Highways Design Engineer

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

M Group Highways in Ipswich is recruiting for a senior highway design engineer to lead design and delivery across schemes. You will manage site surveys, ensure QA and HSE compliance, and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams including sub consultants.

The role requires a civil engineering degree and Chartered progression, with experience in drainage, alignment and traffic signing. Driving licence is essential for site access.

Qualifications

• Degree in civil engineering or equivalent experience in highways.
• Experience in design and construction within highways sector.
• Evidence of mentoring junior engineers and graduates.

Responsibilities

• Produce design packages, reports and deliverables.
• Organise site visits and surveys.
• Deliver projects to time and cost targets with QA compliance.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and environment laws.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and sub consultants.
• Manage staff development and performance reviews.
• Foster strong customer relationships.

Skills

Site management

ASTA planning

AutoCAD

Drainage design

Traffic signs design

Health & safety

Team leadership

MS Excel

Education

Civil Engineering degree

IEng/CEng progression

Tools

AutoCAD

Design software

ASTA

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 Highways maintenance 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.

What will you be doing?

• Produce design packages, reports and other deliverables to achieve project outcomes;
• Organise and undertake site visits and surveys
• Deliver successful projects to agreed time and cost expectations whilst ensuring work is undertaken in compliance with internal quality standards and processes;
• Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental legislation
• Resource planning and co-ordination of multi disciplinary teams, including sub consultants;
• Staff and people management including training and development and staff performance reviews;
• Working collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives and deliverables;
• Managing, building and developing customer relationships.

What you’ll bring

• Civil Engineering degree or equivalent or evidence of experience in the highways sector (6 years minimum)
• Incorporated Engineer or highly experienced engineer working towards IEng / CEng;
• Design and construction experience in the highways sector
• A commercial awareness in the delivery of projects
• Awareness / experience of Local Highway Authority standards
• Evidence of developing assistant engineers, graduates and technicians
• Working knowledge of programming tools such as ASTA
• Evidence of managing Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and other design software including for drainage, alignment and traffic signs desirable.
• Computer literate particularly with packages such as Microsoft Excel and Word
• 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 In addition, this role offers;

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

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.

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.