At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage a team to ensure the safety and sustainability of highway structures.
- Company: Join a leading infrastructure organisation making a real impact in Bristol.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to influence at senior levels and manage significant budgets.
- Why this job: Shape major infrastructure projects and contribute to community safety and resilience.
- Qualifications: Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and proven leadership experience required.
The predicted salary is between 47250 - 57750 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced Structures Manager to lead the management, maintenance and strategic development of a diverse highway and open space structures portfolio. This includes bridges, retaining walls, culverts, road restraint systems, geotechnical assets and other critical infrastructure. This is a senior leadership role within a highways and infrastructure environment, with responsibility for ensuring the safety, resilience and long-term sustainability of the network. You will set strategy and policy for structures assets, provide expert technical advice across the business, and play a key role in shaping major infrastructure and transport improvement programmes. You will also take responsibility for the financial management of structures capital programmes of up to £3m per annum, contributing to the successful delivery of wider infrastructure investment programmes valued in excess of £150m.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop a team of senior engineers, engineers and technicians, providing clear technical direction and leadership.
- Provide multi-disciplinary technical advice on major infrastructure and development projects involving structures and geotechnical assets.
- Oversee inspection, maintenance and improvement programmes for all highway and open space structures.
- Manage and protect infrastructure assets, ensuring compliance with national standards, codes of practice and health & safety legislation.
- Develop, plan and deliver capital and revenue programmes, including full budget ownership and financial control.
- Manage contractors, consultants and external stakeholders, overseeing both routine works and complex one-off projects.
- Lead strategic asset management and lifecycle planning for structures and geotechnical assets.
- Act as Technical Approval Authority for structures-related approvals.
- Represent the organisation at regional and national forums where required.
About You
- Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering.
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (ICE or IStructE).
- Management qualification at NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent), with proven leadership experience.
- Strong technical knowledge of highway structures, inspection regimes and maintenance practices.
- Proven experience managing significant capital and revenue budgets.
- High level of commercial awareness and project management expertise.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior level.
- Experience using specialist structural design and assessment software.
- Familiarity with asset management systems such as AMX, including system development and optimisation.
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