Are you an experienced structural or civil engineer with a passion for bridges and infrastructure? Do you want to take the next step in your career with a growing, employee owned consultancy that empowers its people?

Capilaux is assisting in the hiring process for a Senior Bridges Engineer to join our York team and play a key role in the delivery of exciting projects across the UK, predominantly within the rail, infrastructure, and transportation sectors.

We’re seeking a proactive, client-focused engineer with a solid technical background and leadership experience. You should be ready to grow with the business and help shape the future of the company.

Responsibilities

• Degree-qualified and Chartered (or sitting your review within 12 months – ICE/IstructE)
• 6+ years’ experience in a design environment
• Design experience with structures such as bridges, tunnels, stations, and buildings across materials including concrete, steel, timber, and masonry
• CRE-level experience in bridge refurbishment and renewals
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Project management experience, including financial oversight and coordinating design activities
• Experience managing small teams (2–4 people) and multi-discipline commissions
• Confident in a client-facing, work-winning capacity
• Full UK driving licence
• Delivering and developing conceptual and detailed designs
• Leading technical inputs and design checks across key structural projects
• Using design software to perform structural calculations and analysis
• Representing the business at client and stakeholder meetings
• Managing small and medium-sized projects from scoping to completion
• Mentoring and supporting junior staff
• Site inspections and structural investigations
• Contributing to fee proposals and business development activity

You’ll report directly to the York Office Lead and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across our offices in UK.

What’s on Offer

• Profit-sharing bonus – up to £3,600 tax-free
• 22 days’ holiday + 8 Bank Holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Funded professional membership
• Ongoing training and development
• A wide range of employee benefits

As an employee-owned company, we offer more than just a job – we offer a stake in the business and a say in how we grow. We’re a team of 60+ engineers working across four UK offices, with a “can-do” attitude and a focus on delivering practical, cost-effective solutions to our clients. You’ll gain hands-on business exposure across the full project lifecycle – from work-winning to delivery and leadership.

If you’re looking to take ownership of your work, drive your career forward, and be part of a team that values your ideas – we’d love to hear from you.