Senior Bridge Engineer

Kier Group; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Salford is seeking a Senior Bridge Engineer to join the Penrith Design Solutions Structures team based in Salford. You will produce and oversee bridge design, assessment and maintenance solutions while mentoring the team.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status or working towards it, 6+ years in highways, and a track record delivering projects to programme and budget, with strong collaboration across clients and teams.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status or working towards it is preferred.
• 6+ years post-graduate experience in highways and bridge work.
• Proven bridge design, assessment and maintenance experience.
• Ability to manage projects to programme and budget.
• Strong collaboration across teams and clients.

Responsibilities

• Producing and overseeing bridge design, assessment and maintenance solutions that meet client requirements within budget and timescale
• Developing designs in accordance with National design standards and the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
• Preparing scheme documents, reports and ensuring compliance with Quality Management Systems
• Ensuring all designs comply with relevant health and safety legislation, particularly CDM Regulations
• Mentoring and supporting the development of team members to grow their capabilities

Skills

Bridge design

Project management

Mentoring

Client relationship

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng/MICE/MIStructE)

Tools

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

Quality Management Systems

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Bridge Engineer to join our Penrith Design Solutions Structures team based in Salford.

Location: Salford - Optimum House

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

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you'll play a vital role in producing and overseeing scheme designs, reports and documentation for our structures team. This is an opportunity to use your expertise to deliver innovative bridge design, assessment and maintenance solutions that meet client requirements while mentoring and developing our talented team.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, You'll Be Working Within The Penrith Design Solutions Structures Team, Supporting Them In Delivering High-quality Bridge Design And Assessment Solutions. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Producing and overseeing bridge design, assessment and maintenance solutions that meet client requirements within budget and timescale
• Developing designs in accordance with National design standards and the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
• Preparing scheme documents, reports and ensuring compliance with Quality Management Systems
• Ensuring all designs comply with relevant health and safety legislation, particularly CDM Regulations
• Mentoring and supporting the development of team members to grow their capabilities

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Bridge Engineer is great for you if:

• You're working towards or have achieved Chartered Engineer status (CEng MICE, MIStructE or equivalent)
• You have 6+ years post-graduate experience in a similar role within Highways
• You have proven experience of bridge design standards and analysis
• You can demonstrate successful management and delivery of projects to programme and budget
• You enjoy collaborating with others and building effective relationships across teams and clients

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box,

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.