Graduate Bridge Engineer

Description

The St Albans Bridges and Structures team is busy and expanding, and this graduate role is for someone working toward chartered status.

The St Albans office delivers bridge engineering across the South East, the UK and internationally, covering assessment, concept, feasibility, preliminary and detailed design.

Long-term framework agreements with local authorities and Network Rail underpin the work on road and rail transport infrastructure.

Current projects include bridge inspection, analysis and design for local authorities, and structural assessments of operational property and civil structures for Network Rail.

The company takes projects from concept through to operation, providing engineering and construction services on multi-year, multimillion-dollar work for major rail and transit agencies.

The company is a Fortune 500 firm, and its Professional Services business reported revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

Over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers and other professionals work across the global team.

Responsibilities

• Take rail and road bridge and structural schemes from inspection and assessment, through feasibility, to detailed design.
• Prepare calculations, reports, drawings and technical approval paperwork, and follow it through to client sign-off.
• Carry out hands-on design and analysis of road and rail structures under Senior Engineers, working alongside technicians and multidisciplinary teams.
• Assist with structural inspections and reporting, including site visits and night or weekend work when needed.
• Liaise with clients.
• Help prepare tenders, including quality documents and cost estimates.
• Support project management, including programme and resource tracking, quality control, technical management and delivery.
• Communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.
• Gain autonomy over time, with access to technical practice networks, structured training and mentoring toward chartered status.

Requirements

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as bridge, civil or structural engineering.
• MSc or MEng level, or equivalent, in civil or structural engineering.
• Graduate Member of ICE and IStructE, with a proven commitment to gaining chartership.
• Experience with inspection, assessment and design of bridges and 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 current technical skills in inspection, assessment and design, and the ability to support graduates and technicians on such projects.
• Understanding of project health and safety duties, including CDM compliance.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, which is preferable but not essential.

Conditions

Hybrid working is offered, so you can work from an office, remotely or at a client site.

In-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office is required as a condition of employment.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer, and it offers interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits that support your future and well-being, tailored to your lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities.
• Access to an in-house university, technical practice networks and structured training.
• Volunteering days.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking as part of a global, publicly traded firm.