Civil Engineering Technician

Opportunity for a Civil Engineering Technician to join our growing team in Bristol.

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.

Our Bristol office is a stunning double height studio, with a mezzanine and flooded with natural light and incorporating kitchen, dining and meeting spaces, creating an excellent environment to get the most out of a day in the office, in BS1 4UA. About 20 of our people are based out of Bristol, including civil engineering, transport planning, water environment and business services team members.

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

• Assist engineers with CAD technical support
• Prepare drawings with background external drawing information (xrefs)
• Carry out the design of detailed highway schemes for S38, S278 and S184 technical applications
• Carry out the design of signage schemes
• Produce development access layouts to support input at planning stage following Local Highway Authority, MfS and DMRB design guidance
• Carry out the design of preliminary drainage strategies with calculations
• Produce catchment plans
• Calculate and draw visibility splays
• 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.

Being inclusive

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.

What next

We will acknowledge your application immediately and will be reviewing applications for this position on a rolling basis.