Bridge Engineer (Highway Structures)

Matchtech; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech seeks a Structures Engineer to join an Asset Management division. You will support structure management by identifying asset needs, reviewing risk management plans, and handling project elements including budgets and some supply chain activities.

The role involves delivering structural reviews and preliminary designs while ensuring adherence to asset policies and standards across hybrid Bristol/Exeter locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in structures studies, renewals design or structural assessment.
• Good stakeholder management and customer-focused communication.
• Knowledge of National Highways standards (DMRB, MCHW, Eurocodes) and their application.
• CDM 2015 awareness is preferred.
• Experience managing budgets for schemes is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Identify survey briefs and support structures survey work for renewals and improvements.
• Monitor delivery of assessment work and liaise with technical partners for scheme delivery.
• Develop options and option reports considering techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Undertake structural reviews and assessments per CS 451 and DMRB standards.
• Help develop asset-led forward programme and design technical specifications.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

DMRB knowledge

Eurocodes knowledge

CDM 2015

Education

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Job description

Our client has an excellent opportunity for a Structures Engineer to join their Asset Management division within Operations. As a Structures Engineer, you will predominantly assist with the management of our structures by identifying asset needs and producing/reviewing risk management plans. The role will also entail elements of project management, like managing budgets and to an extent the supply chain to achieve goals of maintaining our assets in line with our DMRB standards.

The Structures Engineer may also spend time developing treatment options and undertaking preliminary design work, or else undertaking structural reviews and assessment works for structures, while assuring adherence to defined asset policies and standards.

This role can be based from either Bristol or Exeter offices on a hybrid basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, prepare survey briefs, and support delivery of structures survey works that support the improvement, assessments and/or renewal of structures assets.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed assessment work liaising with technical partners; or the delivery of treatment options, liaising with the relevant delivery teams to aid successful delivery of schemes.
• Develop early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, including compiling relevant documents, evidence, and option reports for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Undertake structural reviews in accordance with CS 451 and structural assessment in accordance with DMRB standards.
• Assist with developing the regions asset led forward programme and initial scheme development, customer centric designs and technical specifications.

About you.

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent and working towards a professional membership or professional body.
• Experience in structures studies, renewals work design, or structural assessment.
• Experience working within allocated budgets including the creation of a budget for scheme development (desirable).
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills with strong customer focus
• Knowledge of National Highways standards (DMRB, MCHW and Eurocodes) and their application on the highways network
• Knowledge of CDM 2015