Bridges & Civils - Team Leader

AtkinsRéalis Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis Group is seeking a Bridges & Civils Team Leader in Teesside to drive delivery of high-profile highway and rail projects. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage resources and budgets, and ensure quality in line with standards.

Ideally you hold a civil engineering degree and ICE/IStructE progress toward Chartership, with strong communication skills and client relationship experience. This role is based on-site in Teesside with hybrid flexibility.

Qualifications

• Design, maintenance, inspection and supervision of civil or structural projects in highway/rail environments.
• Ability to lead production of design documentation: sketches, drawings, calculations, reports and specs.
• Experience with client relationships and work winning.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of multiple packages and projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget results.
• Support project resourcing and financial control to keep schemes profitable.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary design teams across highways, rail and local authorities.

Skills

Bridge design

Project management

Stakeholder management

Civil engineering

Education

BEng/MEng/MSc in Civil Engineering

Tools

LUSAS

MIDAS

Autodesk Structural Bridge Design

Job description

As a Bridges & Civils Team Leader within our Transportation business based in Teesside, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of transportation. We work on a number of exciting, high-profile projects and frameworks for our many key Clients within our Strategic Highways, Local Transport & Rail markets as well as wider non-transportation projects both in the UK and overseas. We're proud to be delivering a range of high-profile and meaningful infrastructure projects across the region, with a strong pipeline of future work where you can play a key role within our Bridges & Civils Team. Current projects include the refurbishment design of the iconic Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough.Your role

• As part of our team, you'll also have opportunities to collaborate with specialist groups and contribute to major projects across the UK, broadening your experience and impact.
• Using your technical and delivery skills, you will be responsible for delivering a variety of projects for new build highways and rail schemes, renewals schemes, assessment works and asset management schemes.
• Your duties will include leading the management of both individual packages and entire projects, supporting project resourcing and financial control to ensure our schemes are delivered profitably, to programme, and in accordance with AtkinsRéalis' quality assurance systems.
• You will have a background in civil engineering, and an interest in the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects within highways, rail or local authority environments.
• You'll be familiar with working in large, geographically dispersed multidisciplinary design teams on projects at varying stages of development from feasibility through to detailed design. BEng / MEng or MSc degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Incorporated status and membership of the ICE or IStructE (or working towards Chartership).

Expected criteria

• The role will be varied, requiring a balance of relevant industry experience, technical ability, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven knowledge in design, maintenance, inspection and supervision of civils or structures related projects in a highway structure and/ or rail environment.
• Practical knowledge and experience of bridge design, maintenance, inspection and assessment or delivery of civil engineering works within highway and railway environment.
• Use analytical skills to derive potential solutions to engineering problems and engineering judgement to appraise different options and recommend the most suitable option.
• Ability to oversee the production of and review high-quality design documentation including sketches, drawings, calculations, reports and specifications.
• Experience of working with key clients such as National Highways, Network Rail, Local Authorities, developers and major contractors.
• Experience of work winning and developing Client relationships.
• Good understanding of relevant design standards (e.g. DMRB, MCHW, Eurocodes, Network Rail Standards).
• Ability to develop and agree scopes and manage the internal technical supply chain, including budgets, programme and quality of deliverables, delivering within set time frame.
• Good project management skills, commercial awareness, financial control and ability to deliver across a range of contract types, this will include an ability to manage stakeholders, e.g. specialist suppliers, independent checkers and local authorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to converse with a wide range of Clients and colleagues across a number of engineering disciplines.

Desirable criteria

• Design and Build, ECI and Traditional Contracts.
• Experience of software packages such as LUSAS, MIDAS and Autodesk Structural Bridge Design.
• Offsite Construction and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA).
• Experience of concrete repair or cathodic protection.
• Experience undertaking CRE or CEM roles for Network Rail projects.
• Experience with NEC4 Contracts.

We recognise that whilst, your experience might not fit these criteria exactly, you could still be a valuable addition to our team. If you have a desire to develop within Transportation Bridges and civils, we look forward to making the most of your transferrable skills and would welcome hearing from you. We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people., At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.