Application deadline

26 July 2026

Recruitment type

Full-Time, Permanent

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Glasgow

Req. ID

61270

Assistant Engineer (Bridge)
Glasgow
Permanent Role
Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to part of our green transition? Can you work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality bridge designs and assessments? Are you a Civil/Structural Engineer with a passion for bridges and complex structural engineering? Then, join us and we can be exceptional together.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
We are looking for an Assistant Engineer to join us in our Glasgow bridge team. Working on a wide range of bridge and structures projects you’ll co-create on some of the most prestigious infrastructure programmes in the UK. You'll also be supported by our engineers on your on-going professional development (Chartership) with a tailored plan to achieve your career aspirations.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Producing engineering designs, assessments, and evaluations in accordance with project requirements
• Preparing calculations, writing reports, and checking drawings
• Checking design calculations and drawings done by other engineers
• Performing a wide variety of engineer activities including collating and understanding data, running analyses, developing calculation methods, and working with colleagues to deliver consistently high-quality project work
• Contributing to the dissemination of engineering good practice and implementation of our in-house tools such as the carbon calculation tool
• With the support of your project manager, plan and prioritise your workload, reporting back on progress against a project budget and programme
• Responsible for delivering your own work to a high technical standard, ensuring accuracy through a diligent and careful approach to self-checking.
• Attending site visits or client meetings

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• A degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng, BSc, MEng, MSc) and has a clear ambition to work towards Chartered Engineer status
• Experience working in an engineering environment (e.g., industry placement or professional role)
• Be familiar with either UK standards or equivalent European or Euro Codes
• Possess an understanding of CDM Regulations, specifically the designers' requirements
• Be able to demonstrate a deep understanding and interest in engineering and a personal commitment to technical excellence
• Have the ability and willingness to work in a diverse and multi-disciplinary team
• Be able to demonstrate good communication skills and teamwork

A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Scandanavia, the UK and Ireland, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include:

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Maternity Leave: 1-20 weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39 Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include:

• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric vehicle lease
• Corporate gym membership
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Abhinav Khanna at abkn@cowi.com.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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