Senior Bridge Engineer

1 week ago


Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom BEAR Scotland Full time

Senior Bridge Engineer

Location: Bonnyrigg

Category: Engineering / Bridges

Full Time / Permanent, 40 Hours per week, Monday – Friday

BEAR Scotland is a leading provider of highway maintenance services across Scotland. We manage and maintain over 2,00km of Scotland's trunk road network, tackling just about every imaginable task and working round the clock to help keep Scotland moving.

BEAR Scotland on behalf of Transport Scotland manage over 750 structures as part of the South East trunk road network which includes a number of complex bridges.

We have an exciting opportunity within the Southeast Bridges Team for a Senior Bridge Engineer to lead a team from our Bonnyrigg Office. The Senior Bridges Engineer will manage the identification, investigation, design, planning, procurement and construction management of planned bridge maintenance works on bridges, and other structures, of varying size and complexity.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist the Bridge Manager with the management and supervision of a design team, sub-consultants and sub-contractors.
  • Oversee the outline and detailed design of bridge maintenance schemes including technical approval and design certification.
  • Supervise others carrying out the assessment of bridges and design of bridge maintenance or refurbishment schemes.
  • Ensure compliance with technical standards or mange the submission of Departures from Standard when applicable.
  • Produce tender documents and preconstruction information packages.
  • Tender evaluation and assisting with contract award.
  • Manage the internal financial performance of individual schemes.
  • Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality procedures that form part of the company's Integrated management systems.
  • Ensure compliance with the CDM Regulations, as required, and ensure that robust risk assessments are carried out before works, operations or inspections take place. This will include undertaking the role of a Principal Designer and, at times, Principal Contractor.
  • Liaise with clients and auditors.
  • Co-ordinate the production, issue and archiving of all drawings, documents, and scheme files.
  • Ensuring that adequate environmental screening is undertaken and appropriate mitigation measures are implemented prior to work commencing.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

  • Educated to degree level in Civil or Structural Engineering
  • Relevant experience in the assessment, design and maintenance of highway bridge structures.
  • Professional qualifications and membership of an appropriate professional body (CEng and MICE or MIStructE)
  • A full approved UK driving licence.
  • Skilled in the project management of schemes and the management of teams.
  • Clear communicator.

Why BEAR?

We believe that the people who work with us are our greatest asset and, for us to succeed, we make sure we retain and attract a talented, innovative and dedicated team. In return, we offer a competitive salary, generous holiday balance and other additional company benefits such as annual leave purchase, employee Assistance Programme, enhanced Pension Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme.

Grow your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, flourish, and succeed.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.



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