Overview
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. 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 work banks, access, resources, and supply chains for smooth delivery and minimal disruption.
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.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive Salary: Enjoy a competitive annual salary with the potential for yearly reviews to ensure you’re rewarded for your contributions.
- Company Car / Car allowance
- Career Growth: Propel your career with clear, dynamic advancement opportunities.
- Training Opportunities: Unlock your potential with comprehensive training tailored to your growth.
- Personal Development Opportunities: Advance your personal growth through mentorship and access to our award‑winning programmes.
- Pension: Benefit from a generous pension scheme with company contributions for your future peace of mind.
- Holidays: Enjoy at least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further 5 days.
- Flexible Benefits: Customise your benefits package with options like additional leave, cycle‑to‑work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships.
- Exclusive Discounts: Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more.
- Social Impact: Take part in our community initiatives with 2x paid volunteering days a year, plus other opportunities to support fundraising and local projects.
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- 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
- 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).
Other Information
At Amey, we value a culture of diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact, no matter their background, gender, race, or personal circumstances. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to shine. As a Disability Confident leader, we’re proud to offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
