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RPS are recruiting Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, GIS, Computing or Mathematics to join our Water Consultancy team with roles available in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Water Industry is exciting and evolving, providing challenges and opportunities which require innovation, efficiency, dedication and collaboration to meet our clients’ challenging needs.
RPS is unique in the water industry, with our strategy to operations approach bringing together the practical operational knowledge of our field teams together with the deep technical understanding of our engineers, modellers, analysts and asset managers. This enables us to develop and deliver confidently pragmatic water strategies, solving problems that matter to our clients and their customers – reducing flooding and pollution and optimising performance of their systems.
The Graduate roles available in the Asset Management team will combine office/home-based working alongside professionals who are at the forefront of the industry, with opportunities to complete site work where required for data collection. Career Pathways available for candidates joining us in a Graduate position include:
- Asset Management Project Management
- Asset Management Engineering
Key office locations available are Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Typical responsibilities
- Data handling and analysis of large datasets
- Survey planning and supervision
- Travel to client sites to perform data acquisition and post data analysis
- Extensive use of GIS, including software such as FULCRUM
- Statistical analysis of data
- Preparation of factual and interpretative reports
- Catchment planning, risk assessment and intervention strategy
- Client and stakeholder engagement and management
- Provide input to development, maintenance and documentations of bespoke software tools and applications
Skills, education & qualifications required
- A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, GIS, Computing or Mathematics
- Modules covering Civil and Structural, Project Management, GIS and are desirable but not essential
- Good communication skills and written English
- Ability to work in a team to solve problems that matter
- Computing skills including previous experience of Excel
What we offer you
RPS is a great place to do great work. PROGRESS@RPS is our global performance and development framework, which puts our employees in the driving seat of their growth and development so that our people achieve their personal and professional ambitions and ensures our people feel valued for the contribution they make.
In the water technical team, we provide in-depth on-the-job training to complement the full catalogue of learning modules available through our online learning platform, POD (Progress on Demand). Our graduates are part of small teams, taking ownership of projects, their own workload and development to allow individuals to rapidly gain the skills required. We encourage graduates to rise to the challenge and push for progression through the business using our development pathways which allows our employees to specialise as they step up from graduate level.
We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.
Our employees are rewarded with a customisable total rewards package tailored to their terms of employment.
We know we develop better solutions together
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.
Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.
