methods.
• Environmental impact and sustainability in different sectors (including several of the following): local / spatial planning, minerals planning, waste management planning, transport planning, flood risk management, water resources management, energy / nuclear.
• EIA coordination and delivery
• Technical report writing and editing.
• Awareness of other strategic-level assessments: HIA, EqIA, HRA, etc.
• Business development – tenders/bids and fee proposals.
• BSc (or equivalent) in environmental science or related discipline.
• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g. the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)).

Desirable skills:

• Post-graduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, or equivalent level of experience.
• Chartered status and Full Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IEMA).
• Project management.
• HIA and EqIA, both theory and practice.
• Geographical Information System (GIS) skills / ability to navigate GIS software.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

A fantastic Architectural Practice located a short distance from the vibrant city of Brighton, is looking for an experienced Architect to join their team. This would be a perfect opportunity to join an established and reputable company working on a mix of large-scale projects and schemes, predominantly across the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors.

As the selected Architect, you would be working alongside a talented team of architects, technicians and designers to deliver imaginative and thoughtful designs at all RIBA stages.

To be considered for the position, you would ideally have the following skills and experience:

• Degree in Architecture (or equivalent)
• ARB registered Architect, with several years’ post qualification experience
• Experience working in a similar role, for an architectural practice in the UK
• An excellent understanding of current UK building regulations
• Experience using CAD software, e.g. AutoCAD, Vectorworks or Revit
• Experience working on large scale projects within the residential or commercial sectors would be an advantage

If you are looking to further your career as a qualified Architect working alongside a fun and friendly team, in a beautiful coastal location, this might just be the role for you. For more information please do get in touch or apply with your CV and portfolio today.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading consultancy, who work in the rail, utilities, oil and gas sectors, are now looking for a Cost Manager to join there commercial team, to work on rail projects such as HS2, Gatwick airport, and Network rail projects.

They are leading the way in supporting there commercial team with becoming chartered. They offer:

• A dedicated RICS mentor
• Will be moved onto projects and into roles, to gain the correct exposure for your APC diary.
• Dedicated hours to get your work done.
• Will have day to day support from the head of commercial who is a RICS assessor.

The suitable candidate will have the below:

• Experience working for a Consultancy OR a Contractor.
• Will be chartered, or have the desire to become chartered.
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC or NR contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £45,000-£55,000
* Flexible hours and working from home as an option occasionally

* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a principle rail contractor, who are are involved with the design, renewal, refurbishment, installation, commissioning and maintenace of an expansive list of rail projects, are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team.

It will be to work on rail projects which will including bridge replacements, depots and walkways with values from £50k – £25 million.

The Senior quantity surveyor will have the following:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Hybrid working

Benefits

• Attractive Salary
• Pension
• Flexible hours and working from home occasionally
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £60,000 – £65,000 + Package

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a principle rail contractor, who are are involved with the design, renewal, refurbishment, installation, commissioning and maintenace of an expansive list of rail projects, are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team.

It will be to work on rail projects which will including bridge replacements, depots and walkways with values from £50k – £25 million.

The Quantity surveyor will have the following:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Hybrid working

Benefits

• Attractive Salary
• Pension
• Flexible hours and working from home occasionally
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £45,000 – 55,000 + Package

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading sub contractor, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team, to work on rail project HS2, supporting the Senior quantity surveyor.

The suitable candidate will have:

• Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
• MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field
• Happy to work in Acton or Central London

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000 + Package
* Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Senior Landscape Architect

Salary: £30-40k (experience dependant)

Employment type: Permanent / Full-time / Hybrid

Grade: Senior

Location: Multiple UK locations – Midlands, Northeast, Northwest and South Coast.

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

Due to the further demand our client’s landscape & arboriculture consultancy services are looking for enthusiastic Senior Landscape Architects to join the team.

Our client has a particular focus on water-related projects, including fluvial and coastal flood defence as well as habitat creation initiatives, nature-based solutions, engagement, and consultation within river restoration projects.

