We are excited to offer a permanent opportunity for an accomplished Avonmouth Bridge Manager to join our Specialist Bridges Inspection and Maintenance (SBIM) team in Bristol. The Avonmouth Bridge Manager oversees all technical, engineering, and operational aspects of the Avonmouth Bridge, ensuring its safety, resilience, and compliance with statutory and contractual standards. You'll lead inspections, maintenance, renewals, and enhancements, acting as the main point of contact for the Client's team. The Avonmouth Bridge is a crucial M5 crossing over the River Avon, a 1,388-metre steel box‑girder structure carrying over 100,000 vehicles daily. As a vital gateway, it connects Bristol and the wider region, enduring heavy traffic and challenging conditions. As Bridge Manager, you'll steward this complex crossing, lead safe operations and targeted renewals, and proactively maintain its deck, welds, and access systems. Your leadership will keep the bridge resilient for road users, communities, and businesses alike. A central aspect of the role is to maximise value for money by driving operational efficiency and productivity. You'll coordinate workbanks, access, resources, and supply chains for smooth delivery and minimal disruption. The standard hours of work are 40 per week.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage specialist bridge inspections, cyclic and reactive maintenance, and renewal schemes including design coordination and operational delivery.
- Ensure compliance and delivery of operations in accordance with CDM Regulations.
- Deliver maintenance solutions.
- Deliver incident response and instant repairs.
- Support delivery of renewal schemes including design, construction, and site supervision.
- Ensure compliance with ISO standards including ISO31000 (Risk Management), ISO22301 (Business Continuity), ISO9001 (Quality), and ISO14001 (Environmental).
- Maintain and manage Client's Stocks and Premises.
- Implement a management system that addresses the 'Purple book' and gantry O&M manuals for their respective bridge.
- Line manage an inspection and operations team.
- Provide technical leadership to a team of inspectors, project managers and delivery teams.
- Coordinate all work activities to maximise productivity, efficiency and value for money, ensuring seamless integration of inspections, maintenance renewals and access operations.
- Extensive technical expertise in large structures.
- Ability to manage complex portfolios, including inspections, design, and project delivery.
- Experience leading operational teams and projects from start to finish.
- Proven client relationship management with senior and sensitive stakeholders.
- Experience managing multiple projects and balancing tasks in live environments.
- Strong contract delivery experience, including NEC contracts, and understanding of programme, cost, risk, and safety.
- Ability to coordinate traffic, access, resources, and supply chain for safe and efficient works.
- Experience in high‑risk, time‑critical settings with rapid decision‑making.
- Ability to integrate multiple workstreams and minimise disruption.
- Principal Contractor experience, with CDM and safe site operations knowledge.
- Leadership of multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance and safe delivery.
- Experience in contracting environments, with commercial awareness and risk mitigation.
- Understanding and delivery of commercial contracts, meeting business targets.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer (MICE/MIStructE) or working towards chartership.
- NEC 4 Accredited Project Manager.
- Chartered APM, Prince 2, or equivalent qualification.
- Experience with remote monitoring systems (CCTV, WIM, wind monitoring, dehumidification).
Benefits:
- Competitive annual salary with potential for yearly reviews.
- Company car or car allowance.
- Clear career growth opportunities.
- Comprehensive training tailored to your growth.
- Mentorship and access to award‑winning development programs, including Leadership Development, Women@Amey and Multicultural Leadership.
- Generous pension scheme with company contributions.
- At least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
- Flexible benefits package, including additional leave, cycle‑to‑work schemes, charitable giving and gym memberships.
- Access to exclusive discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services and more.
- Paid volunteering days (2 per year) and other community initiatives.
