senior bridge engineer

Kier Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Kier Group as a Senior Bridge Engineer in Salford or Penrith, where you'll lead the delivery of bridge design and inspection projects. This permanent full-time role offers competitive salary, private healthcare, and a chance to make a difference in transportation. Ideal for a Chartered Engineer enthusiastic about structural challenges.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Matched pension

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with experience in bridge or highways disciplines.
• Proven experience in design and assessment standards.
• Capability to manage and deliver projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and assessment checks for bridge projects.
• Develop solutions that comply with health and safety regulations.
• Report progress to clients regarding project status.

Skills

Bridge design

Project management

Structural assessment

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng, MICE, MIStructE or equivalent)

Job description

Are you a Chartered Senior Bridge Engineer ready for your next big challenge? Join our Transportation team in either Salford or Penrith! In this role, you'll take the lead on developing scheme designs, reports, and technical documentation, delivering high-quality results on time and within budget. You'll also play a pivotal role in carrying out structural inspections and managing structural assessments.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Salford / Penrith - remote working available, with travel to the office required

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Salary: 45,000 - 50,500 + private healthcare + matched pension + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you will assist in the overall delivery of the workload of the Structures team within the Salford and Penrith Structures offices, including assessment and design checks.

Your day-to-day will include:

1. Contributing to the successful delivery of the programme of work by producing, developing, and overseeing sound bridge design, assessment, and maintenance solutions to meet client requirements within budget and timescale.
2. Developing and designing solutions in accordance with national design and assessment standards.
3. Producing and overseeing designs that comply with relevant health and safety legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations.
4. Contributing to the regular reporting of progress to clients by communicating with line managers regarding their progress against the planned programme.

Who are we looking for?

This role of a Senior Bridge Engineer is ideal if you are:

1. A Chartered Engineer (CEng, MICE, MIStructE, or equivalent).
2. Experienced in a similar role within bridge or highways disciplines.
3. Proven experience in bridge design and assessment standards and methods of analysis.
4. Capable of managing and delivering projects within programme and budget constraints.

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. More information about our benefits can be found here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a priority. We are proud of our initiatives and encourage our employees to shape our policies. Our D&I action plan is available here.

We look forward to receiving your application.