Building Services Associate

JOB TITLE: BUILDING SERVICES ASSOCIATE
LOCATION: WINCHESTER

SALARY: £COMPETITIVE PLUS A HUGE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS WHICH INCLUDE A VERY GENEROUS BONUS SCHEME, CAR ALLOWANCE, HEALTHCARE AND A VERY IMPORTANT WORK-LIFE BALANCE!

Are you an enthusiastic and successful Building Services professional with a real desire to add value and make a difference? This is exactly the sort of person we are eager to join us.

At Ridge, our culture is open and friendly, aligned very much to a ‘people business’ rather than a big global organisation. You will certainly NOT be a small cog in a big machine here! We are proud Ridge people who successfully strive to make a difference. We have consistently grown our business over the last ten years to over 600 people and the pipeline shows that growth being maintained. 

The Opportunity: 
As the Building Services Associate based at our office in Winchester you will work on a wide variety of prestigious and unique projects from large scale industrial and commercial schemes to smaller more unique and challenging schemes.  

You will work with an interesting and an incredibly varied client base including; large retail companies, Schools/Universities, infrastructure, Healthcare, local authorities, public bodies, contractors and developers. 
 
Key Duties: 
•Assist with developing Building Services within Ridge and be part of the Building Services discipline group 
•Help shape and grow the technical development of the group
•Assisting the office Partner to lead and manage the Building Services team
•Manage existing clients and develop further opportunities
•Look to grow the group on the back of new and repeat clients
•Be responsible for resourcing and delivering to a financial target
•Raise awareness of Ridge by attendance at networking events, seminars and business development events.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
•Educated to degree or HND level 
•Chartered Engineer
•Outgoing and personable

You will have experience with designing projects from conception through to completion (including calculations, drawings, specifications), whilst demonstrating commercial awareness in winning work.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team offering excellent career progression prospects. 

What’s in it for you:
At Ridge we invest heavily in our biggest assets........our people. And as you will find out from day one in your Ridge career, you will be handsomely rewarded: 

• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Generous bonus scheme
• Pension scheme: 6% Ridge Contribution
• Highly competitive salary
• 26 days holiday 
• Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• Free car parking

About Us
Ridge is an award winning, UK top 20 multi-discipline property and construction consultancy with over 600 people. Core disciplines include Project Management, Cost Management, Building Surveying, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Building Services Maintenance Management, Property Consultancy, Architecture, Health & Safety, Sustainability, Expert Witness & Advisory Services, Traffic & Transportation, Infrastructure Commercial Management, Geo-Environmental and Town & Country Planning. In addition, we provide property consultancy expertise for asset management, modern procurement, planned maintenance programmes, innovative strategies and holistic delivery planning.

We maintain a spread of projects across all public and private sector markets from affordable housing to Formula One which is the essence of our strength in the depth and diverse range of our activity. All services are accredited to BS EN ISO9001 2015 for quality, ISO14001 environmental and ISO18001 Health & Safety. Ridge has been successfully operating since 1946 and now employs over 600 people in 11 offices across the UK and has delivered projects in 75 countries worldwide.