Careers
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.
Due to continued growth of DSSR we are actively recruiting for the following posts:
- Birmingham - Senior Electrical Engineer
- Harrogate - Senior/ Executive Electrical Engineer (Knowledge of NHS/Hospital work preferred)
- Glasgow - Junior/Senior Mechanical Engineers,Public Health Engineer,Mechanical Engineer,CAD Operator(with at least 1 years' relevant experience)
- London - Senior/Executive Level Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health Design Engineers(with at least 5 Years relevant experience)
- Manchester - Junior Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Graduate Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
DSSR is seeking to recruit graduate Mechanical and Electrical engineers who have a desire to be trained as Building Services engineers in an environment that encourages the attainment of professional qualifications and progression of careers to the highest levels within the Practice.
Applications are now invited for our 2008 graduate vacancies within our Glasgow, London and Manchester offices.
Graduates can expect to follow a structured training programme that is approved by The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to ensure that they have the foundations for achieving Chartered Engineer status. In addition, DSSR have senior personnel qualified as corporate members with the IMechE and IEE who are able to act as mentors and application sponsors.
DSSR plans to grow substantially in the next 5 years and it is intended that our graduates benefit from this growth.
The scope of duties that are undertaken by our graduates covers the full range of building services engineering systems including design, specification and supervision of the installation of air-conditioning, heating, ventilation, lighting, power distribution, fire protection and building management systems for a range of projects in commercial, healthcare and transportation sectors.
If you have the ability and the determination to succeed in a Practice with ever-expanding professional commitments, DSSR can provide you with the most fertile environment in which to make it happen.
Please apply in the first instance, with a CV and covering letter, to:
London office: london@dssr.co.uk
Manchester office: manchester@dssr.co.uk
Glasgow office: glasgow@dssr.co.uk
Structure 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.
The firm annually recruit trainee engineers, who are offered a structured 5 year programme with extensive on hands experience and sponsored academic support.
This forms a vital part of the firm’s recruitment policy to employ high quality staff who have an enthusiasm for learning. Applications (CV and covering letter) are invited prior to May for this years intake. Current vacancies for 2008:
Glasgow – Glasgow@dssr.co.uk
For students looking for a career in the building services industry, DSSR offers a number of summer placements. If you’re interested in working with the firm and gaining valuable experience in a friendly, fast paced office summer placements are available this year at Glasgow (including one with a team currently based in Stirling), Manchester and London. Send your CV and a covering letter to the respective office;