Greater London

Senior Highways Engineer

£40 per hour
London, Greater London
Contract
As a Senior Highways Engineer you will be joining a large and continually growing highways maintenance joint venture looking to expand their London team. You will be engaged in the development of safe and well-maintained roads, with a vision of reducing road danger and congestion to help London become one of the best cities for walking and cycling.

Your new company

Contributing to a significant amount of the UK’s highways services, this company specialises in providing highways maintenance and management services to both public and private sector clients. In addition to highways maintenance, they cover network management, emergency response services, and traffic management. They have a strong focus on safety, sustainability and innovation, which enables them to deliver services and large-scale, complex projects in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner.

Your new role

As a Senior Highways Engineer you will be joining a large and continually growing highways maintenance joint venture looking to expand their London team. You will be engaged in the development of safe and well-maintained roads, with a vision of reducing road danger and congestion to help London become one of the best cities for walking and cycling.

The Senior Highways Engineer will lead the design and implementation of schemes including the planning, programming, commercial, you will also be tasked with:

  • Production, review and submission of design for Schemes on the Contract.

  • Ensuring Task Orders are managed and dealt with in appropriate times.

  • Responsible for ensuring stakeholder approval for all design works are approved ahead of build.

  • Support the delivery of the annual schemes budget and ensure monthly commercial results are presented and assessed.

  • Promote a culture of delivering continual efficiencies reducing companies and clients out turn costs.

  • Actively seek growth opportunities within the London business region.

  • Maintain strong shareholder relationships.

  • Support our Client’s objectives and maintain a strong relationship based on trust and integrity.

About you

This role would best suit a highly experienced and technically proficient civil engineer with a strong background in highway engineering.

The ideal candidate will have

  • Degree qualified Civil Engineer with membership or currently working towards chartership

  • Experience in the design of highway improvement and maintenance schemes to UK standards

  • Knowledge of NEC 3 Contracts

  • Be a strong user of computer aided design software, including AutoCAD, Civil 3D and MX.

  • Have a good understanding of the transport issues affecting London's road network and of the management and operation of a road network.