Senior/Principal Bridge Engineer

Job Title: Senior/Principal Bridge Engineer

Location: Otley, North Leeds.

Salary: £43,000 - £55,000



A large consultancy that are rapidly growing in the UK Market are looking to recruit a Senior or Principal Bridge Engineer to join their team in Otley. They work solely on Design & Build schemes, giving you the full cycle from preliminary and feasibility design to build on a variety of Bridge Structures. Recent projects include work on Humber Bridge, The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing and the Northern Spire Bridge in Scotland.



As a Senior or Principal Engineer within the Bridge team you will be responsible for technical leadership and delivery to these D&B schemes. You will be still heavily involved in the detailed design, the surveying and inspections of structures and liaising directly with the clients.



This role is for a Chartered Engineer with at least 7 years' experience, working on similar schemes to above. If you aren't chartered but fast approaching and looking for a consultancy to achieve Chartership with, then there may still be opportunities at this consultancy for you as they are also looking to hire a Bridge Engineer.



Your responsibilities will include:



Working with both existing and new bridges and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure and articulation elements

Involvement at early project stages: scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering, scheme design

Detailed design: modelling, calculations, overseeing drawing production

Document preparation, including authoring technical reports, such as AIPs, specifications and contract documents

Reviewing the work of others: cat 3 checking, as a client representative and designer's site representative

Interfacing with clients from local and authorities, consultants, and D&B contractors amongst others

Supporting graduate engineers as they progress towards chartership

Job Requirements



Minimum seven years' (senior engineer) / seven years' (principal engineer) professional experience

Chartered engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or equivalent

Detailed knowledge and experience in the use of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislationIf interested please contact Taylor Smith at Calibre Search Manchester for more information,



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