Highway Design Engineer

Alfred Recruitment LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working and flexible hours

Excellent pension and benefits package

Professional development and career?

Job summary

Alfred Recruitment LLP is seeking a Senior Highway / Infrastructure Design Engineer in Manchester with hybrid working. You will lead highway and infrastructure design projects from concept through to construction-ready plans, deliver active travel schemes, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with local authorities to ensure compliance with standards and successful submissions.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering highway and infrastructure design projects.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Proven track record of technical leadership on complex schemes.

Responsibilities

• Lead highway and infrastructure design projects from concept to construction-ready design.
• Deliver highway layouts, active travel schemes and road-space reallocation projects.
• Prepare Section 278 and Section 38 submissions.
• Produce 3D vertical highway designs using Civil 3D.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary projects ensuring quality and standards.
• Mentor and guide junior colleagues.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Coordination

Technical leadership

Education

CIHT membership

ICE membership

Tools

Civil 3D

Job description

SENIOR HIGHWAY / INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN ENGINEER

Manchester, (although some flexibility across several other offices)

Hybrid Working

Are you an experienced Highway or Infrastructure Design Engineer looking for your next challenge within a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary consultancy?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established engineering design team, delivering complex highway, infrastructure and sustainable transport projects, with genuine scope to influence project outcomes and support the development of junior colleagues.

The Role

• Lead highway and infrastructure design projects from concept through to detailed, construction-ready design.
• Deliver highway layouts, active travel schemes and road-space reallocation projects.
• Prepare Section 278 and Section 38 highway approval submissions.
• Produce 3D vertical highway designs using Civil 3D.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary projects, ensuring technical quality and compliance with relevant standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to colleagues.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience delivering highway and infrastructure design projects.
• Proficiency in Civil 3D and detailed highway design.
• Experience with local authority standards, highway approvals and urban constraints.
• Knowledge of BIM and Common Data Environments.
• Excellent communication, coordination and technical leadership skills.
• Membership of CIHT, ICE or an equivalent professional body.

Experience in bus infrastructure, public transport or sustainable mobility projects would be a real advantage.

What’s on Offer?

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working and flexible hours.
• Excellent pension and benefits package.
• Professional development and career progression.
• The opportunity to contribute to innovative transport and infrastructure projects.