Senior Civil Engineer – Highways and Transportation

Uniting Holding; Otley; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is looking for a Senior Civil Engineer for their transportation team. The successful candidate will have 8 to 15 years of experience in civil engineering and a strong background in transportation projects. This role involves planning and designing infrastructure solutions while maximizing value for clients. The ideal candidate should have an honours degree in civil engineering, chartered membership, and familiarity with UK and Irish design standards. Flexible work support and wellness packages are offered.

Benefits

Wellness packages

Flexible working

Life-event support

Qualifications

• 8 to 15 years of postgraduate experience in civil engineering sector.
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in transportation projects.
• Ability to produce quality design outputs.

Responsibilities

• Join the team providing integrated transportation planning and design.
• Manage projects covering the full life cycle of transport assets.
• Deploy traffic and transport modelling technologies for solutions.

Skills

UK/Ireland design standards knowledge

Report writing skills

Problem-solving aptitude

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Honours degree in civil engineering

Chartered membership of a recognized body

Tools

Openroads

MX

Civil3D

Job description

Senior Civil Engineer – Highways and Transportation

Roughan & O’Donovan is seeking to recruit a senior civil engineer with eight to 15 years’ experience for a permanent position within our expanding transportation team in Leeds, UK.

Job type: Permanent

Location: Otley, Leeds

Salary:Competitive

About the role

You will join a team of transportation experts providing integrated transportation planning and design services across road, rail, bus rapid transit, cycleway and pedestrian schemes.

Our team has the experience and skills to cover the full life cycle of transport assets - from early-stage investigations and modelling, through construction management, to ongoing asset maintenance.

We deploy state-of-the-art traffic and transport modelling technologies to support informed, resilient and sustainable transport solutions.

Current and recent projects include:

• Renfrew Bridge, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth, UK
• Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project
• BusConnects Dublin
• BusConnects Cork
• Grow College Green
• N81 Road Improvement Scheme, Co Wicklow
• Liffey Valley to City Centre

Essential

• Honours degree incivil engineering (minimum Level 8 qualificationin the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• Eight to 15 years’ postgraduate experience in the civil engineeringsector
• Minimum of five years’ direct experience in design for transportationprojects
• Chartered membership of a recognised professional body in the engineering sector
• KnowledgeofUK/Irishdesignstandardse.g. DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20, MCHW,etc.
• Experience of preparing detailed works contractspecifications
• Excellent report writing and verbal communicationskills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to produce quality designoutputs
• Comfortable working in a busy work environment with tightdeadlines
• Aptitude forproblem-solving
• Flexible, motivated andfocused
• Keen to learn anddevelop
• Good organisational skills
• A strong workethic
• Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and writtenEnglish

Desirable

• Knowledge of 3D roads design software e.g. Openroads, MX and Civil3D
• Knowledge of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and National Transport Authority (NTA) project managementguidelines

About Roughan & O'Donovan

ROD is a leading, independently owned civil, structural and environmental engineering consultancy. Founded in Dublin in 1974, we plan, design and manage major infrastructure projects across Ireland and the UK. We employ a multidisciplinary team of over 250 people, of more than 20 nationalities, across our Leeds, Dublin and Cork offices.

Our hands-on, director-led approach enables our teams to deliver innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions that maximise value for our clients while creating meaningful learning opportunities for our people. We enjoy strong, long-standing relationships with clients, partners and stakeholders, with a significant proportion of our work coming from repeat commissions. We opened our Leeds office in 2019, and it is now well established, with a rapidly growing team and a strong forward pipeline of projects.

Our people are at the heart of our business. We invest heavily in personal and professional development at every stage of career progression. In addition to operating an Institution of Civil Engineers training scheme, we are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and have well-established student placement, graduate development and chartership support programmes.

We offerwellness packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From summer socials and bowling to charity football events and escape room challenges, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.

How to apply

• Address your cover letter to HumanResources
• Apply by clicking the link: https://shorturl.at/xjDwN

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.

For compliance purposes, Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising from the recruitment process,

Roughan & O’Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms. CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O’Donovan. and no fee wllI be paid in the event of a candidate(s) being hired.