Highways Engineer x2

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Calderdale; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working

Excellent pension

Training opportunities

Staff discounts

Job summary

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, is seeking experienced engineers to lead highway design and delivery within the Traffic Engineering Team. The role focuses on safety improvements, sustainable transport, and public realm enhancements for the local area.

The team works on design schemes, S278 checks, and wider infrastructure projects, offering hybrid/flexible working and a competitive pension.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in highway design.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and local authority procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience delivering engineering projects from concept through to implementation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare design solutions for highway safety and improvement schemes.
• Ensure compliance with legislative requirements and regulations.
• Work programming, estimating, supervision and reporting on progress.
• Provide technical advice to elected Members and the public.
• Collaborate with internal services, developers, consultants and external partners.
• Mentor trainees and staff.

Skills

Highway design

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

Post Ref: CC685a

Scale PO5-8, SCP 31-34, £41,771 - £45,091 per annum, (pay award pending)

37 hours per week, permanent

Please note: Internal at risk or redeployee applicants will be seen in the first instance.

Help shape safer, smarter streets across Calderdale

Are you an experienced highway professional looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a passion for safety and delivering innovative highway design solutions that make a real difference to communities?

We're seeking Engineers to join a small design team within our Strategic Infrastructure Service. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering highway safety improvements, sustainable transport initiatives, and public realm enhancements supporting Calderdale's residents, businesses and visitors.

Working at the heart of our Traffic Engineering Team, you'll help shape the future of the highway network by driving the design and delivery of schemes that improve road safety, support economic growth, and contribute to wider transport and environmental objectives.

We offer a competitive salary package, including excellent pension, and Hybrid/flexible working with family friendly policies.

About the Team

The Traffic Engineering Team is responsible for developing and delivering highway safety and traffic management solutions across Calderdale. Our work ranges from highway improvement and sustainable transport projects to public realm schemes and developer-funded highway works.

As part of the team, you'll contribute to the delivery of projects funded through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) programme (and its replacement), as well as a growing portfolio of highway and infrastructure projects.

You will be delivering highway design schemes; public realm works and progressing S278 checking. Work would include preparing suitable design solutions for highway safety and improvement schemes, ensuring that the Council complies with the requirements of current legislation, including work programming, estimating, supervision and reporting on scheme progress.

Your key responsibilities and duties will include

Preparing design solutions and develop innovative and practical highway safety and improvement schemes. Ensuring that the Council complies with legislative requirements, Undertake work programming, estimating, supervision and reporting on scheme progress Provide technical advice to elected Members, colleagues and members of the public. Work collaboratively with internal services, developers, consultants and external stakeholders. Mentor trainees and other staff.

What We’re Looking for:

Proven experience in highway design. A strong working knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and local authority procedures. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience delivering engineering projects from concept through to implementation. Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills. Proven ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and with external partners. More information on specific requirements and responsibilities is detailed in the Role Profile.

Why Join Us?

Calderdale is a beautiful metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, at the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines, between Manchester and Leeds. Its spectacular natural landscape, vibrant towns, quirky culture, tremendous architecture, thriving businesses and community spirit make it a great place to live, work and visit. To find out more please visit: www.visitcalderdale.com

We have a range of workplace benefits available to all our employees:

• A wide variety of projects to work on, experience to gain and a wide range of projects to make your mark on.
• A small but dedicated Team, with the opportunities to make your individual mark and see projects all the way through the lifecycle.
• Workload comprising of a mix of local and strategic issues.
• Close collaboration with other in-house teams.
• Strong learning culture with a focus on continuous development and access to the wider training and accreditation opportunities with formal links to the ICE.
• Hybrid/flexible working with family friendly policies
• Competitive salary package, including excellent pension.
• Competitive leave entitlement
• Wellbeing support and staff networks
• Development and training opportunities
• Staff discounts and benefits schemes, including salary sacrifice car leasing, cyclescheme and travel offers

Closing Date: 20th September 2026

Interview Date: tbc

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year (unless exceptions apply) and meet the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

We may utilise digital interview methods.

Previous applicants need not apply.

As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.

All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

As part of our fair recruitment process, we ask that all applications are written by the candidate and that Artificial Intelligence (AI) use is limited, unless assistance is required as a reasonable adjustment for a disability. Content should be truthful, accurate, evidence based and not embellished – see guidance.

Company: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Salary: Scale PO5-8, SCP 31-34, £41,771 - £45,091 per annum, (pay award pending)

Location: Calderdale, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

Sector: Highways

Sector: Traffic Management

Sector: Transport Planning

Job Role: Engineer