Senior Engineer Bridges

Arcadis; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Bridges and Civil Structures team in Bristol, UK. This role involves providing technical leadership on high-profile engineering projects and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will have a background in Structural/Civil Engineering and experience in delivering complex projects.

The successful applicant will be responsible for project outcomes, client relationships, and will need to demonstrate effective communication skills while maintaining a quality management system.

Qualifications

• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Structural/Civil Engineering.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status or equivalent.
• Previous experience supervising large structural engineering projects.
• Experience leading a team of around 5 engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and advice to project team members.
• Apply sound independent engineering judgment in project development.
• Maintain commercial awareness of engineering project delivery.
• Discuss ideas and plan competently.
• Demonstrate effective personal and social skills.

Skills

Technical leadership

Independent engineering judgment

Project management

Communication skills

Knowledge of design risks

Education

BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Structural/Civil Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status

Job description

Role Description

Our Bridges and Civil Structures team has a reputation for technical excellence and innovation, delivering some of the most prestigious and challenging projects across the globe. We work with a diverse client base including the Department of Transport, Transport Scotland, National Highways, Welsh Government, Transport for London, local authorities, major civil engineering contractors and international governments on technically demanding, high‑profile schemes such as rehabilitating critical infrastructure and designing landmark structures.

As a Senior Engineer, you will work under the Bridges Team Leader to deliver technically challenging schemes, take responsibility for project outcomes and client relationships, mentor junior staff, and make key technical decisions on a diverse portfolio of new build and existing assets, ensuring delivery exceeds client expectations.

Accountabilities

• Provide technical leadership and advice to project team members.
• Apply sound independent engineering judgment in project development.
• Maintain commercial awareness of engineering project delivery.
• Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice.
• Discuss ideas and plan competently and with confidence.
• Demonstrate effective personal and social skills.
• Deliver to a project’s quality management system.
• Apply a sound knowledge of the management of design risks.

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Structural/Civil Engineering.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status, or equivalent.
• Previous relevant experience, including supervision of elements of large, complex structural engineering projects (bridges, retaining walls, etc.) across both new build and existing assets.
• Experience leading a team of around 5 engineers, providing sound leadership support while delivering on projects.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. We take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.