Principal Engineer

We're looking for a Principal Bridge Engineer to join our Transportation team in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. In this role, you'll be part of the Bridges and Structures team, responsible for the successful delivery of bridge inspections and maintenance schemes on behalf of North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council. A full driving licence is essential for this position. With this role expect a competitive salary, £5.9k annual car allowance, private healthcare plus benefits.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location : Brixworth, Northamptonshire - remote working available, with travel to sites and office required

Hours : Permanent Fulltime – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

As a Principal Bridge Engineer, you will assess bridge conditions through inspections and develop design solutions for maintenance and structural issues. You'll take the lead on scheme delivery and be expected to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop and implement bridge and highway structures schemes to specification, budget and agreed targets
• Preparing design information including AutoCAD drawings to Kier standards, Bills of Quantities and Pre-Construction Information
• Manage multiple projects at any one time, prioritising resources to achieve the required delivery programme for each
• Carry out occasional bridge inspections to ensure team hit contractual KPI's

What are we looking for?

This role of Principal Bridge Engineer is great for you if:

• Chartered / Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent)
• In-depth experience in assessment, design and construction of highway structures to UK standards
• Experience of working in a local highway authority environment and the ability to understand the clients' requirements
• Principal Inspection experience to CS450 including report writing and developing maintenance works package

Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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