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Infrastructure & Transportation in the UK

COWI
York
5 months ago
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We are constantly growing our business in the UK market and are keen to hear from Engineers at all levels from Assistants to Director level who want to join us on this exciting journey.

As part of the international business line, we employ over people, based in six offices across the UK. We mainly work within transportation infrastructure, with a focus on bridges, tunnels and underground structures and railways. However, our extensive experience also covers ground engineering and reclamation, energy, utilities, and special structures.

Our engineering culture is to design buildability in, and design risk out. We understand how important a varied workload is in developing our engineers, so we encourage them to work on a mix of smaller, local assignments and larger, multidisciplinary projects.

Our Infrastructure team has significant experience of delivery and design across several areas within the sector, including:

Bridges Tunnels Highways Rail Underground Structures Geotechnical & Earthwork Geological Site Investigation

EXTEND YOUR POTENTIAL WITH A GLOBAL TEAM OF EXPERTS

We are keen to hear from candidates who have experience in any of the following specialisms:

Design - including feasibility, scoping, concept, and detailed design Civil / structural design engineering Structural engineering assessment  Geotechnical engineering Project Engineering Digitalisation Sustainability and carbon reduction Planning, Consents and Project/programme management Design management / technical leadership

SOME OF OUR EXCITING PROJECTS

Our portfolio includes many varied and exciting projects, such as

Hammersmith Bridge rehabilitation High Speed 2; detailed design & CAT III checks Silvertown Tunnel Clifton Suspension Bridge Mersey Gateway Bridge Padma Bridge, Bangladesh Pont Schuman, Lyon​​​​​​​

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