Principal Highway Design Engineer

-; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Glasgow is seeking a Principal Highways Engineer to provide technical guidance on significant projects while mentoring team members. The role includes collaborating with various design teams and delivering high-quality civil engineering solutions. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in highway design. This position offers flexible working options and a commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• Experience in highways and active travel schemes.
• Ability to coach and develop team members.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on highway projects.
• Mentor team members and oversee their technical development.
• Manage project cost estimates and timelines.

Skills

Highway design expertise

Technical client advising

Project management

Mentoring and coaching

Problem-solving

Education

BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering

Job description

Overview

Build a reputation for high-quality delivery. You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We’re proud of our people’s diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge, and when you join us you’ll be part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone’s voice is valued and treated equally. We’re passionate about what we do, and we offer flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life. As a Principal Highways Engineer in our Transportation team, you’ll be pivotal in implementing ideas that shape the future of how we move. We work on a large variety of significant and challenging UK projects, alongside a broad portfolio of local transport projects with Local Authorities and Contractors. You’ll feel a great sense of pride in shaping high-quality civil and structural designs across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works. You will collaborate with national and international design teams, using your insight and leadership to generate positive, sustainable impacts on society and the environment. This role requires you to be based from either our Glasgow or Edinburgh office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical guidance on highway infrastructure projects.
• Mentoring and coaching team members and taking responsibility for the technical development of staff.
• Solving engineering problems.
• Developing works cost estimates.
• Checking, reviewing and overseeing the work of others.
• Liaising with key clients and discussing design/technical solutions to stakeholders including technical and non-technical clients.
• Liaising with Practice Managers to ensure projects are sufficiently resourced.
• Delegating work to team members, programming deliverables and monitoring progress.
• Identifying and responding to project commercial risks and opportunities.
• Supporting the business in winning work, including representing the business at networking events, preparing bids and tenders, and developing relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.

What you can bring

• BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or Professionally Qualified, or near qualified at Chartered or Incorporated Engineer Level.
• Experience/knowledge of the design and design process involved in highways and active travel schemes.
• Proven ability to advise clients on technical matters.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
• A willingness to work flexibly to deliver projects to time and budget.
• Project Management and/or Highways Discipline Management experience.
• Experience of pricing and bidding on tender opportunities.
• Self-motivated and able to work both single-handedly as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in directing and managing packages of work to completion.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We’re creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You’ll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you’ll be in a privileged position, delivering what’s right for governments and communities. You’ll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of UK residency of five years or longer. If applying to this role please do not reference or include in your application or CV details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community—a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion from day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

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Worker Type
Employee

Job Type
Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.