Senior Lift Engineer

RPS are currently seeking an experienced Senior Lift Engineer to join our progressive business and service our clients by providing consultancy services in South East London.

The business is going from strength to strength and this represents an exceptional opportunity to further your career through delivering quality engineering solutions and designs for projects which achieve and exceed our client’s expectations.

About The Design Business:

RPS Design Division delivers projects across multiple, niche sectors from residential housing developments, logistics, retail, aviation, healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, data centres, energy and more as we strive to achieve the right balance between form and function when faced with competing priorities around sustainability, materiality, cost and constructability. Digitalisation is at the core of our delivery model allowing our clients and their stakeholders to really experience our designs right from project concept stage and through drawing on expertise spanning decades, industries and disciplines, we assist clients to harmonise design drivers through inspired engineering, architecture and development services.


What you’ll be doing:

This is an exciting role for an individual looking to progress their career within Lift Engineering within our industry leading team where we have an excellent reputation, offering a wealth of expertise in all sectors. We are offering a broad and varied role within a challenging and rewarding environment and will be part of lift and escalator modernisation projects.

Duties include:
Reviewing of contractor’s proposals and drawings
Reviewing and commenting on Risk Assessments and Method Statements
Attend pre-start meetings
The management of projects – i.e. New Lift and Escalator Installation projects (new build or lift replacement)
Account management and Lift Contract Management
Accident Investigation
Witness testing
Health and Safety site audits, Lift Maintenance Audits, Lift dilapidation audits and EN81-80 audits
Traffic analysis and calculations
Specification
FM, Maintenance and Compliance projects.
Trouble shooting
Occasional LOLER examinations
Procurement exercises
Who we’re looking for:

To be successful in this role you will most likely have a NVQ3 or NVQ4 Lift Engineering. The individual must be a time served lift engineer with a good technical background on various manufacturers equipment. Previous experience within either Lift Engineering Consultancy or Senior Project Management. Additionally, you will:
Be experienced in working on projects creating specifications that are required
Good written and verbal communication skills
Analytical capability with strong attention to detail
Have the ability to make decisions and be motivated
Comfortable with autonomy with an appetite to drive innovation
What’s in it for you?

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.
We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

What happens next?

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within three working days.


RPS, A Tetra Tech company:

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .