Senior Bridge Engineer

Kier Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Bridge Engineer to join Kier Design in the highways sector. You will lead design teams on major projects, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery of technical outputs to UK standards.

You should hold a degree in a relevant discipline, be approaching Chartered status (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent), have a full driving licence, and extensive experience in inspection, assessment, and Eurocode highway design.

Qualifications

• Holding a degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Approaching or Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent)
• In possession of a Full driving licence
• Demonstrable broad in-depth experience in inspection, assessment, design and construction of highway structures to UK standards
• Experienced in design of highway structures to Eurocodes

Responsibilities

• Managing the delivery of technical outputs of project teams and acting as Lead Designer on work undertaken by the team
• Undertaking services including scheme investigation, site and structure inspections, feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design
• Carrying out checking of design deliverables including drawings, specifications, reports and contract documents, and authorising where appropriate
• Developing talent within the team by coaching and mentoring Engineers, Technicians and Graduates
• Developing and maintaining good working relationships with clients and key stakeholders

Skills

Project leadership

Mentoring engineers

Client relationships

UK highway design

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Chartered member (MICE/MIStructE)

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Bridge Engineer to join our Kier Design team based in Birmingham within the highways sector. Kier Design,a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Location: Birmingham
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offercertificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you…

• Holding a degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Approaching or Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent)
• In possession of a Full driving licence
• Demonstrable broad in-depth experience in inspection, assessment, design and construction of highway structures to UK standards
• Experienced in design of highway structures to Eurocodes

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Bridge Engineer (Highways Bridges), you'll be working within the StructuresTeam, supporting them in delivering technical outputs for major projects including National Highways Major Projects, National Highways SDF, TfL, and other significant contracts. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role where you'll manage project delivery, mentor developing talent, and contribute to technical excellence and innovation. You'll be working on meaningful infrastructure projects that make a real difference to communities, while being supported in your professional development within a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing the delivery of technical outputs of project teams and acting as Lead Designer on work undertaken by the team
• Undertaking services including scheme investigation, site and structure inspections, feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design
• Carrying out checking of design deliverables including drawings, specifications, reports and contract documents, and authorising where appropriate
• Developing talent within the team by coaching and mentoring Engineers, Technicians and Graduates
• Developing and maintaining good working relationships with clients and key stakeholders

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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