Senior Bridge Engineer

Pell Frischmann is a specialist advisory and technical consultancy operating across the built and natural environment, helping to shape a better future for the communities in which we work. We offer consultancy services to support both public and private‑sector clients across sectors encompassing buildings, infrastructure, and regeneration.

We are recruiting Senior Engineers in our Bridges and Civil Structures teams in our Birmingham, London, Manchester, Mold, Stansted, and Wakefield offices. The role is to support our growing workload on challenging and exciting bridge projects working for a variety of clients and partners such as architects, contractors, private developers, highway and rail authorities. Current projects comprise feasibility studies, design, inspection, assessment, and bridge management.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and take responsibility in the quality and design delivery of various bridges and structures from feasibility, concept through to detailed design and site support.
• Adopt a holistic approach to problem solving, providing pragmatic solutions to industry best practice and current design codes and standards such as Eurocodes and DMRB.
• Develop cost effective, sustainable solutions with consideration to climate change and biodiversity.
• Manage and lead the inspection, assessment and design of bridges and civil structures in both rail and road environments.
• Undertake and oversee structural analysis for a wide variety of bridges, using appropriate software where necessary.
• Design and assess in steel and reinforced concrete.
• Communicate effectively in writing, drawing and verbally to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute and engage in innovation and continuous improvement within your own work and the wider group within Pell Frischmann.
• Assist in business development and work winning opportunities.
• Contribute technical and commercial response in bids/tenders.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Chartered or Near Chartered Engineer with either Institution of Civil Engineers or Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Relevant Bachelors or Masters Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Experience of using relevant standards and codes of practice: Eurocodes, British Standards, DMRB’s.
• Experience in some or all of the following: Inspection, Assessments, Maintenance, Design of bridges and civil structures.
• Strong technical skills in design/technical management delivering high quality output to programme and budgets.
• Aptitude to develop, mentor and coach less experienced engineers.
• Considerable experience working within consultancy or carrying out the above within various Bridge projects.

Why Pell Frischmann?

We provide a collaborative and supportive working environment, where you’ll have the freedom and flexibility to create your own pathway and make a real impact within the business and in the communities in which you will operate. We’ll support your ongoing personal and professional development as your career progresses, allowing you to reach your full potential. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all, welcoming applications from all backgrounds and are delighted to be a part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. We’re happy to talk about flexible working and are committed to promoting the wellbeing of all our employees.

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