They have a wide spectrum of clients, many of whom are future proofed, including the Environment Agency.

We are looking for a talented Landscape Architects to join their National Landscape Team, delivering a broad range of projects including:

-Renewable energy.

-Linear infrastructure.

-Public realm and residential projects.

Qualifications and experience:

-Applicants should have a minimum of a degree (or equivalent) in Landscape Architecture.

-Chartered status.

-Relevant UK sector experience.

Key competencies required for the role:

-Organised and able to balance competing priorities.

-An enthusiastic and dynamic team player, who is a strong communicator with a design and planning background.

-A pragmatic thinker and solution finder.

-A self-starter, who manages their own workload, and potentially that of a wider team.

-Natural Flood Management (NFM) and SuDs design experience.

-Strong skills using AutoCAD and Adobe software products.

-Experience in Landscape & Visual Impact assessment and Appraisal (LVIA), with strong report writing skills.

-Awareness of Nature Based Solutions.

-Good understanding of process and health and safety.

-Full UK driving licence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a specialist engineering and construction company, who work in the power, rail, water and construction sectors, are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join there rail team.

The role will be to work on an exciting new station development with a value of £100 million.

The right candidate will need:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Commutable distance to Essex

Benefits:

• Attractive Salary
• A rare opportunity to join a project at the early stages
• Pension, travel paid and car allowance
• Occasional hybrid working
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £55,000 – 70,000 package

Please only apply for this role if you have the right to work in the UK, and do not need sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a specialist engineering and construction company, who work in the power, rail, water and construction sectors, are looking for a Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join there rail team.

The role will be to work on an exciting new station development with a value of £100 million.

The right candidate will need:

• 1-2 years of quantity surveying experience with a contractor desirable, not a necessity
• Degree educated in a related field
• Commutable distance to Essex

Benefits:

• Attractive Salary
• A rare opportunity to join a project at the early stages
• Pension, travel paid and car allowance
• Occasional hybrid working
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £30,000 – 35,000 package

Please only apply for this role if you have the right to work in the UK, and do not need sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a specialist engineering and construction company, who work in the power, rail, water and construction sectors, are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join there rail team.

The role will be to work on an exciting new station development with a value of £100 million.

The right candidate will need:

• Experience working for a Contractor.
• Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
• NEC or NR contract knowledge
• Degree educated in a related field
• Commutable distance to Essex

Benefits:

• Attractive Salary
• A rare opportunity to join a project at the early stages
• Pension, travel paid and car allowance
• Occasional hybrid working
• Continued support and professional development for your individual career
• Salary £45,000 – 60,000 package

Please only apply for this role if you have the right to work in the UK, and do not need sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Purpose of Role

• Search, filter and screen potential candidates for internal roles
• Manage diary for Talent Acquisition Manager – scheduling meetings, recruitment events, interviews and training sessions
• Process new starter paperwork and admin
• Manage employee engagement activities – including ensuring regular appraisals are completed, updating training records and employee records on BreatheHR, drafting and coordinating employee letters (anniversaries, milestones etc)
• Support marketing team to deliver internal events, incentives and conferences
• Support marketing team to deliver talent attraction marketing strategies
• Manage company training calendar – scheduling and promoting training opportunities

Person Specification

Essential

• Experienced in candidate qualification, attraction and sourcing
• Excellent organisation, time management and planning skills
• Enthusiastic and assertive – confident to speak to anyone
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Solutions orientated
• Positive attitude, ability to influence and lead by example
• Approachable and resilient

Desirable

• Recruitment background

Roles & Responsibilities

Induction

• Complete new starter administration – coordinating welcome packs, printing information, IT set up and new starter paperwork
• Welcome new staff to the business – give office tour and support with initial IT introduction
• Support Talent Acquisition Manager to coordinate and schedule induction plan

