Engineer (Highways)

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking an Engineer (Highways) in Birmingham to design road, drainage and active travel schemes from feasibility through detailed design, collaborating with public and private sector clients across local and strategic networks.

You will lead design tasks under senior guidance, coordinate with disciplines, support approvals, and help deliver projects safely, on time and within budget, applying standards such as DMRB, MfS and local guides.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering highway and drainage schemes.
• Knowledge of standards (DMRB, MfS, TSM) and Local Authority guides.
• Ability to coordinate across disciplines and manage junior staff.
• Awareness of budget, time and quality constraints.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preliminary through to detailed design for road, drainage and active travel infrastructure.
• Prepare designs in compliance with appropriate standards (DMRB, MCHW, MfS, TSM, Local Authority guides).
• Obtain statutory approvals.
• Provide design support to construction phases.
• Prepare designs on projects under the direction of more senior team members.
• Coordinate technical outputs and liaise with project teams to ensure fully coordinated designs.

Skills

Highways design

Road drainage design

Active travel design

Statutory approvals

Team coordination

Mentoring graduates

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

The primary role of an Engineer (Highways) is to utilise experience to design projects safely and work collaboratively across teams and projects as required.

The role will form part of an existing team already delivering a varied programme of highway and transportation schemes for a wide range of public and private sector clients across both the local and strategic highway networks. It will focus on development infrastructure projects from feasibility through to detailed design including highway design and drainage design, associated technical and statutory authority approvals.

Missions/Main Duties

• Preparation of preliminary through to detailed design for road, drainage and active travel infrastructure;
• Prepare designs (adoptable or non-adoptable) in compliance with appropriate standards (DMRB, MCHW, MfS, TSM, Local Authority guides, etc)
• Obtaining statutory approvals;
• Provide design support to construction phases
• You will be responsible for preparing designs on projects under the direction of more senior team members.
• Preparation of technical outputs, coordinating with other disciplines and represent the team internally and externally
• Work with, delegate to, manage, and direct Graduate Engineers and Technicians involved on projects.
• Execute tasks to quality, time and budget
• Record and present information clearly
• Demonstrate basic proficiency in the application of a range of methods, techniques and tools
• Liaising with relevant project teams to ensure designs are fully co-ordinated.
• Liaising with other construction professionals in the development of designs
• Assist and prepare with the delivery of technical outputs within the team (Drawings, Specifications, Cost Estimates, Contract Documents and Technical Reports);
• Demonstrate behaviours aligned with SYSTRA’s behavioural framework by actively fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, respect, and empowerment, contributing to an environment where all colleagues can thrive, achieve and grow together

Profile/Skills

• Preparation of preliminary through to detailed design for road, drainage and active travel infrastructure;
• Prepare designs (adoptable or non-adoptable) in compliance with appropriate standards (DMRB, MCHW, MfS, TSM, Local Authority guides, etc)
• Obtaining statutory approvals;
• Provide design support to construction phases
• You will be responsible for preparing designs on projects under the direction of more senior team members.
• Preparation of technical outputs, coordinating with other disciplines and represent the team internally and externally
• Work with, delegate to, manage, and direct Graduate Engineers and Technicians involved on projects.
• Execute tasks to quality, time and budget
• Record and present information clearly
• Demonstrate basic proficiency in the application of a range of methods, techniques and tools
• Liaising with relevant project teams to ensure designs are fully co-ordinated.
• Liaising with other construction professionals in the development of designs
• Assist and prepare with the delivery of technical outputs within the team (Drawings, Specifications, Cost Estimates, Contract Documents and Technical Reports);