We’re looking for a Senior Highways Engineer to join our Design team based in Birmingham/Northampton.
Location: Birmingham/Northampton – hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary: Starting from £40,000 per annum
Sector: Design – Highways
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As a Senior Highways Engineer, you’ll lead the design and delivery of highway maintenance and improvement schemes from concept through to detailed design. Supporting the Team Leader, you’ll supervise and develop team members, collaborate with other disciplines, and contribute to bids, programme planning and client engagement. This is a hands-on technical role with responsibility for quality, safety, cost and programme, within a flexible, wellbeing-focused working environment.
Are you...
*An experienced highways design engineer delivering schemes from concept through to detailed design?
*Confident producing and checking drawings, specifications and design calculations using AutoCAD and highways design software?
*Chartered (CEng/Ieng) or actively working towards professional accreditation with ICE, CIHT or IHE?
*Comfortable managing technical quality, safety, programme and budget responsibilities on your projects?
*Confident working directly with clients and attending meetings are part of project delivery?
Do you...
*Have strong knowledge of DMRB and local authority highway design standards?
*Have experience of highway geometry, pavement design, drainage, signs & roading marking and vehicle restraint systems?
*Enjoy supporting, supervising and developing junior engineers within a collaborative team?
*Have strong understanding of CDM, health & safety requirements risk assessments?
*Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Highways Engineer, you’ll be working within the Design team, supporting them in delivering highways schemes across all stages. Your day to day will include:
*Deliver feasibility, preliminary and detailed highway designs to DMRB and local authority standards
*Produce and oversee drawings, specifications and design calculations using AutoCAD and related software
*Develop and assess engineering options, considering safety, buildability, cost, operations and whole-life value
*Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams using Common Data Environments
*Review and check work produced by others; provide technical leadership and mentorship
*Prepare fee estimates, design programmes, tender and contract documentation
*Support bids, proposals and identification of new work opportunities
*Manage own project responsibilities for quality, cost, safety and programme
*Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Highways Engineer is great for you if:
*Extensive post-graduate experience in highways design
*Degree in Civil Engineering, Highways Engineering or Transportation
*Chartered (CEng) / Incorporated (IEng) or working towards with ICE, CIHT or IHE
*Strong technical knowledge of: *Highway geometry and pavement design
*Drainage, signs & road markings, VRS (incl. RRRAP)

*Experience using AutoCAD and specialist highways software (e.g. Civils 3D, AutoTrack, MicroDrainage)
*Solid understanding of CDM, HSAWA and preparation of H&S documentation
*CSCS Card; SMSTS (or equivalent)
*Excellent communication, organisational and commercial awareness skills
*Full UK driving licence
Rewards and benefits
We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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