Civil Engineer

Rappor Consultants Ltd; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Company pension 4%

Life assurance

Wellbeing package

Cycle to work

Paid charity days

Employee social events

Job summary

Rappor Consultants Ltd in Cheltenham is seeking a Civil Engineer to join our growing team. This desk-based role involves developing drainage strategies, preparing reports for planning applications, and delivering technical drawings in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Based in Cheltenham, the role offers an opportunity to mentor junior engineers, liaise with stakeholders, and occasionally visit sites.

Qualifications

• Prepare drainage strategies and planning reports for planning applications.
• Create technical drawings for drainage and highway designs (S104/S278/S38).
• Mentor junior team members and collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Undertake site visits as needed and gather information from third parties.
• Work on desk-based design tasks within a multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with project team and clients to deliver outputs.
• Coordinate with external parties to obtain drawings and utility information.

Skills

Drainage design

Technical reporting

Mentoring juniors

Stakeholder liaison

Site inspections

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Opportunity for a Civil Engineer to join our growing team in Cheltenham.

Our philosophy is simple: we invest in our people and build partnerships with our stakeholders, resulting in a dynamic and successful business that benefits everyone. As a multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy, our outputs contribute to the built environment we all occupy. Our four values include ‘living our best life’ and ‘celebrating our team’, and we provide a wealth of opportunity to do just that.

We are very proud of our new work space in Cheltenham, which includes excellent desk space, with views out over Cheltenham and natural light, large kitchen dining space flowing out onto a large sun terrace, a gym, showers, bike storage, meeting rooms, break out spaces…an investment in creating a special work space for our people to enjoy. About 40 of our people are based out of Cheltenham, including civil engineering, transport planning, water environment, landscape architecture and business services team members. Plenty of people to collaborate and socialise with.

What we’ll expect from you and the skills and experience you’ll need:

• Prepare drainage strategies and engineering reports to support planning applications.
• Prepare technical drawings such as sketch highway designs, preliminary highway designs, drainage and external works designs, ground modelling, S104, S278 and S38 drawings with the subsequent negotiation through to approval.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Liaise with stakeholders, external project team members and clients.
• Undertake site visits.
• Obtain information, such as drawings and utility searches from third parties.
• Working collaboratively within your team and with others on multidisciplinary projects
• This is primarily a desk-based role, working together with a diverse team, with occasional site visits.

Rewarding you

• A competitive starting salary, subject to relevant experience
• Industry-leading annual leave: 25 days, plus your birthday, plus the period between Christmas and New Year, and an additional day for every three years’ service up to an additional five days
• 4% contribution towards your company pension
• Life assurance
• Access to the Company’s wellbeing package, including a Cycle2work scheme, paid charity days, Employee Assistance Program (providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters) and social events at the end of the financial year, Summer and Christmas.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We know that diverse teams are strong teams and strive to be a great home for all our people. Let us know what you need to be your best self with Rappor.