Internal Recruitment

• Qualify and filter of CVs generated by searches, applications and watchdogs (salary, location, interest, current situation etc)
• Add qualified candidates for internal roles to the database and book interviews for Talent Acquisition Manager
• Manage Talent Acquisition Managers diary and schedule meetings/appointments/interviews
• Support Talent Acquisition Manager with talent attraction tactics – organising events and working with Marketing to promote the business externally

Employee Engagement and Company Culture

• Embody the core values and promote the company culture as an ambassador for the business
• Support Marketing with internal communication – recognising and celebrate examples of excellence, anniversaries, birthdays and promotions in bulletins
• Manage employee engagement activities – including ensuring regular appraisals are completed, updating training records and employee records on BreatheHR, drafting and coordinating employee letters (anniversaries, milestones etc)
• Support Marketing to deliver company events, incentives and activities
• Be a strong presence on social media to showcase the business to potential candidates

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our client is looking to bolster their current team with an experienced Senior Signalling Project Manager to oversee the delivery of various and exciting projects. To succeed at this we are looking for an individual who has the skills to develop and build a team around them to deliver the projects to our client’s standards and procedures.

We are looking for a Senior signalling project manager who understands the delivery aspects of the work at hand. It is an essential that all applicants have experience in the rail industry and have managed re-signalling projects in the UK.

The role offers the opportunity to manage the whole project life cycle with our experienced teams within my clients Signalling business. You’ll have the opportunity to lead team and use your proven team management and communication skills.

This individual needs to come from a signalling background who has had experience in all stages of a project life cycle with delivery being key.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our client is looking to bolster their current team with an experienced Signalling Project Manager to oversee the delivery of various and exciting projects. To succeed at this we are looking for an individual who has the skills to develop and build a team around them to deliver the projects to our client’s standards and procedures.

We are looking for a signalling project manager who understands the delivery aspects of the work at hand. It is an essential that all applicants have experience in the rail industry and have managed re-signalling projects in the UK.

The role offers the opportunity to manage the whole project life cycle with our experienced teams within my clients Signalling business. You’ll have the opportunity to lead team and use your proven team management and communication skills.

This individual needs to come from a signalling background who has had experience in all stages of a project life cycle with delivery being key.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: WFD/Surface Water EIA Lead

Salary: £55-70k (experience dependant)

Employment type: Permanent / Full-time

Grade: Principal Consultant or Associate Director (depending on experience)

Location: We can consider candidates in locations across the UK, including London, Reading, Bristol, Shrewsbury, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or Glasgow.

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

The role and our client:

Our client is seeking an experienced applicant to further develop our senior level technical capability in water environment assessment to support delivery of a range of project work, including:

-EIA and WFD compliance assessments for major infrastructure development

-Planning and environmental studies.

We are looking for a proficient professional who has a specialisation in at least one of the key water environment disciplines:

-Water quality

-Hydrology

-Geomorphology

-Hydro ecology

-Marine science

Crucially, they should have an excellent understanding of the Water Framework Directive and its application for management of the water environment in the UK. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in effective delivery of complex, high profile projects for the water environment; in addition, experience of the Development Consent Order planning regime for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the UK is essential.

We provide high quality technical services and advice to a wide range of high-profile customers in the UK, including government departments and agencies, the water industry, and a wide range of other industrial sectors, including power, transport, nuclear, mining, commercial and oil and gas.

Qualifications:

-A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline is essential

-An MSc or PhD in hydrology, water quality, geomorphology or marine science is desirable

-Chartership via CIWEM, ICE or other relevant professional body preferred

Skills / Experience:

-Significant relevant professional experience working in EIA, hydrology, water quality geomorphology, hydro ecology, or marine science, at least some of which should have been in consultancy

-Demonstrable experience of leading technical inputs and teams for successful project delivery including EIA and WFD assessments. The focus of the role will be on inland surface waters, but experience of delivering assessments in estuarine and coastal waters is also desirable

-Expert knowledge of regulatory context for planning and EIA, the Water Framework Directive and water resources in the UK is essential

-Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Successful track record in managing client and stakeholder relationships

-You should have practical project management experience, including management of project teams, and be comfortable managing challenging projects

-Valid UK Driving Licence

Key Responsibilities:

-EIA and WFD assessments for major infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas.

