Working with Network Rail on HS2, Employed via Bridgeway Consulting Ltd
Location: Crewe, Brimingham, Milton Keynes
Full time, permanent

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job purpose

To support the management of the safe and effective delivery of Route engineering access plans and possessions, managing all aspects of pre-possession delivery, enabling Routes to deliver work safely and efficiently with minimal disruption to train services.

To support investigation into all possession related incidents, providing comprehensive reporting on all possession safety and delivery activities.

Job duties

• Prepare and distribute possession delivery documentation.
• Assist and support with administration requirements
• Co-ordinate and assist in the delivery of pre-possession meetings.
• Develop the weekly strategic plan communicating key activities, established risks and known contingencies.
• Validate and reconcile all relevant transactions incurred in delivery and service of supply contracts.
• Assist and support with the management of fleet vehicles for the team.
• Assist and support with the identification and implementation of quality and efficiency improvements.
• Assist and support in the identification of possession delivery resource profiles, production of robust roster arrangements and procurement of contract of resources and supplies.
• Engage with Route wide stakeholders and customers and support with the coordination of their access requirements.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to prioritise and organise workload to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to organise effectively.
• Displays a good attention to detail.
• Displays good communication skills and a customer focussed approach.
• Willing to learn to document all aspects of possession and worksite parameters.
• Good understanding of IT and operating of systems.
• Full UK Manual Driving License

Desirable (but not essential)

• Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability.
• Strong I.T/ Computer literate
• Knowledge of relevant train services and network capacity.
• Knowledge of Road Vehicle legislation process and procedures.
• Knowledge of accident and investigation procedures.
• Knowledge of factors and activities critical to efficient possession delivery.
• Knowledge of possession safety rules and regulations.
• Relevant successful experience in a frontline delivery operations role or delivery planning background.

Enabling Works Supervisor
North London & East Anglia
On-site & WFH

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job Purpose

The Enabling Works Supervisor will support the Project Manager/Management team as required across the contract to ensure safe and successful delivery.

Reporting directly to the Project Manager the Enabling Works Supervisor will be responsible for the scoping of sites as directed by the Project Manager in accordance with contract and site specification ahead of examination and inspection works. The scoping will establish the safest and most efficient work methodology for each site along with safe access and egress – The Supervisor will be required to capture this detail on the relevant task briefing sheet for sharing with the wider team.

Enabling work activities will include de-vegetation, cladding removal and other obstruction removal including fence removal and access management. The role will include an understanding of environmental factors which may affect the works, and liaising with relevant stakeholders including internal teams, Network Rail, Canals and Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, 3rd party landowners, and local authorities.

Job duties

• Site scoping and task briefing sheet writing
• Liaising with clients, contractors and suppliers to plan and organize safe and efficient operations.
• Execution of on-site sub-contractor audits in line with the relevant H&S plan for the project.
• Responsible for ensuring their workload is managed effectively and that issues are raised as soon as they become apparent to the Project Manager
• Challenge any unsafe acts and escalate where needed
• Production of site-specific documentation, including TBS and RAMs.
• Ensuring that everyone is working safely at all times.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders, including CRT, Traffic Management Contractors and 3rd party landowners to arrange access.
• Responsible for ensuring that the work is carried out in accordance with agreed technical and quality standards.
• Ensure that staff and subcontractors are briefed on technical aspects, safe systems of work and deliverables.
• Co-ordination and monitoring of multi-disciplinary activities.
• Trouble shooting, offering a flexible approach to delivering work and supporting field teams with decision making.

Candidates must have the following:

• Full UK Driving Licence
• IOSH/SSSTS or similar
• Vegetation work experience
• 1st Aid
• Basic understanding of IT, Microsoft Word/Excel

Desirable (but not essential)

• PTS/COSS/IWA
• NPTC Chainsaw, Brush Cutter, Hedge Cutter or similar

Nottingham
Full time, permanent
Hybrid model (office/on-site)
Competitive salary

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

We have a new opportunity for an Engineering Surveyor to join Bridgeway Consulting at our head office in Nottingham.

Job purpose

We are seeking an Engineering Surveyor that will be responsible for leading survey activities, managing a small team and assisting Project Managers. It is important that you have knowledge of both survey and railway access processes including topographical surveying and laser scanning. You will lead in safety critical duties up to Engineering Supervisor (ES) level as required.

