Structures Engineer

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Structures Engineer to join our Asset Management division within Operations. As a Structures Engineer, you will predominantly assist with the management of our structures by identifying asset needs and producing/reviewing risk management plans. The role will also entail elements of project management, like managing budgets and to an extent the supply chain to achieve our goals of maintaining our assets in line with our DMRB standards.

The Structures Engineer may also spend time developing treatment options and undertaking preliminary design work, or else undertaking structural reviews and assessment works for structures, while assuring adherence to defined asset policies and standards. This role can be based from either our Bristol, Bedford or Exeter offices on a hybrid basis. You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving licence, with no more than 3 points, to be considered for this position.

• Identify, prepare survey briefs, and support delivery of structures survey works that support the improvement, assessments and/or renewal of structures assets.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed assessment work liaising with technical partners; or the delivery of treatment options, liaising with the relevant delivery teams to aid successful delivery of schemes.
• Develop early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, including compiling relevant documents, evidence, and option reports for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Undertake structural reviews in accordance with CS 451 and structural assessment in accordance with DMRB standards.
• Assist with developing the regions asset led forward programme and initial scheme development, customer centric designs and technical specifications.

About you:

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent and working towards a professional membership or professional body.
• Experience in structures studies, renewals work design, or structural assessment / Experience working within allocated budgets including the creation of a budget for scheme development (desirable).
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills with strong customer focus.
• Knowledge of National Highways standards (DMRB, MCHW and Eurocodes) and their application on the highways network.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015.

Our benefits package includes:

• Basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays).
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working.
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary.
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders.
• Access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7.
• Occupational health service and flu vaccines.
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel.
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience.
• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave.
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays.
• Community friendly offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year.

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include: Right to work check, 3 year employment history references, DBS criminal record check, Social media and adverse journalism check, Driving licence check (if applicable), Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable), Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable).

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