At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and assess innovative bridge structures while mentoring junior engineers.
- Company: Join a leading engineering firm with a commitment to excellence and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy 28 days holiday, private healthcare, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional growth and a diverse, inclusive team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on infrastructure and develop your engineering skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Master's degree in civil or structural engineering and chartered status required.
The predicted salary is between 46000 - 55000 £ per year.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing, checking or assessment tasks across a wide range of both new and existing bridges or other complex structures.
- Supporting projects with a focus on the inspection, assessment, and lifecycle management of existing bridge assets.
- Liaising with clients and mentoring junior staff to ensure your projects are delivered on time and to budget with a high standard of technical quality.
- Production of engineering design and details, or for undertaking checking or assessment work in accordance with project requirements.
- Preparation of analysis models, calculations, written reports, and other contract deliverables, and for checking similar work by other engineers.
- Working closely with our CAD/BIM technicians to prepare 2D and 3D design drawings and models.
- Delivering your work to a high technical standard, ensuring accuracy through a conscientious approach to self‑checking.
- Visits to sites as required.
Qualifications & Experience
- A master’s degree in either civil or structural engineering and be chartered with either the ICE or IStructE or an equivalent institution.
- Proven post‑graduate experience in a design environment working on bridges, heavy civil, or other complex structures.
- Some experience of motivating, supervising, and coordinating project teams.
- Familiarity with UK design standards, Eurocodes and CDM regulations.
- The inter‑personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi‑disciplinary team.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
- The ability to demonstrate a deep understanding and enthusiasm for structural engineering and a personal commitment to technical excellence.
Benefits
- 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays.
- Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities.
- Private health care, for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents.
- Flexible and hybrid working conditions.
- Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions.
- Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange.
- Life assurance.
- Maternity Leave: 1‑20 weeks full pay, 21‑26 weeks half pay, 27‑39 statutory (SMP), 40‑52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply).
- Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply).
Optional Benefits
- Electric vehicle lease.
- Annual Rail card (available for under 30s).
Equal Opportunity Employer
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Senior Engineer (Bridge) in Bristol employer: COWI A/S
COWI is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in London, Glasgow, or Bristol where innovation and collaboration thrive. With a strong commitment to employee development through formalised plans and promotion opportunities, alongside generous benefits such as private healthcare and flexible working conditions, COWI fosters a culture of technical excellence and inclusivity, making it an ideal place for engineers passionate about bridge design and management.
