Job: Principal Bridge Engineer, Liverpool Recruitment Company

Principal Bridge Engineer required to undertake all activities relating to feasibility studies, assessment, design and construction of bridges; and assist with the management of the bridges group.

Job Purpose

To undertake all activities relating to feasibility studies, assessment, design and construction of bridges; and assist with the management of the bridges group.

Key responsibilities / main duties

• Assist in the preparation of and delivery of business plans

• Developing, resourcing, implementing and monitoring project programmes within time and budgetary constraints

• Ensuring design solutions conform to the client's requirements, statutory regulations and company standards

• Obtaining client feedback

• Maintaining consistently high technical standards

• Advising, counseling and motivating staff

• Establishing and developing working relationships with client representatives through targeted visits and particularly through projects

• Preparing technical and financial proposals that meet the client requirements in a cost effective manner

• Identifying new work opportunities and securing extensions to projects either through direct spin off or seeking other opportunities

• Preparing expressions of interest, tenders and presentations to secure new work

• Establish and develop working relationships with external consultants, suppliers and other client divisions, monitoring performance to programme, budget and technical standards

• Providing effective technical support to project staff and other departments in the company

• Keeping the departmental manager briefed with regard to achieving performance in key result areas

• Highlighting problems that adversely affect client perception as soon as they become apparent.

• Ensuring application of appropriate Health and Safety, quality and environmental procedures.

Requirements

Essential requirements of the role are as follows:

• Chartered status

• At least 12-15 years post-graduate experience of bridge design and/or assessment

• Practical experience of design and build contracts

• Experience in bridge design to BS5400

• Working knowledge of DMRB's and SHW's

• Experience of integral bridges

• Good team working and communication skills

• Able to work with minimum supervision

• Able to work under pressure

• Good numerical skills

Ideally you will have working knowledge of Highways Agency procedures along with working knowledge of Superstress and/or Lusas and practical experience of finite elements.