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 industries, delivering work that defines our future and creates societal impact. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. We offer opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, with a culture that aims to empower, include, and value everyone.

About The Business Unit: We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe, covering the full project cycle with planning, engineering, environmental and management skills.

Overview Of The Role

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you bring technical skills and structural knowledge to translate understanding of structural behaviours and analytical techniques into effective analyses and designs. You have experience in the analysis and design of complex bridges, work with industry codes (including Eurocodes), and enjoy guiding teams and communicating effectively with clients and colleagues.

Candidate specification

Essential

• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng/MEng, MSc or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE)
• Ability to deliver high quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications and construction documentation
• Demonstrable experience in bridge analysis, design and assessment with standard industry software such as LUSAS or MIDAS
• Commercial and financial awareness, and the ability to plan and monitor project programmes, budgets and resources to meet time and cost constraints
• Experience in and a commitment to effective management of Health, Safety and Welfare, Safety by Design

Desirable

• Preparation and review of technical approval documentation for highway and rail structures
• Experience of managing project teams and technical leadership
• Experience in the preparation of fee proposals and tender submissions
• Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows, e.g. BIM, parametric design and automation

Other information

UK Immigration: Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision follows changes to the Skilled Worker route. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker.

Agile working: We support a hybrid working policy to balance client, team, and personal commitments with well-being and flexibility.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion: We promote fair employment practices and an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

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

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan for everyday costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy for menopause support
• Wellbeing program with family access
• Salary flex to opt into health benefits

Financial wellbeing

• 6% pension contributions matched (4.5%–7%)
• Life assurance up to 4x basic salary (option to 6x)
• Income protection and return-to-work support
• Flexible benefits including additional life cover, critical illness, savings, will writing
• Profit sharing via annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• 33–35 days holiday depending on level, with buy/sell option
• Holiday entitlement increases to 35 days after 5 years
• Employee savings schemes and discounts

Enhanced family and carers leave

• 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave, 2 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

• Professional institution subscription
• Mentoring, training, and self-development opportunities

Networks and social outcomes

• Employee networks including LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers groups
• Community engagement opportunities

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

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Transport

Discipline: Bridges

Job Ref: 9973

Recruiter Contact: Ainsley Anstess