Overview
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Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton; UK
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across global industries, delivering work that defines the future and makes a societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance, and we succeed when they do. We offer opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, with a culture that aims to empower, include, and value everyone.
About the Business Unit: We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe, covering the full project cycle from business case to delivery and maintenance.
Overview Of The Role
We are recruiting for a Principal Bridge Engineer whose career has progressed into project management to join our team and support a growing workload of exciting projects located in the UK and around the world. The role focuses on delivering innovative and economical solutions for clients and offers opportunities to guide design, lead sections of design, or act as Technical Lead delivering technical excellence on projects. Your experience in bridge analysis, design and assessment, and familiarity with industry codes (including Eurocodes) will contribute to effective structural analyses and designs and to guiding teams and communicating with clients and colleagues.
As a Principal Bridge Engineer, your career will involve translating structural understanding into analyses and designs, leading teams, and ensuring high-quality design documentation, including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications, and construction documentation.
Candidate specification
Essential
* Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng/MEng, MSc or equivalent)
* Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE)
* Practical design experience in the bridges industry with demonstrated ability to collaborate with local and global teams to deliver a consistent client experience and quality
* Ability to deliver high-quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications and construction documentation
* Experience in managing project teams and technical leadership, including planning and management of physical and financial resources to meet milestones
* Ability to apply sound safety, governance and quality management principles and processes
* Demonstrable experience in bridge analysis, design and assessment, including the ability to oversee analyses of structures
* Commercial and financial knowledge with the ability to plan and monitor project programmes, budgets and resources to ensure delivery on time and cost constraints
* Experience in and commitment to effective management of Health, Safety and Welfare, Safety by Design
Desirable
* Preparation and review of technical approval documentation for highway and rail structures
* Experience in identifying, winning and delivering projects including preparation of fee proposals and tender submissions
* Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows (e.g., BIM, parametric design and automation)
* Experience in the analysis and design of complex bridges and structures in steel and concrete
* Experience and deep understanding of structural behaviours with ability to translate into effective structural analysis
Location and working arrangements
Location(s): Croydon, Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, Cardiff, Bristol, Glasgow, Altrincham, Sheffield, London, Leeds, Birmingham
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Benefits by category
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for UK colleagues
* Health cash plan for everyday costs
* Access to Peppy for menopause support
* Wellbeing program with options for you and your family
* Flex salary options to tailor health benefits
Financial wellbeing
* Employer pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
* Life assurance up to 4x basic salary (option to 6x)
* Income protection and return-to-work support
* Flexible benefits, including increased life cover and critical illness insurance
* Share in financial success through bonus schemes
Lifestyle
* Annual leave 33-35 days, increasing with years of service
* Holiday entitlement increases after 5 years
* Employee saving schemes and retailer discounts
Enhanced family and carers leave
* 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave; two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
* Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay
* Up to five additional days leave for caring responsibilities
Learning and development
* Annual professional institution subscription
* Mentoring, formal training, and self-development opportunities
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Join groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
* Contribute to community outcomes through company initiatives
To apply now or for more information about the application process, click here.
Recruiter Contact: Ainsley Anstess
Job Ref: 10137
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Industry: Civil Engineering
Discipline: Bridges
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