At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage innovative bridge engineering projects that make a real impact.
- Company: Join Arcadis, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering solutions.
- Benefits: Empowering work culture, career development, and the chance to create a lasting legacy.
- Other info: Embrace equality, diversity, and inclusion in a supportive work environment.
- Why this job: Be part of a diverse team solving complex challenges for communities worldwide.
- Qualifications: Chartered Engineer status and experience in leading structural engineering projects required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Our Bridges and Civil Structures team has a reputation for technical excellence and innovation, delivering some of the most prestigious and challenging projects across the globe. We work with a diverse client base including the Department of Transport, Transport Scotland, National Highways, Welsh Government, Transport for London, Local Authorities, Major Civil Engineering Contractors and International Governments on schemes that are both technically demanding and high-profile. Our work has a tangible and lasting impact on the communities we serve.
Reporting to the Bridges Team Leader, you will provide technical support into assigned projects ensuring successful delivery of technically challenging schemes. You will gain experience working on a wide and varied portfolio of projects, including new build and existing assets, which will enhance your skills and test your technical knowledge.
You will be responsible for leading and managing the delivery of projects to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets, managing all aspects of the client relationship so that delivery exceeds client expectations, providing both direction and technical advice and leading by example where we operate as a single, collaborative team across our UK locations, fostering a culture of mutual support and a shared sense of purpose.
Accountabilities:
- Experience of providing technical leadership and advice to project team members
- Experience of applying sound independent engineering judgement in the development of projects
- Commercial awareness of engineering project delivery
- Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice
- Discuss ideas and plan competently and with confidence
- Effective personal and social skills
- Experience of delivery to a project’s quality management system
- Have a sound knowledge and experience of the management of design risks
Qualifications & Experience:
- Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Structural / Civil Engineering
- Achieved Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status, or equivalent
- Have previous relevant experience including supervision of elements of large, complex structural engineering projects - bridges, retaining walls etc across both new build and existing assets.
- Experience of leading a team (around 5 Engineers), providing sound leadership support, whilst delivering on projects
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.
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Arcadis is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation among its diverse team of over 36,000 professionals worldwide. With a strong commitment to employee growth, Arcadis provides opportunities for meaningful work on prestigious projects that have a lasting impact on communities, while promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Join us in creating sustainable solutions and a legacy that enhances quality of life across the globe.
