Overview

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Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton; 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 global industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact. Our people power our performance and we succeed when they do. We offer opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, with many paths to excellence. As a proudly employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space where everyone feels 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 issues such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation to delivering infrastructure and maintaining 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

We are recruiting a Principal Bridge Engineer whose career has progressed into project management to join our team and support a growing workload of projects in the UK and globally. Our focus is on delivering innovative and economic solutions for clients. As a Principal Bridge Engineer, you will guide design, a section of the design, or act as a Technical Lead delivering technical excellence on projects. You will translate your structural knowledge into effective analyses and designs, work with industry codes (including Eurocodes), and lead teams in structural analysis and client meetings.

Candidate specification

Essential

• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng/MEng, MSc or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE)
• Practical design experience in bridges with ability to collaborate with local and global teams to deliver a consistent client experience
• Ability to deliver high-quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications, and construction documentation
• Experience managing project teams and providing technical leadership, including planning and management of physical and financial resources
• Ability to apply safety, governance, and quality management principles
• Experience in bridge analysis, design, and assessment with ability to oversee analyses
• Commercial and financial knowledge to plan and monitor programmes, budgets, and resources
• Experience in Health, Safety and Welfare, Safety by Design management
• Experience in managing project teams and technical leadership

Desirable

• Preparation and review of technical approval documentation for highway and rail structures
• Experience in identifying, winning, and delivering projects including fee proposals and tender submissions
• Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows (e.g., BIM, parametric design, automation)
• Experience in analysis and design of complex bridges and structures in steel and concrete
• Understanding of structural behaviours with ability to translate into effective structural analysis

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

Agile working

We support hybrid working to meet client, team, and personal commitments.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We promote fair employment practices and strive for an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Accessibility

If you need adjustments to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs
• Access to Peppy for menopause support
• Wellbeing program including family access
• Salary flex for health benefits, extendable to family

Financial wellbeing

• Matching pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance up to 4x basic salary, with option to 6x
• Income protection and return-to-work support
• Flexible benefits including increased life assurance, critical illness, payroll saving, will writing
• Profit sharing via annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• 33-35 days holiday per year, with buy/sell of leave option
• Holiday entitlement increases to 35 days after 5 years
• Discounts and saving schemes

Enhanced family and carers leave

• 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave; two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks paid
• Up to five additional days leave for caring responsibilities

Learning and development

• Annual professional subscription and training opportunities

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability, and parents/carers

Apply now for more information about our application process.

Location(s): Croydon, Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, Cardiff, Bristol, Glasgow, Altrincham, Sheffield, London, Leeds, Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Transport

Discipline: Bridges

Job Ref: 10137

Recruiter Contact: Ainsley Anstess