Principal Highways Engineer

Snc-Lavalin; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working policy

Hybrid working model

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced engineer to provide technical guidance on highway infrastructure projects and lead multi-disciplinary teams through design and delivery. You will mentor colleagues, engage with clients, and help develop winning bids while managing resources and risks.

The role emphasizes strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to deliver under pressure within a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and meet deadlines.
• Capacity to discuss design/technical solutions with clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on highway infrastructure projects.
• Mentor and coach team members and oversee their technical development.
• Liaise with key clients and discuss design/technical solutions with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Practice Managers to ensure projects are adequately resourced.
• Delegate work, schedule deliverables and monitor progress.
• Identify and respond to project commercial risks and opportunities.
• Support business development by representing the business at events and helping with bids and tenders.

Skills

Technical guidance

Job description

Shape a faster, smarter, safer future. 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 diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally. We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

Your role

• Providing technical guidance on highway infrastructure projects.
• Mentoring and coaching team members and taking responsibility for their technical development.
• Liaise with key clients and be capable of discussing design / technical solutions to stakeholders including technical and non-technical Clients.
• Liaising with Practice Managers, ensure 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 work winning including representing the business at networking events, preparing bids and tenders and establish, maintain and develop relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.

About you

Able to demonstrate experience of developing strong and sustainable relationships with Clients, understanding their requirements and aspirations, and working effectively with them to achieve their objectives. Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement. Highly developed interpersonal and leadership skills with proven ability to build and motivate teams working across the practices. A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, is reliable, proactive and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines. A disciplined thinker and analytical, numerate, problem solver who has strategic judgement and the capacity to think complex issues through and develop effective solutions in a timely fashion. A resourceful, articulate and clear communicator who can influence others through the use of sound judgement and good sense – a natural team player. Self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in leading and managing packages of work to completion. A high expectation of performance for themselves and other members of the team.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.

Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information

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 residency 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 creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be.

So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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