Senior Engineer Bridges

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. **Role Description** Our Bridges and Civil Structures team has an reputation for technical excellence and innovation, delivering some of the most prestigious and challenging projects across the globe. We work with a diverse client base including, Department of Transport, Transport Scotland, National Highways, Welsh Government, Transport for London, Local Authorities, Major Civil Engineering Contractors and International Governments on schemes that are both technically demanding and high-profile. From rehabilitating critical infrastructure like the Brent Cross Flyover, designing landmark structures such as the Channel View Footbridge in Cardiff and working with industry experts to design complex structures like the launched Small Dean Viaduct. Our work has a tangible and lasting impact on the communities we serve. As a global multi-disciplinary company, we also work closely with other sectors across our global regions, using our UK technical expertise to support global projects in places like the US, Canada, Australia and mainland Europe. As a Senior Engineer, you will play a key role in our success. Reporting to the Bridges Team Leader, you will contribute to leading on the delivery of technically challenging schemes, taking responsibility for project outcomes and client relationships. This is more than a purely technical design role; it’s an opportunity to grow and make contributions to the management and leadership of our projects. You will mentor junior staff, championing their development and nurturing our culture of technical capability. You'll use your solid background in bridge engineering to make key technical decisions and solve complex problems on a diverse portfolio of new build and existing assets, ensuring our delivery exceeds client expectations. We operate as a single, collaborative team across our UK locations, fostering a culture of mutual support and a shared sense of purpose. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from different offices, expanding your network and being supported in your development by a wide range of experts. This unique approach gives our staff great careers full of challenge and reward and gives our clients exceptional project outcomes. **Accountabilities** - Experience of providing technical leadership and advice to project team members - Experience of applying sound independent engineering judgement in the development of projects - Commercial awareness of engineering project delivery - Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice - Discuss ideas and plan competently and with confidence - Effective personal and social skills - Experience of delivery to a project’s quality management system - Have a sound knowledge and experience of the management of design risks **Qualifications & Experience** - Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Structural / Civil Engineering - Achieved Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status, or equivalent - Have previous relevant experience including supervision of elements of large, complex structural engineering projects - bridges, retaining walls etc across both new build and existing assets. - Experience of leading a team (around 5 Engineers), providing sound leadership support, whilst delivering on projects **Why Arcadis?** We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. **Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.** **Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging** We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success. #LI-MM2 #LI-HYBRID