Senior Bridge Engineer

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National Highways operates, maintains, and improves the strategic road network in England, including over 23,000 structures (bridges, gantries, retaining walls etc.).

We are seeking three Senior Bridge Engineers to join our nationally and internationally recognised team within our Safety Engineering and Standards Directorate. 

The Safety, Engineering and Standards team is recognised for developing world leading standards and for providing expert advice and technical assurance in the field of bridge engineering. This is an opportunity to join an organisation that is leading the profession, with a structures asset stock valued at more than £49bn and with a long-term committed funding stream. 

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you will have the opportunity to provide specialist and complex technical advice and guidance to support the safe and efficient operation, maintenance, and modernisation of the Strategic Road Network. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within the technical management of highway structures, working with industry leading experts who are dedicated to quality, safety and making a meaningful contribution to the users of the Strategic Road Network. 

There is flexibility regarding the office at which the role is based (Birmingham, Bedford, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Guildford, Maidstone and Basingstoke). We offer flexible working arrangements, with a blended homeworking / office-based approach to suit individuals. Further, there is an option for compressed hours working, in which contractual hours are worked over fewer working days (e.g. nine-day fortnight).

What you will be leading on:

• Solving a range of bridge and other highway structure engineering problems.
• Ownership and development of standards, contributing to the development of structures policy and providing technical advice internally and externally to users of the standards.
• Providing authoritative technical advice and guidance to Operations and Major Projects Directorates and represent the interests of National Highways to external stakeholders.
• Representing the Technical Approval Authority and ensuring application of CG 300 technical governance to highway structures. 
• High level review of design, assessment and strengthening principles of new and existing structures.
• Contributing to the effective management of complex structural risks.

To be successful

• Be a Chartered Engineer (CEng, MICE, or MIStructE or equivalent) or Incorporated Engineer (or equivalent) with work experience relevant to the role.
• Extensive knowledge within the discipline with technical expertise and experience in delivery (or policy development) of design, assessment, and development of technical solutions for management of structures.
• Extensive knowledge of the DMRB, Eurocodes and their application.
• Experience of working independently and taking responsibility of delivery of complex bridge structures projects
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all organisational levels (including Senior Managers) and across all disciplines, with both internal and external stakeholders.

A bit about us

We provide the technical expertise to build and operate our roads safely and efficiently for the benefit of our customers and stakeholders.

Our seven divisions focus on assisting the delivery of projects and programmes under the four areas of our service model - Standards, Advice, Assurance and Change - enabling and delivering innovation and making sure that the right things are done in the right way.

We do this by building our professional capabilities - and working collaboratively with colleagues in the business and across the industry.

Want to know more? Please email hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting REQ 4766. 

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this.  We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. 

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. 

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)

And finally

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