Careers
DSSR is an award winning practice, which has grown significantly. Established since 1945 we are specialists in Building Services and with 5 offices, are involved in some of the most exciting projects in the UK, working with a number of signature architects.
With a wide range of career opportunities for school leavers, support staff and experienced engineers, DSSR offers a competitive package, excellent training opportunities and genuine promotion prospects. This, along with our ongoing commitment to developing our people and our business means we offer our staff an animated, diverse and challenging place to work.
We are keen to attract down to earth people who share our desire to provide sound, commercial and practical advice to clients.
As a member of staff you are regarded as a valuable part of the business. A fact re-iterated by the number of staff who choose to stay with the firm, combining their knowledge with new staff who want to share the success of an expanding business. We are committed to staff training and development and provide an excellent working environment for committed and talented individuals.
DSSR aim to provide facilities and opportunities to ensure that their staff are in possession of the knowledge, skills and expertise to perform their job to the required standard. Effectively, we are committed to developing employees in line with business objectives in order:- To achieve sustained competitive advantage.
- To allow you to consider your own career development and satisfaction.
The Firm is, therefore, prepared to make available appropriate training facilities which will enable employees to acquire the skills, knowledge or qualifications necessary to perform effectively and enhance productivity.
Equal Opportunities Statement
The Firm is committed to the policy of equal treatment of all employees and applicants. The Firm’s aim is to recruit, train, promote and reward on the basis of merit and irrespective of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, part time status, age, religion or belief.
Technical Staff
A regular source of technical expertise at all levels of experience is considered as vital to the future health and security of the Firm. To this end the Firm offers structured programmes of development as follows:
Continual Professional Development
Under normal circumstances it is DSSR policy to recruit trained technical employees. CPD is regarded as important to ongoing development and competence.
Structured Development Programmes for Trainee and Graduate Engineers
The longer term future of DSSR is dependent upon a source of technical expertise growing within the business. To this end the Firm places great emphasis on appropriate professional development for technical staff. Trainee engineers are offered a structured job experience dovetailing with sponsored academic support.
Graduate Engineers obtain relevant job experience leading to Incorporated Engineer and, in certain cases, Chartered Engineer status. Both structures lead to appropriate externally recognised qualifications.