Principal Bridges & Structures Engineer at AECOM · London

Company Description

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Job Description

Are you a talented Senior Structural Engineer looking to showcase your skills within a high performing team, where your contribution is acknowledged and your achievements celebrated? Are you ready to challenge the boundaries of what's possible, and make your mark as our new Principal Bridges & Structures Engineer? Then read on. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team based in Croydon, where you will have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, with the flexibility of agile working between the office and home.

Our Croydon office has an established track record of successfully delivering bridge engineering schemes for over 75 years, mainly in the London and Southeast England but also throughout the UK and overseas.  The team provides assessment, concept, feasibility, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of schemes, either as standalone bridge commissions or as part of multidisciplinary major projects. Our clients are from the private and public sector and include long term Framework Agreements with numerous London and Southeast England Local Authorities together with Design and Build commissions for many major Contractors.

What we'll be looking for

• You will have a sound knowledge of engineering processes for investigations, assessment, refurbishment, and design of transport structures including bridges.
• Comprehensive knowledge of constraints typically affecting existing and proposed structural assets.
• An understanding of structural mechanics and be familiar with industry-standard analysis software and be to check calculations are accurate and reliable.
• You will have practical experience of executing works on-site in a safe and productive way, including managing specialist subcontractors and access requirements.
• Running a small to medium sized team to ensure delivery high quality reports and drawings with an understanding of budget and schedule prioritization, participating in interdisciplinary reviews when required.
• You will work under the supervision of director-level team members to manage a variety of work packages, trusted to meet with clients and make decisions.
• You will work alongside a broad diversity of team members and in a diverse range of environments in the UK, with potential for projects in other countries.

Job Responsibilities:

• Take a leading role in the implementation of health & safety and wellbeing best practice into the delivery of all works.
• Act as a technical lead for the delivery projects. Lead, line manage and develop a delivery focused team of Engineers and Technicians.
• Act as Supervising Civil Engineer (SCE) to trainees working towards Chartership and support graduates within the team
• Secure and deliver works to new and existing clients.
• Project management of schemes including client reporting, programming, resource planning and commercial management.

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here's what you'll need:

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering. Ideally educated to MSc level or equivalent.
• Chartered status with the Institution of Civil Engineers or Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Commitment to working a minimum of 2 days per week in our Croydon Office.
• Proven assessment/design and project management experience.
• Strong technical skills in bridge engineering and a keen commitment to quality with a ‘right first time’ approach to your own work.
• Good working knowledge of structural Eurocodes, National Highways (DMRB & MCHW) and Network Rail standards.
• Good working knowledge of structural analysis software – Lusas, MIDAS, Sofistik or SBD preferred.
• Experience in the production of calculations/drawings, risk assessments, specifications and reporting; as well as interdisciplinary review on multi-discipline projects (through e.g. a good understanding of the key interfaces with road and rail).

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.