Senior Bridge Engineer, £35000 - £45000, East Grinstead, Sussex


I am currently representing one of the UK's largest and most diverse multidisciplinary consultancies in the design, management and infrastructure sectors. They are a market leader in strategic public/private partnerships with local authorities.

They have over 4,000 staff at 57 UK & Ireland offices offering a vast range of professional and technical expertise across an unrivalled number of services.

They are currently looking for a Senior Bridges Engineer with a desire to work on exciting infrastructure projects and develop their career.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established and growing team of structural designers, and to take a prominent role within the team to work on major infrastructure projects.

The successful candidate would join the existing structures team who are currently providing design services on a variety of major infrastructure projects in the tunnelling, rail and highway sectors within the UK and internationally.

The role will have responsibility attached to it for managing design teams and mentoring junior staff. Our main requirement is for a number of design commissions on the Crossrail scheme, (they are awaiting the results of our tender submissions) which will be located at Crossrail's Canary Wharf offices, however other opportunities exist at our offices in East Grinstead.

You will be expected to have substantial experience in the design of bridge and/or heavy civil engineering structures associated with infrastructure works, and be looking to progress in your technical field.

Experience Required:

· Station Boxes (diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, propping slabs, etc)
· Cut and Cover Tunnels (diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, etc)
· Bridges and Viaducts (both in steel and concrete)
· Civil engineering related degree, BEng level minimum, or equivalent
· Chartered (ICE or IStructE)
· Good technical experience in bridge design and/or the design of heavy civil engineering structures such as station boxes and cut and cover tunnels.
· Good working knowledge of CDM requirements
· Experience of planning design work and managing programme and budgets for design tasks.
· Understanding of the DMRB and British standards
· Knowledge of Eurocodes
· Working with contractors on design and build projects
· Experience in the detailed design of tunnels (immersed tube and bored) and retaining structures
· Experience in the detailed design of a variety of forms of bridge structure
· Experience of operating within quality procedures.
· Providing leadership to design teams and CAD teams for the delivery of design
· Mentoring of junior technical staff
· Undertaking design work in accordance with quality procedures and CDM legislation
· Managing programme and budgets of design work
· Able to work on own initiative and under pressure, when necessary
· Good communicator at all levels, both orally and in writing
· Accuracy and attention to detail
· Interested in personal technical development in specific fields
· Willingness to learn, develop and widen experience
· Looking for career progression



Benefits include:

· Company pension - employer 5%, employee 6%
· Car allowance (10% of basic)
· Private healthcare
· 25 days leave
· Flexible working hours
· Sharesave and share ownership scheme
· Corporate discounts
· Childcare benefits
· Life assurance 2x salary
· Payment of 2 proffesional subscriptions
· Overtime and flexi days






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