Life at Ridge

Bring your brilliance. We’ll help it thrive.

At Ridge, we’re a business built by people who care about doing great work, supporting each other and leaving things better than they found them.

Whether you’re early in your career, an experienced professional or a senior leader, you’ll find an environment where you can learn, contribute and make a meaningful impact from day one.

We’re ambitious about what we achieve, but equally proud of how we achieve it. That’s what makes us different.

What’s it really like to work at Ridge?

At Ridge, you’ll work alongside people who are approachable, supportive and generous with their knowledge.

We’re large enough to offer exciting projects, diverse career opportunities and specialist expertise, but small enough to hold on to the relationships and sense of community that make coming to work genuinely enjoyable.

You’ll find friendly, down-to-earth leaders who are easy to reach and know their teams and people well. Collaboration across disciplines and locations is lived, not just talked about, and you’ll be trusted to take ownership and make decisions rather than wait to be told. Ask around the business and you’ll hear that our culture values your contribution, not your job title.

It figures that many of us join Ridge for the opportunities and stay for the people.

Your journey

However you define a fulfilling career, we want to help you get there. That means real investment in your growth, a genuine sense of belonging, and space to build a life outside work too.

• Growth support

  Career development looks different for everyone.

  That’s why we provide a mix of formal learning, professional qualifications, mentoring and career conversations to help you progress in a way that works for you.

  That might mean support towards your chosen qualification or funding towards chartered status, working through our career development framework, or stepping onto one of our leadership development programmes. Add in regular CPD and check-ins on where you want to go next, and progression becomes something you shape rather than wait for.

  We invest in you at every stage of your career because our future success depends on you achieving yours.

• You belong

  Bring your whole self to work.

  Creating an environment where everyone feels respected, supported and able to contribute is fundamental to our culture.

  Our inclusion networks help colleagues connect, share experiences and influence positive change across the business – from Access and Neurodiversity, Gender Equity and Pride to Military Community, Parents and Carers, and our Multicultural network.

  We’re proud to create a workplace where you can be yourself and truly belong.

• Beyond work

  Relationships regularly extend beyond project teams.

  In every office you’ll find fundraising initiatives, sports events, social gatherings and team activities that help you connect and support causes that matter.

  Whether it’s a local charity challenge, an evening out with the team, or rolling your sleeves up for a cause in the community, there’s plenty of opportunity to get involved.

• Your benefits

  We offer you the following benefits:

  • Paid annual leave of 25 days, increasing to 28 with length of service.
  • Life assurance cover 4 x salary.
  • Workplace pension scheme.
  • Income protection insurance.
  • Car scheme for relevant positions.
  • Health and wellbeing services.
  • Three volunteering days.
  • Option for private medical insurance, extendable to include family members at preferential rates.