Senior/Assistant Principal Bridges Engineer

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Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Bridge Engineer / Assistant Principal Bridge Engineer to join our growing team in Bangalore, contributing to the delivery of bridge and civil structure projects across the UK and internationally. This role offers a unique blend of detailed design and structural assessment, ideal for engineers passionate about both creating new infrastructure and preserving existing assets.

You’ll work on a wide spectrum of bridge engineering challenges—from the design of new structures using sustainable and innovative methods, to the assessment, rehabilitation, and strengthening of aging infrastructure. The scale of our projects ranges from small and bespoke design commissions through to some of the most significant infrastructure projects within the UK and worldwide.

Job Location

Bangalore

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete assigned tasks in accordance with quality, timescales, and budgeted hours.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives to develop design solutions that meet client requirements and regulatory standards.
• Comply with industry standards and safety regulations.
• Development of functional concept design, development and review of technical solutions, specifications, cost estimates.
• Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with Mott MacDonald's quality standard procedures.
• Provide technical mentoring to the team and others for the key service areas provided by Bridges & Civil Structures team.
• Provide leadership with knowledge management and digital delivery initiatives for the team.
• Lead, inspire and motivate people in the team to achieve high levels of performance and excellence.
• Provide supervision and mentoring, identifying opportunities for professional development and progression along with specific line management responsibilities for designated direct reports.
• Foster a culture of right first-time delivery and work with Project Managers/Principals to ensure effective project delivery.
• Work with the Senior discipline staff and Resource Managers to proactively manage workloads and effective forecasting and ensure maximum utilisation of team members, allocate appropriate staff to projects or bids as agreed.
• Prepare and review technical reports, design calculations, drawings, and specifications.
• Supervise and mentor junior engineers, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Interface with clients, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure project requirements and standards are met.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead and support detailed design of new bridges and civil structures, including concept development, analysis, and design documentation
• Conduct structural assessments, inspections, and load capacity evaluations of existing bridges
• Develop rehabilitation and strengthening strategies for aging assets
• Apply national and international design codes and standards across various project phases
• Collaborate with geotechnical, transportation, and digital engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Contribute to asset management frameworks, lifecycle planning, and client advisory services

Candidate Specification

We are looking for flexible and motivated professional with a genuine passion and a desire to make a difference in the world.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in civil engineering (BE/B. Tech./ME/M. Tech./ MSc or equivalent).
• Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in design and assessment of bridges.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience in and a commitment to effective management of Health, Safety and Welfare, Safety by Design.
• Demonstrable experience in bridge analysis, design and assessment including an ability to undertake and oversee the analysis of structures using standard industry software, like MIDAS Civil, STAAD Pro, Robot, SAP2000, or similar including construction stage analysis.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and new technologies.
• Ability to deliver high quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications and construction documentation.
• An excellent understanding of relevant international standards (e.g. Eurocodes, AASHTO, etc.).
• Experience of managing project teams and technical leadership would be advantageous.
• Commercial and financial awareness, and the ability to plan and monitor project programmes, budgets and resources to ensure delivery to time and cost constraints.
• General IT software skills, such as, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, ProjectWise, Bentley and Autodesk software.
• Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows, for example BIM, parametric design and automation.
• Ability to communicate confidently and professionally with all levels of staff and clients (written and verbal)

Desirable Competencies / Skills

• Experience in the preparation of fee proposals and tender submissions would be advantageous.
• Chartered Engineer (ICE or IStructE) will be an added advantage.

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• Agile working
• Critical illness and compassionate leave
• Paternity Leave
• Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage
• Career mobility options
• Short and Long-term global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing