Digital Archival Specialist for Infrastructure Records

Amey; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

GP access

Wellbeing programmes

Mentoring & progression

Job summary

Amey is seeking Archivists to join our Infrastructure team in Scotland. You will preserve, structure and digitise technical records to support operational delivery and strategic planning across Network Bridges and Major Bridge Structures on Transport Scotland contracts.

You will establish standardised asset record archives, migrate legacy records to modern platforms, and train project teams on handling and archiving protocols while contributing to community reporting and knowledge-sharing

Qualifications

• Ability to assess, retrieve and digitise records across formats (paper, CD/DVD, digital).
• Proficiency with digital archiving platforms and metadata tagging for searchable, traceable records.
• Experience migrating legacy infrastructure documentation into modern digital systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish a structured archive for bridge-related records across Network Bridge Structures and Major Bridge Structures.
• Develop and maintain archives for drawings, reports, assessments and correspondence.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and archiving standards.
• Locate and organise historical records to support ongoing and future works.
• Collaborate with digital transformation teams to migrate legacy records to modern platforms.
• Provide training on document handling and archiving protocols.
• Contribute to community reporting and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Digitise records from diverse sources (hard drives, CDs, DVDs, paper files, external archives).
• Establish standardised formats compatible with Structures Management System and client databases.

Skills

Digital archiving

Metadata standards

Record retrieval

Cross-stakeholder communication

Education

Archival Studies / Information Management degree

Job description

Amey is seeking Archivists to join our Infrastructure team in Scotland. You will preserve, structure and digitise technical records to support operational delivery and strategic planning across Network Bridges and Major Bridge Structures on Transport Scotland contracts.

You will establish standardised asset record archives, migrate legacy records to modern platforms, and train project teams on handling and archiving protocols while contributing to community reporting and knowledge-sharing