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Associate Director, Bridges and Structures - UK Wide
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Associate Director, Bridges and Structures - UK Wide
Job Opportunity: Seniorbridge and Structures Engineer (Leadership Position) – Jacobs
At Jacobs, we challenge today to reinvent tomorrow, tackling the world’s most critical challenges for thriving cities, resilient environments, and game-changing innovation—in turning ideas into solutions that create positive, lasting impacts.
About the Role
This key leadership position within our Bridges and Structures team allows you to drive transformation towards delivering design solutions fusion. By leveraging new technologies, digital processes, and lean methodologies, you’ll enhance efficiency, operational efficacy and collaborative outcomes within Jacobs’ global engineering practice.
We specialise in delivering technically complex infrastructural projects with socially conscious and decarbonised methods—balancing technical excellence, sustainability prowess and project resilience across:
- Transportation (highways, railways, aviation)
- Energy (construction)
- Power and assets management
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor teams to execute structural analysis, feasibility, tendering, detailed design work and ensure cohesive production of contract documentation, technical reports for stakeholders.
- Collaborate cross-disciplinary to provide integrated technical services and ensure outstanding outcomes.
- Champion innovative, automated, and data-driven solutions, demystifying complex challenges and boosting productivity, cost-efficiency, and rapid project execution.
- Coordinate globally to optimise human, technical, and financial resources, synergising skills across UK and integrative delivery teams.
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Project Profile
Our consulting practice has forged a reputation delivering executive grade projects for high-profile clients:
- High Speed 2 (HS2)
- National Highways
- Network Rail
- Welsh Government
- National Contractors
- Local Authorities
About Jacobs
A global force dedicated to individuals into successful career evolution, pioneering transformation to merge traditional rigor with collaborative young professionals.
Our Commitment
We put people at the core of everything—inclusivity, safeguarding safety and transformative opportunities. Thus, our unique benefits offer:
- Physical and mental well-being support, nurturing cultures that inspire innovation.
- Flexible work policy tailored to suit your lifestyle alongside full career growth potential.
- Career enrichment through volunteering exercises and tapping into our global employee networks (Jacobs Employee Networks and ‘find your community’ initiatives).
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Requirements
criteria qualification skills:
*Essential:
- Degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering or a closely related subject.
- Professional qualification (e.g., MICE, CEng, IStructE).
- Proven track record in leadership, mentoring, and technical documentation.
- Structured multitudes of transport, energy, power schemes—structural experience (especially bridges, railways).
*Preferred:
- Construction sector experience in asset management or specialised skills around post-tensioned structures (requiring knowledge of PTSI).
- Aspiration for Transformational-Driven client service.
Accessibility Statement
Jacobs supports candidates with disabilities through VERCIDA:
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