Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic bridge engineer with a minimum of three years’ relevant experience for a permanent position within our expanding civil, structural and environmental engineering consultancy in Leeds.
Job type: Permanent
Location: Otley, Leeds, UK
Salary: Competitive

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Hold or will shortly achieve the title of CEng with the ICE, IStructE or equivalent
• A minimum of three years’ relevant professional bridges experience in the civil or structural engineering client, consultancy or construction sector
• Good technical knowledge and engineering understanding of bridges
• Experienced in written and in-person interaction with external parties
• Good knowledge of structural analysis software including finite element analysis
• Good knowledge of and experience in the use of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislation in the field of bridge/structural design including Eurocodes
• Comfortable working in a busy work environment with tight deadlines
• Flexible, motivated and focused
• Excellent attention to detail
• Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English

DESIRABLE SKILLS

Multidisciplinary consultancy or contracting experience from allied civil engineering disciplines, such as highways, structures, geotechnics, rail or water

As an experienced bridge engineer, you will play an integral role in the design and delivery of our bridge and multidisciplinary projects. You will be supported by our teams in the UK and Ireland.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Work with existing and new bridge and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure and articulation elements
• Participate in the early project stages, including scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
• Undertake detailed design work, including modelling, calculations and overseeing drawing production
• Prepare documents, including technical reports, such as Approval in Principle (AIPs), specifications and contract documents
• Undertake CAT 3 checking, as a client representative and designer’s site representative
• Interface with clients from local and national authorities, consultants, and design-build (D&B) contractors amongst others