-Water resources planning and environmental impact projects for the UK water sector.

-Playing a leading role in project delivery.

-Managing the interface with clients and internal stakeholders.

-Supervising, coordinating, and reviewing the inputs of others within the business to deliver high quality technical outputs that meet client requirements.

-Working with senior colleagues to develop business opportunities and prepare successful proposals

-Manage or direct projects effectively, balancing programme, budget, and quality requirements, and ensuring that the highest health and safety standards are adhered to

-Providing technical guidance, training, and support to junior colleagues

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: EIA Associate Director

Salary: £55k-£70k (experience dependant)

Location: Manchester, UK

Grade: Associate Director

Employment type: Permanent Full-time / Hybrid

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

The role and our client:

​Our client is a leading environmental and engineering consultancy, who are seeking to further expand its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team by appointing an Associate Director within their Manchester office.

Their work within the infrastructure and environmental sectors is extremely well respected and puts them at the forefront of supporting various clients across multiple sectors ranging from small single projects to extremely large multi-disciplined regeneration schemes.

With your talent and knowledge of working within the urban regeneration and infrastructure sectors, they will encourage you to drive the department forward whilst also supporting the wider teams on project sectors they are currently involved in, which will include large scale masterplans, mixed-use, leisure, retail, heritage-based redevelopment, infrastructure works, strategic land schemes, tall buildings and industrial & logistics facilities across the UK.

Bring with you a very high level of technical competency and quality of work, showing you can carry out your duties with minimal supervision, together with producing good analytical, communication, interpersonal and writing skills, whilst also having the drive to develop the department and grow its headcount further.

The role will require working on several projects, so the ability to manage your own time and workload within tight time scales, and an ability to solve problems creatively, is critical.

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day EIA project direction, primarily for large-scale urban development and infrastructure projects
• Attending meetings with clients, design teams, local authorities and statutory and non-statutory consultees
• Leading and growing the EIA team based in the Manchester office, including undertaking performance appraisals and managing finances
• Active member of the National EIA Senior Leadership Team
• Managing project budgets, for internal and external teams, including invoicing
• Preparation of fee proposals and tenders

Qualifications and skills:

• Educated to at least degree level in a relevant discipline or subject.
• Able to show a demonstrable track record in managing and delivering proportionate EIA on complex sites in the UK,
• A member of a relevant professional body, such as IEMA
• Positive and proactive in your approach, with a keen eye for detail and the drive to be a success.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Site Agents – Water Sector

Location – Thames Valley

Permanent – £40,000-£55,000 + Car/Allowance and package

My client is looking for Site Agents at all levels to join their team to deliver Thames Water Framework projects.

You will be managing projects within the Infrastructure Business Unit in the Water streams from contract award through to completion – achieving acceptable financial outcomes whilst adhering to the quality, safety and environmental policies.

You will report to either the Contracts Manager or Project Manager depending on the value and complexity of project and personal experience/ability.

What you will be doing:

* Resource allocation and management of Site staff.

* Reporting to the senior Manager on Department budget control procedures for contracts and progress against programme.

* Ensuring safe systems of work and the Company Safety Policy are practiced.

* Enforcement and monitoring of the Division’s Quality Assurance and Environmental systems.

* Management of projects/contracts.

* Communication at all levels regarding progress of projects.

* Line management/supervision for Sub Agents & General Foreman.

* Indirectly supervise Site Engineer, Foreman and Gangers.

What you will need:

* Essential: Civil Engineering/Construction management degree

* Desirable: Chartered status or approaching.

* Evidence of relevant post-graduation practical training e.g., attendance on courses for Form of Contracts, Formwork/Falsework Appreciation, Concrete Technology, H & S Management etc.

* Possesses proven experience on challenging and diverse projects with major clients

* Proven experience from engineering background demonstrating progress to Site Agent through career development with both theoretical and practical experience.

