# Principal Bridge Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Exeter, Devon
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Bridge Engineer to join our Local Government team in Exeter. As a Principal Engineer, you will have a pivotal role in supporting our local authority clients within the Southwest to maintain and enhance their structures. You will be working on a varied range of projects, including designing new and replacement bridges and retaining walls, inspecting, assessing, repairing and strengthening existing structures.

Responsibilities:

- Manage your own portfolio of schemes: be the Technical Lead and Project Manager, leading projects through their entire life cycle

- Work with Clients and design teams to deliver compliant designs on time and within budget

- Prepare and review reports, calculations, drawings, schedules, health and safety risk assessments, feasibility studies and other documents

- Work collaboratively with team members to identify and resolve technical and commercial issues

- Write proposals for new schemes, including cost estimates, and manage the commercial position on projects

- Coordinate and communicate with multi-disciplinary supporting teams from across the UK and internationally, as well as Clients and stakeholders, to deliver projects

- Undertake site work for construction supervision, surveys and inspections

- Have Line Management duties and support the development of junior members of the team

Requirements:

- Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer

- Passion for working on projects that make a real difference to local communities

- Mature and self-aware approach to achieving high standards and safe working practices

- Practical knowledge and experience of bridge design, maintenance, strengthening, assessment, inspection and supervision

- Practical knowledge and experience of project management of bridge projects

- Proven working knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW)

- Understanding and experience of use of Eurocodes and their application to bridge design

- Experience of design and assessment of steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge structures and masonry arch structures

- Experience of grillage, space frame and finite element analysis software packages

## Skills

### Required
- bridge design
- project management
- structural engineering
- Eurocodes
- grillage
- space frame
- finite element analysis

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