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Job title
Structures Manager
Ref no. | BHN568743 |
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Salary | £50,000 - £60,000/annum |
Location | Isle of Wight, England |
Start date | ASAP |
Job type | Permanent |
Job status | Open |
Job summary
We are looking for someone to lead the award-winning Structures Team in managing the island's structures stock under the IOW Highways PFI Contract.
Key skills required for this role
Bridge Structures Manager
Important
Bridge / Structures Engineer / Manager
Job description
As a team of engineers, inspectors and project managers, the Island Roads structures team manages a stock of approximately 200 bridges and 600 retaining walls in the provision of a client and consultancy service for all aspects including inspection, assessment, maintenance, strengthening and reconstruction.
Key Accountabilities
* Ability to work without supervision to complete technical tasks. This may include developing briefs, delivering and reviewing structural inspections, presenting feasibility studies and using appropriate design standards, code of practices and guides to assess bridge structures or highway retaining walls. Where external consultancy support is required, the Structures Manager will coordinate delivery to ensure outputs are optimised.
* Maintaining strategies for inspections, monitoring, assessment (load, scour and parapet) and communicating the requirements to the team to ensure that these plans are implemented in accordance with the contract performance standards.
* Creating and managing the forward works Programme for inspection, assessment, design, maintenance and strengthening. This should include optimising maintenance to uphold standards for bridge condition index (BCI).* Using your technical knowledge and experience to provide advice to clients and colleagues.
* Preparing and monitoring OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
* Reviewing tender submissions and monitoring supply chain partner compliance with relevant legislation, standards and policies relating to health, safety and the environment.
* Reviewing pre-tender Health & Safety Plans and Risk Assessments and carrying out the duties of Principal Designer or Designer where required by the CDM Regulations.
* Communicating with other stakeholders and organisations to share information, build relationships and suggest improvement to current ways of working.
* Providing workplace mentoring and guidance to less experienced members of staff to ensure they are able to develop the necessary skills to deliver in their role.Knowledge,
Experience & Qualifications:
* Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE/MIStructE or equivalent)
* Experience of Inspections to the BCI system
* Working Knowledge of Standards, Codes of Practice and guidance relating to Highway structures Design, Maintenance & Management. Relevant highway structures asset management systems. Relevant parts of the British Standards; Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works.
* Budgetary control
* Risk assessment and management
* Ability to manipulate databases and spreadsheets
Preferred requirements:
* Experience in the design of Highway structures
* Construction site experience
* Experience of NEC3 forms of contract