* Site qualifications: CSCS card, SMSTS (5 day), First Aid at Work (4 day), National Water Hygiene card.

What they can offer you:

* Competitive salary

* Car / Car allowance

* 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)

* Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)

* Life Assurance

* Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%

* 2 days volunteering opportunities

* Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Professional membership fees

* Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Thames Valley

Permanent – £50,000-£70,000

My client is looking to bring on board a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work on projects across the Thames Valley region on a permanent basis.

Summary of Role:

To ensure the successful financial completion of projects, protecting the exposure of the Company to financial risks, together with adherence to the commercial procedures of the Business. Responsible for the commercial management of a section of a large project or on a number of smaller projects.

What you will be doing:

• To co-operate with, report to and implement the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• To ensure the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter.
• To liaise with contracts management in the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
• To ensure the full and proper implementation of the Group’s Commercial Procedures where delegated authority so requires.
• To prepare accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approve such drafts as prepared by subordinates within the Region to the level of responsibility dictated by the Group’s Commercial Procedures.
• To ensure that a high personal standard of professionalism is evident to all external clients, peers and subordinates in the day-to-day management of the Regions activities.
• To supervise, mentor and encourage all junior staff in their personal professional development.
• To ensure in consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner so as to protect the Group’s position in its trading activities.
• To ensure in consultation with contracts management that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved.
• To assist contracts management in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract.
• To ensure the prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms).
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Responsible for managing meetings.
• Line management responsibility for members of the commercial team.

What you will need:

• Experience working in the water sector.
• Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
• Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
• Good knowledge of NEC and JCT forms of contract.
• Proficient in reading drawings, specifications and knowledge of construction process.
• Ability to negotiate with clients/sub-contractors.
• Ability to draft subcontracts and design appointments.
• Knowledge of CIS.
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
• Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of dispute procedures.
• Experience of value engineering.
• Professional membership of recognised institute e.g., RICS (desirable)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g., Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts.
• Experience of developing second stage tender submissions working under preconstruction services agreement.
• Exposure to resolving disputes.
• Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
• Experience of procuring major works subcontracts.
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.
• Experience of working on infrastructure commercial projects highly desirable.

Benefits:

* Competitive salary (to be discussed on application)

* Car allowance

* 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)

* Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)

* Life Assurance

* Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%

* 2 days volunteering opportunities

* Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Professional membership fees

* Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Thames Valley

Permanent – £50,000-£70,000

My client is looking to bring on board a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work on projects across the Thames Valley region on a permanent basis.

Summary of Role:

To ensure the successful financial completion of projects, protecting the exposure of the Company to financial risks, together with adherence to the commercial procedures of the Business. Responsible for the commercial management of a section of a large project or on a number of smaller projects.

What you will be doing:

• To co-operate with, report to and implement the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• To ensure the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter.
• To liaise with contracts management in the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
• To ensure the full and proper implementation of the Group’s Commercial Procedures where delegated authority so requires.
• To prepare accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approve such drafts as prepared by subordinates within the Region to the level of responsibility dictated by the Group’s Commercial Procedures.
• To ensure that a high personal standard of professionalism is evident to all external clients, peers and subordinates in the day-to-day management of the Regions activities.
• To supervise, mentor and encourage all junior staff in their personal professional development.
• To ensure in consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner so as to protect the Group’s position in its trading activities.
• To ensure in consultation with contracts management that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved.
• To assist contracts management in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract.
• To ensure the prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms).
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Responsible for managing meetings.
• Line management responsibility for members of the commercial team.

What you will need:

• Experience working in the water sector.
• Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
• Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
• Good knowledge of NEC and JCT forms of contract.
• Proficient in reading drawings, specifications and knowledge of construction process.
• Ability to negotiate with clients/sub-contractors.
• Ability to draft subcontracts and design appointments.
• Knowledge of CIS.
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
• Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of dispute procedures.
• Experience of value engineering.
• Professional membership of recognised institute e.g., RICS (desirable)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g., Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts.
• Experience of developing second stage tender submissions working under preconstruction services agreement.
• Exposure to resolving disputes.
• Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
• Experience of procuring major works subcontracts.
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.
• Experience of working on infrastructure commercial projects highly desirable.

