Ramboll UK

The UK and Ireland arm of the Danish engineering and consulting company Ramboll, with about 1,800 people in 19 offices from Edinburgh to Southampton.

About Ramboll UK

Ramboll is an engineering, architecture and consultancy company, and its UK and Ireland business is one of its major regions. Its UK teams work on buildings, transport, water, energy and the environment, as well as management consulting. Its UK page names the structural engineering of the extension to Tate Modern in London and the Queensferry Crossing in Scotland among its signature projects. Further afield, its UK staff have worked on the Antarctic Modernisation Programme with the British Antarctic Survey and on earthquake-resilient homes in Lombok, Indonesia.

The group began in Copenhagen in October 1945 as Rambøll and Hannemann, founded by two engineers, Børge Rambøll and Johan Hannemann, who wanted to help rebuild Denmark after the war. Its first job was a Ferris wheel for the Tivoli Gardens. In 1972 ownership passed to an employee-controlled foundation whose goals were to reinvest profits, protect independence and benefit staff, clients and communities, and the Ramboll Foundation still owns almost all of the shares. The UK business states its aim as designing and implementing sustainable change that creates a lasting impact. Its leaders say they want to create the conditions in which people can deliver practical, forward-looking solutions to clients collaboratively.

In the UK, Ramboll grew by joining with existing British firms: it bought Whitbybird in August 2007, which then had 680 staff, and Gifford in March 2011. Its UK and Ireland business now states that it has 1,800 experts in 19 offices. Its head office is at 240 Blackfriars Road, London, and its other UK offices are in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Chippenham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Frome, Glasgow, Leeds, Lewes, Lichfield, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and Southampton, with one more in Dublin. The spread means that work in many regions, from Scotland to the south coast, is done close to the clients.

On culture, the company's roots as a foundation-owned business are central to how it presents itself, and the Ramboll Philosophy written by Børge Rambøll in the 1980s still underpins its values and working practices, according to Wikipedia. We did not find a detailed UK description of day-to-day culture. The group has more than 18,000 people in over 35 countries, so UK staff work with colleagues around the world.

Jobs at Ramboll UK include structural, civil, drainage and geotechnical engineers, environmental and energy consultants, building services engineers, planners and digital designers, management consultants, and the finance and people teams who support them. If you are curious about how bridges, hospitals, museums and water systems are made to stand up and last, this is the kind of company that employs people across all those fields.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Structural and building engineering for projects such as the Tate Modern extension.', 'title': 'Buildings and structures'}
• {'desc': 'Design and advice for bridges, roads, rail, drainage and water systems, including the Queensferry Crossing.', 'title': 'Transport and water'}
• {'desc': 'Environmental, energy transition and organisational advice for public and private clients.', 'title': 'Environment, energy and management consulting'}

Key facts

• UK and Ireland business has 1,800 experts and 19 offices, London head office at 240 Blackfriars Road
• Founded in Copenhagen in October 1945; owned since 1972 by an employee-controlled foundation
• Bought UK firms Whitbybird (August 2007) and Gifford (March 2011)
• Signature UK projects include the Tate Modern extension and Queensferry Crossing

Website: www.ramboll.com/en-gb