At Ridge we offer an exciting and diverse range of opportunities across a breadth of market sectors from social housing to Formula 1, and the chance to develop new skills and learn. Our clients are leaders in their field and our people are challenged daily to deliver their very best.
By investing in you, and involving you in our strategy, objectives and vision, we’ll ensure that we’re pulling together, and aligned to the goals of our clients and stakeholders. We want you to explore your potential and help you to become an effective and valued member of the team. We’ll work with you to increase your commercial effectiveness, expand your professional horizons, and help you to embrace the Ridge culture. We want you to enjoy a long term, happy and fulfilling career with us.
Benefits
Ridge offer a range of benefits, including:
- 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing to 28 days with length of service
- 4 x salary life assurance cover
- Generous company sick pay scheme, should you need it
- Income Protection Insurance in case you are unable to work due to ill health or accident for an extended period of time
- Single cover private medical insurance, which can be extended to include family members at preferential rates
- A contributory company pension plan, to help you prepare for your retirement
- Flexible company car scheme for relevant positions
Ridge is based around a team structure. Partners are directly responsible for a number of teams in their respective disciplines. As a multidiscipline practice, we offer great opportunities for widening your experience through working closely with our other disciplines and across all market sectors.
We have a strong focus on embracing the latest technical developments and innovations. In addition, we have specialist sector groups to focus our activity in such areas as education, motorsport, housing, pharmaceuticals, retail, leisure and hotels, Government and local authority, infrastructure, commercial and industrial.
Our well-established management structure offers a clear path for career development, from graduate to Partner.
The background of our professional and technical staff typically includes a degree followed by further study to gain membership of construction industry professional bodies (RICS, RIBA, APM, ICE, ISTRUCTE, CIBSE etc.). Many staff continue their training in specialist areas of interest, leading to further qualifications and specialist memberships (for example the Chartered Institute of Housing, Institute of Safety and Health and the Association of Project Safety). All staff undertake Life Long Learning, which ensures that they are kept at the forefront of good practice and technical innovation. As a result, our people are equipped to tackle any situation and are able to offer practical solutions with the minimum possible delay and associated cost.
