A BRIDGE builder is creating jobs in an office opening.

Cleveland Bridge says its new base in Newport, Wales, will deliver up to 12 posts across sales, design, engineering and project management roles.

Bosses at the Darlington-headquartered business added it will help the firm increase its presence in Wales and the South-West and South-East of England.

The move comes after Cleveland Bridge designed, built and installed a 228-tonne, 50-metre road bridge across the Great Western Main Line, in Newport.

Andrew Morris, head of infrastructure, said: “The office will enable us to strengthen our Welsh team and provide closer support to the Welsh infrastructure and construction sectors, as well as the South-East and South-West.

"It will also help the business further grow its market share.”

Since its inception, Cleveland Bridge has built some of the world’s most iconic structures.

The group was involved in erecting the Victoria Falls Bridge, which spans the River Zambesi, in Southern Africa, and in 1911 designed Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge.

It has also supplied bridges for the A1 project, which is widening the route between Barton and Leeming, in North Yorkshire, and The Northern Echo previously revealed how the company would make crossings for Sri Lankan jungle and rural areas.

That deal followed a £35m agreement, which contracted the business to produce more than 200 structures for the Asian country.