Benefits:

* Competitive salary (to be discussed on application)

* Car allowance

* 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)

* Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)

* Life Assurance

* Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%

* 2 days volunteering opportunities

* Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Professional membership fees

* Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading sub contractor, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join there commercial team, to work on rail project HS2, supporting the Senior quantity surveyor.

The suitable candidate will have:

• Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
• MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
  * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
  * NEC contract knowledge
  * Degree educated in a related field
• Happy to work in Acton or Central London

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000
* Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Hydrology Technical Lead

Salary: £55-70k (experience dependant)

Location: London – other locations to be considered: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Shrewsbury, Reading, Bristol, or Glasgow

Employment type: Permanent Full-time / Hybrid

Work Hours: 37.5 Hours per Week

Grade: Technical lead – circa 10-15y experience in the UK sector

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

About the role

Due to strong growth in our clients Water Management business, they are seeking an experienced and capable hydrologist to join our 60-strong team of water science professionals.

This is a technical leadership role with responsibility for:

– Delivery of hydrology tasks on projects

– Developing and winning hydrology related business

– Developing our hydrological technical capability

Qualifications

– A degree in a relevant environmental, geographical, science or engineering discipline is essential

– An M.Sc or PhD in hydrology, water quality, geomorphology or marine science is desirable

– Chartership via CIWEM, ICE or other relevant professional body is preferred

Skills and experience

– Relevant professional experience as a hydrologist, at least some of which should have been in consultancy

– Demonstrable experience of leading technical inputs and teams for successful project delivery for a range of projects, including WINEP projects, water resources yield assessments, catchment water quality management projects, FRAs and water EIA

– A high level of expertise in the following areas:

o Flood frequency estimation (including Flood Estimation Handbook methods)

o Catchment rainfall runoff modelling (e.g. CATCHMOD, HYSIM, SWAT, PDM, HYPE)

o Hydrometry and hydrological data analysis (e.g. flow naturalisations, baseflow separation)

o Low flows estimation

– Broad-based understanding of hydrology, including:

o High flows estimation and flood frequency analysis

o Catchment rainfall-runoff modelling approaches

o Hydrometry and hydrological data analysis

o Low flow estimation.

– Sufficient experience and authority to act as the focal point for all aspects of hydrology in our UK business.

– A good understanding of the regulatory context for water resources and flood risk management in the UK

– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a successful track record in managing client and stakeholder relationships

– Proven experience of work winning through development of client relationships and the preparation of successful proposals

– Experience of the development and delivery of technical training and the technical mentoring of junior staff

Key Responsibilities

You will contribute to a diverse range of water-related projects, but the focus of your work is likely to be in the following areas:

– Abstraction impact assessments for Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) studies

– Flow assessments to support water resources planning and catchment water quality studies

– Flood risk assessment (FRA) and water environmental impact assessment (EIA) for major infrastructure development in the UK and overseas

Key duties

– Lead the delivery of hydrology tasks for projects, including development of methodologies, supervision of tasks and review of deliverables

– Engage with clients and stakeholders on hydrological issues

– Participate in hydrology-related business development and proposal preparation

– Develop the hydrology capability within the UK Water Management team, ensuring we are at the forefront on latest developments in this discipline, and providing training and development support to more junior members of the team

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Senior Fluvial Modeller/Geomorphologist

Salary: £40-50k

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

(Will also consider other locations Manchester, Leeds, Bristol or London).

Employment type: Permanent Full-time / Hybrid

Grade: Senior

Hours per week: Up to 37.5 hours per week (part time applications welcome)

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

Our client is currently looking for a fluvial geomorphologist to join our Flooding and Water Management Team in Scotland. The role can be based out of Edinburgh or Glasgow with flexible working. You will join a growing team of hydraulic modellers, hydrologists, geomorphologists, civil engineers, and economic specialists.

