Highway Engineer

WMJobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a motivated Highway Engineer to design, develop and deliver structural highway maintenance schemes across the county. You will manage projects from inception to delivery, coordinating with contractors and stakeholders to ensure works are completed safely, on time and to budget.

The role involves supervising site works, assessing traffic management, preparing specifications and contributing to future maintenance programmes to improve the highway network.

Qualifications

• Investigate, design, cost and deliver highway structural maintenance and improvement schemes.
• Manage carriageway and footway resurfacing, reconstruction, drainage improvements and other works.
• Develop specifications and oversee works to standards and quality procedures.
• Monitor budgets, programmes and contractor performance.
• Undertake site inspections and supervise works ensuring health and safety compliance.
• Assess temporary traffic management and construction risks.
• Provide technical advice to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Assist development of future maintenance programmes and reports to residents and councillors.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, design and deliver highway structural schemes.
• Oversee resurfacing, reconstruction and drainage improvement projects.
• Monitor budgets, programmes and contractor performance.
• Supervise works and ensure health and safety compliance.
• Prepare reports and responses to inquiries from residents and stakeholders.

Skills

Highway design

Budget management

Site inspections

Health and safety

Traffic management

Stakeholder liaison

Report writing

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Highway Engineer to join Warwickshire County Council's Structural Highway Maintenance Team. The team is responsible for developing and delivering a wide range of highway maintenance and capital improvement programmes across the county, working in partnership with our term maintenance contractor and key stakeholders.

As a Highway Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development and delivery of structural highway maintenance schemes, including carriageway and footway resurfacing, reconstruction, drainage improvements, surface dressing and other asset management initiatives. You will be responsible for managing projects from inception through to delivery, ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently, within budget and to the required quality standards.

The successful candidate will work closely with contractors, suppliers, local communities and elected members to help maintain and improve Warwickshire's highway network, delivering real benefits to residents and road users across the county.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about highway engineering and has the skills and experience to help deliver a high-quality service.

Key Requirements

• Investigate, design, cost and deliver highway structural maintenance and improvement schemes.
• Manage carriageway and footway resurfacing, reconstruction, structural patching and drainage improvement projects.
• Develop specifications and oversee works in accordance with engineering standards and quality management procedures.
• Monitor project budgets, programmes and contractor performance.
• Undertake site inspections and supervise works to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Assess temporary traffic management arrangements and construction risks.
• Provide technical advice and support to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Assist with the development of future maintenance programmes to improve the condition of the highway network.
• Prepare reports, performance information and responses to enquiries from residents, councillors and other stakeholders.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

To discuss the role please contact:

Scott Carpenter

Delivery Service Manager

07887 783237

[e-mail]

Closing date: 31st August 2026

Interview date: W/C 21st September 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more