BakerHicks - Expression of Interest – Contractor Engagement – Bridge and Structures Inspectors

• We welcome inspectors with experience in one or more of the following activities and environments: • General inspections • Principal inspections, including close-up examination and access equipment • Safety, special and reactive inspections • Inspections for assessment and monitoring • Condition surveys (defect investigations and condition scoring) • Highway structures on trunk road and local authority networks • Railway structures • Inspection and access planning, and reporting • Team leadership and technical review by appropriately qualified Senior Inspectors • Relevant asset types and construction forms may include: • Road and rail bridges, including footbridges • Culverts and buried structures • Retaining walls • Tunnel structures • Structures over or adjacent to watercourses, including scour-related inspections • Concrete, steel, masonry, timber, composite and post-tensioned structures • Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following, appropriate to the assignments sought: • Relevant UK bridge or structures inspection experience, with a clear record of inspection roles and asset types • Working knowledge of applicable standards and client procedures, including NR/L3/CIV/006 and/or DMRB CS 450 where relevant • Ability to identify, photograph and classify defects; record severity and extent; recognise urgent safety issues; and produce accurate reports and recommendations • Ability to plan and coordinate inspection works, including access arrangements and traffic or rail control measures. • Knowledge of structural materials, deterioration mechanisms, structural behaviour and inspection limitations • Experience with National Highways, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, local authorities or comparable asset owners and supply chains • Experience producing inspection reports and condition assessments, including reporting using Bridge Condition Indicators • IT Literacy – proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. • Depending on the assignment, the following will be required or advantageous: • Current Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme (BICS) certification at Inspector or Senior Inspector level, appropriate to the work. Required where mandated by the client, including relevant Transport Scotland assignments • Relevant BEng/MEng in civil or structural engineering qualification, or equivalent inspection experience • Current working-at-height and confined-space competence, where applicable • IPAF/MEWP, IRATA rope-access, PASMA mobile access towers, Ladder or other relevant access qualifications, where applicable • Current Safe Working Near Water (SWNW) or other equivalent competence, where applicable • Current Safe use of Trolley Equipment or Rail Trolley controller, where applicable • Valid CSCS or other required site-access certification • For rail work, current Personal Track Safety (PTS) and other role-specific competences; SSSTS or SMSTS for supervisory duties • Network Rail Competencies STE2 – 7 as defined in NR/SP/CTM/017