Senior Engineer - Highways and Transport

Overview

In this role you will lead the design and delivery of highways and transport schemes to improve local journeys. You will work with a cross-functional team to navigate feasibility through to handover, ensuring safety, quality and budget adherence. You will influence project direction, mentor junior staff, and engage with stakeholders to deliver meaningful community impact. This is a hands-on, technically varied role with opportunities to shape streets and transport networks.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• site visits
• professional development and training
• supportive and inclusive environment
• opportunity to contribute to innovation and service improvement
• meaningful community impact

Responsibilities

• Manage design and delivery of highways and transport projects within time, cost, quality and legislative requirements
• Perform highway engineering design, traffic analysis, option development and feasibility assessments
• Apply UK highway/traffic standards (TSRGD, TSM, MfS2, DMRB)
• Coordinate and supervise consultants, contractors, and maintenance teams with KPI monitoring
• Lead projects through feasibility to handover stages
• Manage schemes' budgets, finances, risks, programmes and quality
• Arrange surveys, site inspections, road safety audits, and utility diversions
• Provide technical advice and communications to colleagues, elected Members and residents
• Provide day-to-day leadership and technical guidance to junior staff and apprentices
• Support Principal Engineer with project and programme management

Key requirements

• Relevant technical qualification (HNC/HND or degree) in Civil Engineering, Highways or Transport or related discipline
• Significant highways and transport engineering experience including design
• Strong understanding of UK design standards and best practice
• Experience delivering projects from feasibility through to construction and handover
• Knowledge of CDM 2015, health and safety requirements, contract administration and site supervision
• Experience in project, financial and contract management with multidisciplinary teams
• Proficiency in AutoCAD with KeyLines and KeySigns; Civil 3D/KeyPost/Key Accident knowledge advantageous
• Strong communication, organisation, analytical and stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Organised and proactive leadership
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• AutoCAD (KeyLines, KeySigns)
• Civil 3D (or equivalent)
• KeyPost

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