Principal Highway Design Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Glasgow is seeking a Principal Highways Engineer to provide technical guidance on infrastructure projects. You will mentor team members and be responsible for solving engineering problems while collaborating on significant transport projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Civil Engineering and extensive experience in highway design. This role offers flexible working policies and the opportunity to shape sustainable transportation solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to advise clients on technical matters.
• Self-motivated and able to manage packages of work.
• Experience in pricing and bidding on tender opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on highway projects.
• Mentor team members and oversee their work.
• Liaise with clients to discuss design solutions.

Skills

Experience in highway infrastructure projects

Mentoring and coaching

Problem-solving skills

Project Management experience

Flexibility in working

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 to say it\'s thanks to our people\'s thought, expertise and knowledge. When you join us, you\'ll be part of a genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone\'s voice is valued and treated equally. We are passionate about what we do, but we don\'t take ourselves too seriously. This is a great place to be. Our flexible and remote working policies are 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, such as Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, A9 Luncarty to Pass of Birnam, East Airdrie Link Road, A14 Cambridge-Huntingdon, and Human Drive, alongside a large 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. Collaborate with 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.

Your purpose

• 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.
• Liaise with key clients and discuss design / technical solutions with stakeholders including technical and non-technical clients.
• Liaising with Practice Managers, ensuring that projects are sufficiently resourced.
• Delegating work to team members, programming deliverables and monitoring progress.
• Identify and respond to project commercial risks and opportunities.
• Support the business in winning work including representing the business at networking events, preparing bids and tenders and establishing, maintaining 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 in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) 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 for all, 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 ability.

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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, race, age, disability, or sexual orientation, and, but enriches itself through these.