Bridge Manager Route for Senior Highways Engineer

Ardour Associates Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Benefits package

Development pathway

Job summary

Ardour Associates Ltd. is seeking an experienced Principal Highways Structures Engineer in Bristol to progress into a Bridge Manager role.

The role focuses on managing a portfolio of bridges and highway structures, reviewing inspections, assessing reports and planning maintenance while ensuring compliance with DMRB standards. The successful candidate will have strong highways structures experience, understand lifecycle planning and be prepared to take on broader asset management

Qualifications

• Strong experience in highways structures and bridges.
• Good understanding of bridge inspections, structural assessments, maintenance and repair.
• Experience with bridges, culverts and retaining walls.
• Knowledge of structural defects, deterioration and lifecycle requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of a portfolio of bridges and highway structures.
• Review General Inspections, Principal Inspections and structural assessment reports.
• Identify structural defects, deterioration, risks and maintenance requirements.
• Support planning of bridge maintenance, repair, strengthening and refurbishment works.
• Provide technical advice on bridges and highway structures.
• Review designs, assessments and engineering recommendations.
• Support structural risk management and maintenance prioritisation.
• Liaise with designers, contractors, inspectors and asset management teams.
• Ensure works comply with highways standards, specifications and DMRB requirements.
• Support budgets, programmes and forward works planning.
• Progressively take greater responsibility for Bridge Manager duties as experience develops.

Skills

Highways structures

Bridge engineering

Bridge inspections

Lifecycle planning

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

HNC/HND or equivalent

Job description

Ardour Associates Ltd. is seeking an experienced Principal Highways Structures Engineer in Bristol to progress into a Bridge Manager role.

The role focuses on managing a portfolio of bridges and highway structures, reviewing inspections, assessing reports and planning maintenance while ensuring compliance with DMRB standards. The successful candidate will have strong highways structures experience, understand lifecycle planning and be prepared to take on broader asset management