You must be able to demonstrate expertise in both manual and automated site surveying techniques and data processing.

Job duties

• Lead one or multiple teams and be responsible for survey operations on projects delivering to time and quality required.
• Managing Technicians and Graduates during “on-site” surveys, advising and operating instrument or setting up equipment if required.
• Carry out data processing and validation to required specification.
• Liaise with all outside parties in advance of the works to ensure no delays once on site
• Provide technical support for the department in survey and railway track alignment duties
• Be trained in safety critical duties up to Engineering Supervisor level
• Undertake Safety Critical duties in line with competencies held and certification gained

You MUST have the following:

• Right to work in the UK
• UK Manual Driving License
• Minimum 2 years Land surveying or Rail surveying

Nottingham
Full time, permanent

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job purpose

To assist in day-to-day operations of all IT systems and user support, you will be tasked with ensuring that the company computer and telephony systems run smoothly and with minimal interruption.

Job duties

• Installing and configuring computer hardware, software, systems, networks, printers and scanners.
• Planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance upgrades.
• Talking to clients and end users to determine the nature of problems.
• Responding to system breakdowns.
• Investigating, diagnosing and solving computer software and hardware issues.
• Repairing (where possible) equipment and replacing parts.
• Checking computer equipment for electrical safety.
• Maintaining records of software licenses.
• Managing stocks of equipment, consumables and other supplies.
• Managing equipment issue and replacement.

Essentials skills & requirements

• Basic Hardware knowledge
• Understanding Networking
• Office 365 Administration Experience
• Familiar with Active Directory
• Windows Operating Systems (Especially Windows 10)
• Full UK manual driving license

Full time, Permanent
Nottingham, East Midlands
Competitive Salary

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job purpose

To provide advice to the management team regarding Roped Access Techniques and applying that knowledge to a site environment. You will be leading teams on site and mentoring IRATA Level 1 Examiners and will be part of the Infrastructure Services team working alongside experienced Structures Examiners to gain an understanding and experience of bridges and other railway infrastructure;

The overall aim of the role is to become a proficient Roped Access Structures Examiner with the ability to work alone as a qualified STE04 after a period of in house training and mentoring. There will be further opportunities to train in other specialist access techniques, including Confined Spaces and IPAF.

Duties

• Carry out Structural examinations in accordance with company and industry standards
• Clear communication and production of reports
• Carry out roped access supervisory duties on site
• Assist the management team in defining the most appropriate access techniques for certain projects
• To work in a professional and safe manner, especially in a live working railway environment

What We Offer:

• A full training programme to develop the successful candidate to the role of Examiner
• Industry recognised technical qualifications
• Ongoing personal and professional development opportunities with mentorship
• Specialist access training, including PASMA, MEWP, and confined space
• Technical training including report writing and CAD
• Railway specific safety critical training

Essential skills & requirements

• A good level of physical fitness
• Over 18 years old
• IRATA Level 3 Roped Access qualification
• A desire to learn and be open to training and mentorship
• The ability to work flexibly, including nights and weekends
• Willingness to work outdoors
• Computer literacy
• Willingness to travel and work across the UK
• Current valid driving license

Full and flexible hours contracts available!
Overtime available

Please only apply if you can drive to the following locations as this is where we are actively recruiting:

South West England - Cornwall, Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Reading
London & Surrounding - Luton, Stevenage, Chelmsford Euston, Camden, Willesden, Wembley, Stonebridge
West Midlands - Birmingham, Worcester, Banbury, Northampton, Rugby
East Anglia - Peterborough, Bedford, Cambridge

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job Purpose

When engineering maintenance is required on a section of track, a possession is taken to close the line to normal traffic providing protection for the workers.

As a Possession Support worker, you will carry out duties under direction to assist the safe and efficient delivery of access to the railway infrastructure for engineering maintenance. You will use the necessary equipment and comply with the plans provided for delivering the safe access arrangements.

Please note the majority of work will be during the night and you will be working alone.

Duties

- To assist in Implementing arrangements
- Support the movement of Engineering Trains
- Comply with all relevant legislation and railway rules
- Clearly communicate with the relevant individuals
- Follow industry and company reporting procedures
- Accurately complete the relevant documentation

Essential skills & requirements

- Excellent communication skills
- Confident working alone
- Willingness to learn and develop with a drive to progress within the organisation
- Right to work in the UK

Essential qualifications

- Hold a full UK Driving Licence


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Funded Skills Bootcamp Training

For this role, you will be required to attend our 11-day training programme.

