Civil Engineering Placement Year (12 months)

Role Profile

Rendel, an Ingérop Group company, is an international, multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy, headquartered in London with offices in Birmingham and Bristol in the UK, Dublin in Ireland, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. We provide client-focused engineering and technical solutions on major engineering construction projects worldwide in the infrastructure, energy and industry sectors, and working with contractors, international monetary funds and developers.

We are involved in schemes at all stages of the life cycle including development; planning; detailed design; independent design checking; value engineering; technical advisory; and construction supervision services. Rendel’s origins date back to 1838, making us one of the oldest civil engineering consultants in the UK.

We are proud of our global track record, providing technical solutions for many complex infrastructure, energy and industry projects.

Our experience includes railways, highways, bridges, ground engineering, ports, industry, energy, and tunnels. Current major projects include High-Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station in the UK, High-Speed Rail Baltica in Latvia and Estonia, Fraser River Tunnel in Canada, Wesser Tunnel in Germany and Lumsden Port in Australia.

Duties and responsibilities

• Undertake assignments in the UK and overseas, as directed
• Adopt procedures for standardisation of work products and deliverables, and peer review to ensure consistency and excellence in service delivery of the Company’s technical work product
• Structural design, assessments and finite elements analysis using various software
• Adhere to Company procedures in the management, delivery and administration of Services
• Embrace organisational change and appropriately modify behaviour and attitudes as required
• Have an understanding and awareness of the company values and business plan and your contribution to both
• Observe and maintain Company Health and Safety, IMS & Ethics Policies across all activities
• Undertake other reasonable duties as requested by your assignment or line manager

Minimum requirements

• Completed two years of an accredited Master's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Seeking a twelve-month work placement as part of degree
• Ambitions to become a Chartered Engineer

Key experience and qualifications

• Completed two years of an accredited Masters Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Basic knowledge of Eurocodes and other relevant national and international industry standards
• Basic awareness of forms of contract, construction methodologies and civil engineering procedures
• Desire to work in a consultancy environment on large scale infrastructure projects
• Competent in the use of MS Office programmes and ability to develop competence in use of proprietary structural analysis programmes to suit specific role requirements

Competencies

• Technical: Problem solving abilities, analytical and numeracy skills; results orientated
• Communication: Good interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively
• Critical Thinking: Able to meet deadlines whilst maintaining high quality work
• Team: Strong team working to contribute to and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams

Personal style and behaviour

• Self-motivated and committed, with a high degree of integrity
• A team player who seeks to positively contribute to the working group with a collaborative attitude
• Demonstrates willingness and flexibility of availability to meet business needs
• Commitment to own personal development

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