Senior or Principal Bridge Engineer

About the role

As an experienced bridge engineer with chartered status, you will play an integral role in the design and delivery of our clients' bridge and multidisciplinary projects. You will be supported by their teams in the UK and Ireland.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Work with existing and new bridge and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure and articulation elements
Participate in the early project stages, including scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
Undertake and manage detailed design work, including modelling, calculations and overseeing drawing production
Support business development, including meeting prospective clients, seeking leads and bidding / tendering
Prepare and check documents, including specifications, contract documents and technical reports
Act as: a signatory to Approval in Principle (AIP) reports; design and cat 3 check certificates; client representative; and designer's site representative
Interface with clients from local and national authorities, consultants, and design-build (D&B) contractors amongst others

Essential

Hold the title of Chartered Engineer with the ICE, IStruct

E or equivalent
A good level of post-graduate professional bridges experience in the civil or structural engineering client / consultancy / construction sector
Excellent technical knowledge and engineering understanding of bridges
Ability to manage and monitor the finances of assigned projects within designated budgets

Experience of contributing to fee proposals and tenders (quality and commercial submissions)
Demonstrable responsibility for entire bridge-related projects or significant proportions of such projects
Experience interacting directly with clients and other disciplines and managing bridge engineers and technicians
Experience undertaking and supporting contract documentation, checking and contract implementation activity on assigned projects
Ability to communicate effectively with external parties, in person and in writing
Good knowledge of structural analysis software including finite element analysis
Excellent knowledge of and experience in the use of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislation in the field of UK bridge / structural design including Eurocodes
Comfortable working in a busy work environment with tight deadlines
Flexible, motivated and focused
Excellent attention to detail
Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable

Multidisciplinary consultancy or contracting experience from allied civil engineering disciplines, such as highways, structures, geotechnics, rail or water.

What to expect when you join

When you join, you will become part of a highly motivated team recognised for outstanding technical skill and passion for excellence.
You will be involved in the delivery of an interesting and broad range of civil and structural engineering projects, predominantly within the roads and bridges sectors.

You will have access to the exceptional training opportunities and an award-winning CPD programm. They offer health and wellbeing packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

They are a friendly team with an active social committee. From crazy golf, escape rooms, archery and barbecues to five-a-side football, quizzes, and charity events, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.

Why consider this opportunity

The company believes that it is the talent, energy and commitment their people bring to the business that make them who they are. Their work has been recognised for its design excellence, with projects winning many prestigious industry awards in the UK and Ireland.