SCP, part of the RSK Group, is looking for a Graduate Drainage/Highways Engineer to join their team on a full time, permanent basis. To be considered for this role you will live within a commutable distance to Chelmsford. You will be joining a growing team, who cares greatly about the development, training and diversity of their growing workforce.
A key trait of SCP is we seek to maintain the family feel of an SME Business even as we grow. We therefore value character, attitude, and commitment. Experience and competence are important, but we look to assess the broader attributes to ensure a good fit for both the candidate and the business. As we grow, we actively embrace and champion diversity within our business and our wider industry with inclusion across all levels.
Key responsibilities
- A Graduate engineer will show commitment to professional development through continual evidence of IPD progress and CPD reporting.
- Maintain and develop technical or management capability through CPD, attending internal and external seminars regularly.
- Self-Develop and understanding and appreciate their role within design team and timescales available for undertaking required works for your role and others working on projects.
- Plan and manage own resources and ability to input into resource plans to clients programmes to achieve deadlines.
- Use your ingenuity and own resourcefulness to develop an ability to provide design strategies and briefs to be developed by junior staff, whilst overseeing and guiding them through the detailed stage of the design.
- Develop an understanding of the stages of design and the detailed output required at each stage within your chosen field of expertise through self-learning and working with senior colleagues.
Person specification
- Graduate Engineers will be educated to degree level or HNC level with relevant further learning experience.
- No prior knowledge of the full engineering / development process is expected, but a keen interest should be evidenced
- A basic understanding of the role and career progression routes and aspirations
- Self-motivated and ambitious to progress their professional qualifications through IPD
- Graduate Engineers will be able to utilise their own ingenuity and resourcefulness to develop quickly
- A good self-manager of time and work.
Salary and benefits
- £24,000 per annum
- Life assurance
- A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership
RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer
About us
In January 2022, we joined the RSK group: a merger that mirrors each company’s commitment to an engaging and open company culture. We highly value our people’s input, building strong and mutually beneficial relationships with our clients, and the desire to grow a strong and sustainable business. SCP will continue to serve its clients without any fundamental changes except by expanding our geographical capabilities and our team.
SCP is a specialist transportation planning, highway, and drainage infrastructure design consultancy that has been offering multi-disciplinary professional services to the private and public sectors since 1991. We have offices located strategically around the UK, including offices in Manchester, Leeds, and London. Our service grouping includes advising and supporting at the master-planning stages of development proposals, conducting detailed assessments for approvals processes and the implementation stages. The business also has long-established expert witness relationships with planning barristers across the UK.
SCP is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.
At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.
Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.
We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.
If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?