Opportunity: Bridge Engineer
Location: West Yorkshire
Rate: Negotiable and Competitive
Duration: 12 months +
IR35: Inside
We are seeking an experienced Bridge Engineer to support a busy highway and rail structures team in West Yorkshire.
Responsibilities:
- Managing bridge inspection programmes for highway and railway structures.
- Carrying out principal, general and special inspections of bridges and structures.
- Reviewing and checking inspection reports to ensure they accurately reflect structural condition.
- Recording and maintaining inspection data within the bridge management database.
- Preparing structural review documents and defining requirements for future inspections.
- Preparing tender documents and specifications for bridge inspection works.
- Assisting with maintenance planning by identifying defects and recommending remedial actions from inspections.
- Liaising with stakeholders and responding to inspection-related queries.
The suitable candidate will have the following:
- At least 5 years post graduate experience working with structures of which at least 3 should have been with bridges.
- Experience with DMRB design and assessment codes and with other British Standards.
- Knowledge of the MCHW and other supporting standards.
- Experience with bridge inspections, especially principal inspections.
- Full clean driving licence.
- Capability of working outdoors, nights, at height and above water
- Chartered and Incorporated statuses are desirable