Experienced Graduate Bridge Engineer

Description

Join the St Albans bridges and structures team as an experienced graduate bridge engineer. The team is busy and growing, and you will build your career here as you work toward professional qualification.

The St Albans office has a long record of delivering bridge engineering work across the South East, the UK and overseas, including assessment, concept, feasibility, preliminary and detailed design. Long-term framework agreements with local authorities and Network Rail keep the work steady and support local and national transport networks.

Current work includes bridge inspection, analysis and design for local authorities, and structural assessments of operational property and civil structures for Network Rail. The company develops projects from concept through to operation for rail and transit agencies, often on multiyear, multimillion-dollar schemes. The company has more than 50,000 staff worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Take rail and road bridge and related structures through inspection, assessment and feasibility to detailed design.
• Prepare calculations, reports, drawings and technical approval documents, and support them through to client sign-off.
• Carry out hands-on design and analysis of road and rail structures, working under Senior Engineers and alongside Technicians and multidisciplinary teams.
• Help with structural inspections and reporting, including site visits.
• Liaise with clients.
• Help prepare tenders, including quality documents and costings.
• Support project management, including programme and resource monitoring, quality control, technical management and delivery.
• Gain more autonomy over time, meeting project scope, timelines and budgets.

Requirements

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as bridge, civil or structural engineering.
• An MSc, MEng or equivalent in civil or structural engineering.
• Graduate membership of ICE and IStructE, and a proven commitment to achieving chartered status.
• Experience with bridge inspection, assessment and design schemes, including related structures.
• Knowledge of Eurocodes, British Standards and assessment codes.
• Experience designing concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures.
• Design and project management experience, delivering to quality, time and budget.
• Experience on road, rail and water bridge projects.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong technical skills in current inspection, assessment and design, with the ability to help graduates and technicians on such projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• An understanding of project health and safety responsibilities, including compliance with CDM legislation.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD is preferable but not essential.

Conditions

Based at the St Albans office, with a flexible hybrid working model.

Site visits and occasional night or weekend work when needed.

All new hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an the company office as a condition of employment.

The company is a Disability Confident Employer and will interview applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the essential criteria.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits to support your future, well-being and lifestyle.
• Career development and structured training.
• Technical practice networks and mentoring to support your path to chartered status.
• Access to the company University.
• Volunteering days.
• Hybrid working for a work-life balance that suits you.