Skills Bootcamp courses run monthly. Please consider your flexibility before applying.

The competencies you will achieve are:

- Manual Handling
- Full First Aid at Work
- Personal Track Safety (PTS)
- Possession Support (PS)
- Individual Working Alone (IWA)
- Working Near/Adjacent to DC Conductor Rails (DCCR)

More information on training will be provided.

This is a great way to get into working on the rail and we offer excellent career progression to those who put in the work!

RTAS0184

Full and flexible hours contracts available!
Overtime available

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Please only apply if you can drive to the following locations as this is where we are actively recruiting:

North Wales
South Wales

Job Purpose

When engineering maintenance is required on a section of track, a possession is taken to close the line to normal traffic providing protection for the workers.

As a Possession Support worker, you will carry out duties under direction to assist the safe and efficient delivery of access to the railway infrastructure for engineering maintenance. You will use the necessary equipment and comply with the plans provided for delivering the safe access arrangements.

Please note the majority of work will be during the night and you will be working alone.

Duties

- To assist in Implementing arrangements
- Support the movement of Engineering Trains
- Comply with all relevant legislation and railway rules
- Clearly communicate with the relevant individuals
- Follow industry and company reporting procedures
- Accurately complete the relevant documentation

Essential skills & requirements

- Excellent communication skills
- Confident working alone
- Willingness to learn and develop with a drive to progress within the organisation
- Right to work in the UK

Essential qualifications

- Hold a full UK Driving Licence

Full Time, Permanent
Competitive Salary

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job purpose

Bridgeway Consulting currently work on delivering examinations requiring specialist access on the railway infrastructure across the UK and we are looking to expand the management team within the Examination department.

We are looking for an Assistant Project Manager, who is ready to take the next step in their career, to join our management team, initially to deliver a smaller examination package with the foresight of moving onto larger and more complexed examination projects.

The Assistant Project Manager is a delivery manager and has overall responsibility for the delivery of the project to include but not be limited to safety and delivery performance. The key elements of this role are to co-ordinate all aspects of access arrangement, requisition of appropriate site equipment/resources and programme scheduling. The Assistant Project Manager will carry out their work in accordance with all the relevant standard operating procedures in line with the Bridgeway HSEQS policy.

The candidate will undertake training provided by Bridgeway for familiarisation to specialist access techniques, understanding of the Railway and examination and have support from the experienced Project Management team.

Duties

• Working closely with Bridgeway Project and Resource Managers, to deliver project in conjunction with programme.
• Requesting 3rd party access on Canals, Rivers, Highways and Railway
• Production of site-specific documentation, including RAMs
• Monitoring delivery of site works and reporting.
• Cost management and commercial reporting
• Liaison with client and stakeholders

Essential skills & requirements

• Willingness to learn and develop.
• Have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Great with people, and as a result have great communication.
• Team orientated approach.
• Good organisational skills
• Technically competent with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project

Essential qualifications

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent and have knowledge / understanding of the railway industry
• Hold a full UK (manual gearbox) driving licence

Desirable (but not essential)

• Personal Track Safety (PTS) or Controller of Site Safety (COSS) competency
• Experience working on projects for the likes of Network Rail, TfL, HS2, Crossrail

Bridgeway Consulting is staffed by highly qualified experienced rail engineers and since 1995, has become an industry leader in what is one of the UK's most safety conscious and strictly regulated industries. Bridgeway Consulting offers a full engineering consultancy service covering all aspects of railway infrastructure including Site and Ground Investigations, Geomatics, Civil Engineering Consultancy & Permanent Way Projects, Rail Training and Competence, Assurance and Compliance, Track Access & Isolations and Cable Theft Security. In May 2017 Bridgeway Consulting Ltd were in the top 1,000 companies to inspire Britain award!

The deadline for applications is 22/05/2024

We have a new opportunity for a Graduate SI Engineer in our Nottingham office.

Role Purpose

Responsible for the accurate gathering of site information to facilitate Structural and Ground Investigation technical reports to be written as part of the SI/GI Team

The role reports ultimately to the Principal Engineer/Technical Manager.

