Senior Bridges & Structures Engineer

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Are you ready to challenge the boundaries of what's possible? We're seeking a dynamic Bridges & Structures Engineer to join our busy and expanding experienced Croydon Bridges team.

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.

As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you will have the following daily responsibilities:

• Undertake rail and/or road bridge and associated structures engineering schemes from inspection and assessment, feasibility through to detailed design.
• Hands on technical design of road and/or rail structures.
• Hands on assessment of road and/or rail structures.
• Assist with the commercial and financial control of your project.
• Supervision of graduate engineers and technicians.
• Planning and project management.
• Client liaison.
• Production of tenders including quality documentation and costings.
• Report writing and production of technical reports and documents.

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.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering. Ideally educated to MSc level or equivalent.
• Chartered status or near Chartered/ Incorporated status with appropriate level of experience (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.
• 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 [email protected]

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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!

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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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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