Principal Bridge Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Principal Bridge Engineer

Company: AECOM

Job description: Company DescriptionWork with Us. Change the World.At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.Job DescriptionThis position is for a Consulting Principal Engineer role within our AECOM Birmingham Rail Bridges and Structures Team.Our office is located in Birmingham City Centre, walking distance from New Street and Snow Hill Train Stations. Our office has a modern layout with plenty of space to accommodate flexible working arrangements. Our Birmingham Office is a multi-disciplinary transportation design hub catering for multiple local authority, government and private clients.This opportunity is within the Rail and Highways Structure Team and for this role you would be responsible to lead a team of Engineers and providing technical and project management guidance on a variety of highways and rail related structures projects. Projects include assessments of highway and rail structures as well as new designs for a variety of private and government clients.We recognise a variety of experience and backgrounds may suit this role and that experience levels in specific technical areas may vary. If you feel you only meet some of the requirements below or have transferrable skills, we would still love to hear from you!The role typically includes but is not limited to the following:

• Leading a team of Engineers to deliver projects on time and to budget.
• Support with work winning, project management activities and client facing, to ensure project delivery remains on plan.
• Previous exposure with clients of both national and local authorities, together with major contractors.
• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for a team. Technical expertise should include the ability to carry out independent structural analysis and design / assessment of rail or highways structures.
• Strong ability in finite element modelling. Knowledge of Lusas is beneficial.
• Experience with bridge and related structural inspection assessment and design schemes.
• Ability to manage staff and project Health and Safety responsibilities including compliance with CDM legislation.
• Good knowledge of the Eurocode Standards and DMRB.
• Provides support to the team for professional development.
• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff’s specific area of expertise.
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects.
• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of S&E packages.
• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
• Prepares technical specification sections in accordance with the MCWH and DMRB.
• Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Bridge, Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer with ICE or IstructE

Additional Information#LI-JM2About AECOMAECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.Freedom to Grow in a World of OpportunityYou will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Location: Birmingham

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