What does the role involve?

Our clients Flooding and Water Management team works on a variety of flood protection projects across the UK, in both the public and private sectors. Whilst they primarily consider ourselves to be flood risk managers the role can also involve hydrology; hydraulic modelling; GIS; client and regulator management; optioneering; economic assessments; schematic, outline and detailed design; project and budget responsibility; site visits and supervision; auditing and quality assurance; input to bidding; and other commercial activities. You will develop a well-rounded knowledge of all these activities in a multidisciplinary environment.

Your role will involve both desk-based and field-based geomorphological surveys and analyses as part of a variety of projects, ranging from infrastructure projects to river restoration schemes. You will also assist in one or more of the areas mentioned above.

To be successful in this role you will:

-Hold a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (e.g. geomorphology, catchment dynamics and management, environmental science, physical geography, etc; minimum 2:1).

-Be chartered, or working towards chartership with a relevant professional body (C.WEM C.GEOG C.Eng).

-Have a minimum of three to five years industry experience (Consultant/Senior grade).

-Demonstrate knowledge and experience of standard hydraulic modelling packages.

-Possess a sound understanding of fluvial catchment processes, and management techniques.

-Have strong analytical skills such as application of stream power and shear stress is desirable.

-Show competence with GIS and mapping (both desk-based and field-based).

-Be experience in field-based fluvial audits and other geomorphological survey techniques.

-Have experience contributing to optioneering and schematic design.

-Display excellent interpersonal skills.

-Be an excellent written and verbal communicator.

-Hold a full, clean UK driving licence.

-Applicants with a background in hydraulic modelling (Innovyze ICM, Flood Modeller Pro, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS or SRH2D) will be preferred, particularly shear stress and sediment transport modelling. An understanding of Natural Flood Management would also be desirable.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Principal River Engineer

Salary: £45-60k (experience dependant)

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

(Other location that may be considered include Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, or London)

Employment type: Permanent Full-time

Grade: Senior to Principal

Employment type: Permanent Full-time / Hybrid

Hours per week: Up to 37.5 (part-time applications welcomed)

Please note applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.

​​​​​​​Our client is currently looking for a talented and motivated Principal River Engineer to join their Flooding and Water Management Team in Leeds.

You’ll be working for a top ten civil engineering firm (recognised by New Civil Engineer, (NCE). You will experience an inclusive, friendly, and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you’ll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

Core duties and responsibilities will include:

– You will join our Flood and Water Management team of engineers, hydraulic modellers, and hydrologists.

– Leading on the preparation of engineering studies and calculations and outline to detailed civil engineering designs, overseeing the production of design specifications, drawings, and schedules.

– You will be the go-to person in the team for all matters relating to flood infrastructure and river restoration design.

– You will work in close partnership with our clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work.

– Lead in project technical meetings, supervise the work of less experienced colleagues and provide technical and professional guidance to aid their development.

-This role will present you with a fantastic opportunity to further develop your technical and management skills whilst supporting our continued team growth.

To be successful in this role you’ll possess:

• HNC/D or Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer Status with a relevant professional institution.
• Several years relevant industry experience.
• Experience of working as part of an engineering consultancy within the water industry, including multi-disciplinary schemes.
• Knowledge of flood and coastal erosion risk management.
• Knowledge and experience of flood defence infrastructure, watercourse, and wastewater infrastructure design, including an understanding of the basics and the integration of multidisciplinary elements including process engineering and MEICA.
• Knowledge and experience of the stages of design throughout the project life cycle.
• Strong interpersonal/team working skills with a good working relationship with all levels of an organisation, clients, and contractors.
• Experience of project managing design schemes in this environment including management of stakeholders and clients.
• Understanding of designer’s responsibilities under CDM regulations.
• Experience in design, contract and preparation, tender assessment, and contract administration.
• Experience in site supervision / management of contractors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.