Senior Highway Engineer NEW

Job description

The M25 is one of our Flagship projects in the UK! It is the most used part of the UK Strategic Road Network with it seeing over 200,000 vehicles per day and it’s a critical infrastructure asset for personal and goods vehicles into and around our capital. The network includes around 800 structures and 5 tunnels, so it requires high levels of performance, constant improvement and repairs to keep it operating smoothly.

We’ve formed a Joint Venture project called Connect Plus Services (CPS) to work with our partners to widen, operate and maintain the M25 under a 30-year contract and we are looking for a Senior Highways Engineer to join the Engineering team undertaking a variety of highway renewal designs. This position involves working on one of Europe’s busiest and most strategically important road networks. As such, this scheme requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work together and coordinate with different teams effectively.

Key responsibilities / duties:

• The role is responsible for developing, reviewing, and refining design packages consisting of drawings and works specification for various renewal schemes including (but not limited to) filter drains, network drainage, signage, fencing and VRS. This will be aligned with asset management and client requirements.
• You will be responsible for preparing documentation to discharge the duties of the CDM 2015 Principal Designer and creating specifications for works.
• You will be responsible for applying quality management processes and manage the quality of outputs, including adherence to standards and process compliance with the M25 DBFO Contract.
• You will be working directly with the technical specialist and commercial leads in the Engineering and other CPS teams to achieve agreed programmes and key milestones. Responsible for building strong relationships in a cross-functional collaborative team.
• Responsible for providing progress updates, programme management and reporting of assigned work.
• Accountable for the scheduling and chairing of performance, technical and commercial review meetings.
• Responsible for providing information to the commercial team to enable them to produce cost estimates.

Qualifications/ skills:

• Broad knowledge of Design, Manual of Roads and Bridges (DMRB), The Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW), Traffic Signs and Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) and other highways standards.
• Experience of delivering highway design
• Understanding of risk management principles
• Minimum BEng / MEng (or equivalent) in a civil engineering or other construction-based discipline
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Personal Attributes:

• Proactive problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Presentation skills.
• Teamworking skills.
• Ability to prioritise and self-manage
• Ability to develop relationships and engender trust

Experience:

• Experience at an intermediate level in the design, delivery, or asset management of highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
• Experience of coordinating interfaces with internal/external technical and commercial teams and external resources
• Experience of managing projects through complete lifecycle

*Candidates can apply even if they partially meet the requirements. There is scope for training and development in these areas as long as you have a good engineering foundation with a pro-active and result orientated attitude.

Working arrangements (shift work, need for travel etc)

• Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required.
• Full Driving License preferred, but not essential