We have opportunities for Bridge Inspectors / Senior Bridge Inspectors across the UK to do the following;

• inspection of a variety of structures including those of nationally strategic importance
• leading inspection teams
• monitoring others
• preparation of reports / drawings / schedules of defects
• planning programmes of inspections
• undertaking complex one-off projects

All of the work is carried out within our clients comprehensive quality and health and safety systems.

The role will involve a combination of office and site-based projects with the balance dependent on the commercial requirements of the business. Candidates will need to be prepared to work away from home on a regular basis with travel throughout the UK, thus a full UK driving licence is required. Night and weekend work will be required on occasion.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience of bridge inspection or maintenance (highways or rail.  May consider candidates with other structural inspection experience if it is relevant)
• Sound technical understanding of construction materials and forms
• Good basic office IT skills including word / excel /databases / CAD / web research / email / file management
• Well organised, focused and able to work with and motivate others
• Confident on the phone and in meetings both within the organisation and with external clients
• Interested in the fundamentals of engineering and able to communicate that to others
• Proven high quality report writing skills
• Knowledge / experience of investigation methods of common construction materials
• A full UK driving licence

Qualifications

• HND/Degree in relevant construction discipline
• NVQ in relevant construction discipline
• EngTech, IEng or CEng
• any combination of the above

The successful candidate will have successfully qualified for, or be working towards qualification in, the new Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme (BICS).

Salary and benefits

• This is a full-time post with a competitive salary and profile with additional allowances for working away from home and overtime.
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays and private health care