Senior Highway Structures Engineer – Asset & Renewals Lead

Freshlystaged; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is offering a permanent Senior Structures Engineer role covering the Yorkshire and North East region. The successful candidate will lead asset management and maintenance of highway structures assets, including bridges, and will develop early solutions in line with current standards.

You will base in Leeds, Wakefield or Darlington, with driving required and a clean record. The role emphasises collaboration with design and construction teams to deliver planned improvements.

Qualifications

• Chartered or Incorporated Civil or Structural Engineer with appropriate experience, or equivalent.
• Experience in Highway Structures management, inspection, assessment and design.
• Working knowledge of DMRB standards, methods of working & Specification for Highway Works and Eurocodes.
• Degree or HND in relevant discipline
• Knowledge of Construction Design Management 2015 and associated duties.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate activities and resources involved in the identification and evaluation of asset data and needs in order to develop early solutions, in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria.
• Lead the development of early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, taking into account new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed early solutions and plans, liaising with the relevant teams to identify and/or rectify issues.
• Identify, prepare briefs and support delivery of survey works that support the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Develop the technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractors for improvement and renewals work.

Skills

Highway Structures management

DMRB standards knowledge

CDM 2015 knowledge

Roads and bridges design experience

Education

Chartered or Incorporated Civil/Structural Engineer

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Job description

National Highways is offering a permanent Senior Structures Engineer role covering the Yorkshire and North East region. The successful candidate will lead asset management and maintenance of highway structures assets, including bridges, and will develop early solutions in line with current standards.

You will base in Leeds, Wakefield or Darlington, with driving required and a clean record. The role emphasises collaboration with design and construction teams to deliver planned improvements.