Lead Engineer-Bridge Design

Requirement Details

• Lead a team of 5-10 engineers and technicians.

• Check design and assessment calculations of team members and review detailed drawings.

• Ensure delivery of project in accordance with to quality, timescales and budget.

• Provide technical leadership and develop capabilities of the team.

• Play a major role in the development of technical skills and in providing technical guidance to the team.

• Ensure technical competencies of self and team are kept up to date.

• Liaise and interact with Atkins businesses in the UK.

• Apply Atkins’s Quality, Safety & Environmental (QSE) standards and Business Management System (BMS).

• Graduate degree in Civil Engineering from an institute of repute.

• 12 years’ total experience, of which at least 8 should be in bridge design.

• Experience in structural engineering software and MS-Office.

• Excellent written and verbal English language communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with colleagues, seniors, team members and clients.

• Experience of technical leadership at feasibility and detailed design stages.

• Ability to fully understand, explain, present and solve complex technical problems for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Master’s Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering from an institute of repute.

• Experience in bridge engineering software such as LUSAS, SAM-LEAP, RM-Bridge, ADAPT, MIDAS/Civil or SuperSUITE.

• Knowledge of AutoCAD or Microstation.

• Experience of working abroad or on international projects.

• Exposure to international codes of practice.

• Competency in writing technical reports and making presentations

• Commercial knowledge – estimates, programmes and costs.
• Professional accreditation.
• Produce design solutions from outline briefs, correctly interpret data and effectively communicate to others.
• Actively contribute to technical promotion and in writing effective sections of technical reports.