The role as you develop will include basic project management duties as defined by the Principal Project Manager

Key Accountabilities

Site duties associated with the physical sampling and testing of Geotechnical sub-strata in a variety of environments including Rail, Highways and open land
Site duties associated with the physical sampling of steel, concrete, stone for structural investigation in a variety of environments including Rail, Highways and open land
Collation of accurate and concise site notes required in the production of technical reports and interpretive documents
Production of factual ground/structural investigation reports as defined by PM
Attendance at team, safety and technical briefings in accordance with the requirements of the business
Technical input to projects as/when required
Undertake railway safety critical duties for which you hold competence certification
Comply with training and other requirements of your Safety Responsibility Statement
Undertake other duties in accordance with the requirements of the company

Minimum Requirements

MEng/MSc/BEng/BSc in either Civil Engineering, Engineering Geology, Geology, or Physical Geography
Full clean driving licence
Ability to learn and take on new skills
Be able to pass a Personal Track Safety (PTS) Medical, D&A, and Training
Flexible approach to work
Note this is a primarily site based role and as part of the role, you will be expected to work nights and weekends and lodge away when required.

Candidates must hold a full UK Driving Licence.

At Bridgeway, we believe we have always had a distinctive way of performing which sets us apart from others within our industry. The Site Investigation industry throws it’s challenges in all environments. Bridgeway specialise in conducting these activities in the rail environment. You will be expected to perform to the highest levels often at night and on weekends in difficult conditions. In return, you will be mentored every step of the way and be developed in a unique way with the aim of being able to conduct investigations leading the team from both a technical and safety perspective.

We offer a competitive starting salary and excellent benefits inclusive of enhanced overtime rates.

Bridgeway are an equal opportunities employer.

Here at Bridgeway you will have a personal pension scheme and access to Validium; an employee assistance programme.

Supporting charities is important to Bridgeway Consulting, staff enjoy creating ways of donating and raising money. There are several health and well-being weeks that are run throughout the year.

We also have a casual dress code and weekly fruit baskets are delivered to the office.

Nottingham
Full time, permanent

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Job purpose

To assist the Manager in being responsible for the functional upkeep of the premises (this could include elements of plumbing, electrical work, painting or even cleaning).

You will be the primary responder for facilities repairs and relevant legislative duties and will assist the warehouse team with warehouse duties when required.

Job duties

• Ensuring that the premises is maintained and in good working order.
• To ensure that all emerging defects are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Actively promoting safety and safe methods of working.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty as requested by your Supervisor / Manager.
• Assist the warehouse team when required
• Always wear appropriate PPE.

Essentials skills & requirements

• Basic DIY and property maintenance skills
• Previous experience in a manual handling-based role
• Previous experience working in a warehouse environment
• Knowledge of computer systems and Microsoft office packages

Desirable (but not essential)

• Full UK manual driving license
• Forklift license

Full time, permanent
Must be located close to our head office in Nottingham - however you will be working on various sites across the UK
Competitive salary

The deadline for applications is 31/05/2024

Don’t want to be stuck behind a desk? Want to start a new career but not sure what in? How about surveying?

Job purpose

Bridgeway Consulting currently work on large infrastructure projects on the railway and highway networks across the UK and we are looking to expand the Geomatics department. Previous experience in surveying is not required as you would be joining an established, experienced team and would be supported throughout your learning journey with us. There are plenty of opportunities to progress within the team and we encourage everyone who joins to do so. The work is varied, and you’ll be contributing to improving the countries transport connections whilst getting your hands on some of the latest measurement technology and computer software. All we ask is that you’re keen to get stuck in, happy to travel and are prepared to work outdoors!

Duties

• Assist Engineering Surveyor or/and Project Delivery Surveyor with “on-site” survey operating instrument or setting up equipment as directed.
• Use equipment in the correct manner and keep it clean and functional before returning to stores.
• Carry out surveying tasks to the correct level of accuracy.
• Complete site documentation/records for all works in the field.
• Carry out data processing and validation to required specification, submitting to Engineering Surveyor for verification as per deadline.
• Undertake Safety Critical duties in line with competencies held and certification gained.
• Undertake other duties in accordance with the requirements of the company.

Essential skills & requirements

• Willingness to learn and develop.
• Have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively on your own and take initiative.

Essential qualifications

• Must hold a full UK (manual gearbox) driving licence.

Desirable (but not essential)

• A degree in a relevant field such as Geography, Ecology, Civil engineering, Geographic Information Science/GIS.