Senior Bridge Engineer

Location: Bristol, UK
Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess

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 incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

Overview of the role
Our Heavy Civils and Infrastructure Division are seeking a Chartered Bridge Engineer to join our team in Bristol and take a leading role in the delivery of bridges and civil structures projects. These cover the full spectrum of bridge engineering from the sustainable design of new structures to the use of emerging technologies together with advanced structural analysis to solve some of the most challenging asset management problems. The scale of our projects ranges from small and bespoke design commissions through to some of the most significant infrastructure projects within the UK and worldwide. 

Some of our team’s current major projects & clients include:

• Transport for Wales (TfW)
• HS2 
• Network Rail
• Bristol City Council and other Local Authorities
• Various trunk road agents

You will be responsible for the management and delivery of projects and work packages, ensuring that client requirements and quality standards are met, within programme and budget. This will include technical leadership of projects and the further development of technical and digital knowledge and capability within the bridges team. The role carries a high degree of autonomy and responsibility, requiring supervision of part of the team and rigorous checking to ensure quality and compliance with corporate governance processes.

We want you to develop your career in this role and we will proactively support your personal development. The role will present many opportunities to develop client relationships, drive continuous improvement in the way we deliver, contribute to bid proposals and develop business strategy. Our staff are contributing to schemes that make a real difference to people's lives and we are looking for a talented engineer who can help us provide yet greater benefits to more people.

Candidate specification
We are looking for an ambitious, self-motivated and driven engineer with the following:

Essential:

• Degree qualified in civil engineering (BEng/MEng, MSc or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (ICE or IStructE)
• Ability to deliver high quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications and construction documentation
• Demonstrable experience in bridge analysis, design and assessment including an ability to undertake and oversee the analysis of structures using standard industry software, such as, LUSAS or MIDAS
• Commercial and financial awareness, and the ability to plan and monitor project programmes, budgets and resources to ensure delivery to time and cost constraints
• Experience in and a 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 of managing project teams and technical leadership would be advantageous
• Experience in the preparation of fee proposals and tender submissions would be advantageous
• Experience of working with clients, such as TfW, Network Rail and Local Authorities
• Knowledge of the sustainable design of bridges and civil structures would be advantageous
• Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows, for example BIM, parametric design and automation

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working  

We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. 

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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