Senior Engineer(Bridges

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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 Senior Engineer(Bridges) to join our Amey Consulting Structures team for our Scotland account. We have design hubs in
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Motherwell, Perth, and Aberdeen together with additional office space in Dumfries, Ayr, Dundee, Nairn and Huntly.

£1.2bn associated with the North East and South West Trunk Road Management Contracts.

This includes management responsibility for over 5000 structures including delivery of the following:

• Assessment of the 831m long 9 no. span twin steel box girders with Lightweight Concrete composite deck of M90 Friarton Bridge and reinforced concrete piers, near Perth
• M90 Friarton Bridge deck edge parapet beam replacement and parapet upgrades
• Design and refurbishment of Strathmartine and Glamis Footbridges and approach ramps on the A90 in Dundee.
• The complex design and construction of temporary propping works for load mitigation measures at the 23 no. span M8 Woodside Viaducts in Glasgow
• Structural Investigation including Muon Tomography Trials, assessment and long term management strategy of the Kingston Bridge Complex on the M8 in Glasgow
• Assessment of the 1,300-metre-long cable-stayed orthotropic steel box girder Erskine Bridge on the A898, Dumbartonshire
• Development of full resurfacing package for the 1300m Erskine Bridge
• Design and maintenance of a cable re-tensioning scheme at Erskine Bridge together with development and management of external painting contracts.
• Design and development of access systems to enable further cable and tower inspections at Erskine Bridge
• A90 Finavon Bridge, design of secant piled wall and scour protection to the riverbed and structure
• Assessment and bearing replacement design of the 120m long steel box girder of Fochabers Bridge on the A96
• Assessment of the 120m long 3-span continuous steel box girder of Earn Bridge on the M90

The long term management of Severn, Avonmouth and Prince of Wales crossings with National Highways. Delivering projects such as those listed below:

• M48 Severn Suspension Bridge -£500M Main Cable Augmentation Feasibility Study
• M48 Severn Suspension Bridge– Main Cable Assessment, Management and Mitigation works
• Assessment and investigation of the 174m main span box girder at M5 Avonmouth Bridge
• M4 Prince of Wales Bridge– Assessment of the main Gantry and design of replacement

We also undertake a range of works with Local Authorities over the UK including:

• £20M Lagan Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
• £120m Clyde Waterfront & Renfrew Riverside
• £80m Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland

As a Senior Structures Engineer, you will provide effective support and assistance to your Design Team Leader on a variety of Structures schemes whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior engineers and technicians.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions.
• Taking ownership and leading projects from start to finish, from preparing the quotation all the way to handover.
• 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.
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions.
• Contributing to the professional development of junior staff and acting as a Delegated Engineer.
• Liaising with Client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries.
• Managing a small, locally based, single-discipline technical team and taking responsibility for the delivery of their workload.
• Contributing to the preparation of bids and the general…