Assistant Structures Engineer

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Assistant Structures/bridge Engineer to join our Consulting Highways team. With shared office space in Bristol and Exeter, we welcome applications from Assistant Engineers across these regions.

The role will primarily involve working on the South West Scheme Delivery Framework for National Highways, with opportunities to work on complex schemes across the UK. As a team, we co-locate with our client at offices in Exeter and Bristol, attending the office three days a week with the remaining days worked remotely.

The work spans from feasibility and optioneering all the way through to design and construction. We work across the National Highways network in the South West, which includes large and unique viaducts, culverts, under‑and over bridges of varying forms, ages, and complexities. We could be designing a strengthening scheme, completing maintenance refurbishments, or executing safety improvements. The variety of scopes and structures on the network means that no two projects are the same.

This opportunity would suit a developing Engineer working towards Chartership, with an understanding of the DMRB and Eurocodes with respect to highway bridge design, strengthening, refurbishment, and assessment. You would be part of a team of around 25 engineers locally of varying levels, supported by 350+ Structures Engineers across the UK with a variety of specialisms. Our focus is on developing and growing organically.

As an Assistant Engineer, you will contribute significantly to this process and gain valuable exposure for your career development.

Our Structures Engineers play an important part within the Highways and Designated Funds Design team and alongside our client, National Highways. As an Assistant Engineer, you will provide effective support and assistance to your Design Team Leader on a variety of highway structures schemes whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior designers.

Responsibilities include:

• To work in a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions.
• Preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Working within a locally based technical team and taking responsibility for the delivery of your activities within a scheme project and team portfolio.
• Contributing to the preparation of bids and general work‑winning functions.
• Support effective health and safety practices within the team.
• Experience with sustainability practices in engineering.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Successful completion of a Degree Apprenticeship programme or an employer‑led early careers development programme, with a degree of progress through a programme of initial professional development leading towards Incorporated or Chartered status.
• Custom input e.g. Knowledge of structures design processes and procedures relevant to the civil engineering discipline.
• Able to produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working without significant supervision and moving towards overseeing more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks.
• Experienced in following procedures associated with the management of health, safety and welfare, e.g. Amey’s Integrated Management System and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
• Has knowledge and understanding of technical and specification processes and is starting to take ownership for the production of deliverables with appropriate supervision.
• Good competence with relevant software and similar analytical tools.
• Has a basic understanding of CDM and risk…