Assistant Highways Design Engineer

M Group Highways; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

M Group Highways seeks a highways maintenance engineer to join their Engineering Solutions team, working on maintenance and improvement schemes. The role involves producing design drawings, technical reports, and conducting site visits, all while adhering to highway standards. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and development in a supportive environment that values inclusion and safety.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in design and construction within the highway sector.
• Knowledge of Highways England standards.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety in design and construction.

Responsibilities

• Undertake highways maintenance and improvement schemes.
• Produce design drawings and technical reports.
• Attend site visits and inspections.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Relevant degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Design software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Engineering Solutions team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You'll undertake highways maintenance and improvement schemes following current highway standards

You’ll produce design drawings using AutoCAD whilst creating construction packages comprising of design drawings, specifications, Bill of Quantities and Environmental / H&S considerations, and in compliance with QSE standards and processes

You’ll produce technical reports and other technical output to achieve project outcomes.

You’ll provide technical training / supervision of Technicians

We'll ask you to attend site visits, bridge surveys and investigations, structure General, Principal and Safety inspections.

You'll utilise software to undertake highway alignment, traffic signs and drainage design

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant degree in Civil Engineering
• Design and construction experience within the highway sector
• Knowledge of analytical software and its application to bridges & highway structures
• Knowledge of Highways England standards including DMRB & MCDHW and design using Eurocodes
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction
• Computer literate with Design software and Microsoft packages
• Effective communicator, both written and verbally, ability to organise and prioritise
• UK/EEC driving licence
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
  
  

In addition, this role offers;

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover
  
  

About Us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  
  

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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