IT & Software

Principal Engineer

NRL

Leeds · West Yorkshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you lead technical delivery for bridge and structural maintenance and refurbishment projects, with emphasis on post-tensioned concrete bridges. You will guide designs, ensure standards compliance, and collaborate across disciplines within a multi-disciplinary team. You’ll balance quality, schedule, and budget while supporting site work and client interfaces. This role offers meaningful impact on heritage and modern infrastructure projects and a path to leadership within the team.

Responsibilities
  • Lead technical delivery of small to medium work packages (inspection, assessment, design, or renewal schemes) to programme and budget
  • Provide technical direction, checking, and approval of designs, calculations, and reports
  • Ensure compliance with standards, specifications, and governance processes
  • Contribute to planning, risk management, and commercial awareness on projects
  • Attend site on an ad-hoc basis to suit National Highways’ programme of PTSI during night or day time shifts
  • Provide on-site supervision for PTSI activities ensuring compliance with CS 465 and witness and log events as necessary to maintain accurate records
  • Production of PTSI Interpretative Reports
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers; support capability within the team
  • Act as a key interface with clients and internal disciplines
Key requirements
  • Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng MICE / MIStructE)
  • Strong background in bridge/structures asset management, design and assessment
  • Significant experience of post-tensioned concrete bridges and PTSI site supervision
  • Proficient in relevant design codes, analysis methods and reporting, including National Highways procedures
  • Demonstrable experience leading technical delivery of projects
  • Effective communicator with ability to work across disciplines
  • Driving license required
  • Effective communicator
  • ability to work across disciplines
  • mentoring capability
  • post-tensioned concrete bridges
  • PTSI site supervision
  • design codes and analysis methods

Reference: WJ-747_30153765

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