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Location

Glasgow | United Kingdom

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Job description

Principal Bridge Engineer

Glasgow

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to work on bespoke bridge projects? Can you contribute alongside our team of design experts?Are you a Chartered Engineer looking to advance your career in Infrastructure? Then this is the place to apply your knowledge and curiosity to enable a better tomorrow.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow 

To shape a future where people and societies grow and flourish, we are looking for a Principal Bridge Engineer to join our team. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most innovative projects in bridge engineering.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Checking and assessing projects across a wide range of both new and existing bridges or other complex structures 
• Supervising the delivery of your projects to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of technical quality and compliance with our internal management systems 
• Managing, mentoring and developing less experienced engineers and technicians within your project teams, working with line managers to maximise training opportunities 
• Developing and maintaining client relationships through your project work, including identifying and realising any potential business opportunities  
• Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the Director's in pursuing business development opportunities if required 
• Production of engineering design, assessment or checking work including preparation or checking of calculations, written reports and other contract deliverables. 

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• Chartered civil or structural engineer status (MICE, MIStructE or equivalent) 
• Significant experience in a design environment working on bridges, heavy civil, or other complex structures in the UK or internationally 
• Extensive experience leading project teams and supervising the delivery of projects, either as client's or contractor's designer, ideally both 
• Accomplished team leadership skills, with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers 
• The inter-personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi-disciplinary team 
• Professional communication skills, both verbal and written 
• The ability to demonstrate a deep understanding and enthusiasm for structural engineering and a personal commitment to technical excellence 

A place to work and so much more.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. 

Some of our benefits include: 

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Corporate gym membership  
  

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we partner with the wisecampaign.org.uk to recruit for a better gender balance in our teams.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at [email protected]
Get to know us even better at our website, , where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer .
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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