Senior Engineer

National Highways; Bedford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Senior Road Restraint Systems Engineer to join our team in the East region, with offices in Bedford, Cambridge or Ipswich. You will identify and evaluate asset data to develop early solutions, and contribute to the design of highway renewals and maintenance schemes.

The role requires Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status to be desirable, a relevant degree or HND, and strong knowledge of asset condition modelling, DMRB standards, and cost-benefit analysis.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline required.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead identification and evaluation of asset data to develop early solutions.
• Monitor delivery of early solutions and coordinate with design/construction teams.
• Prepare briefs and support survey works for asset improvement/renewal.
• Develop technical briefs for contractors and renewals work.
• Perform technical reviews of third party designs for compliance with standards.
• Mentor and develop more junior team members.

Skills

asset data analysis

asset condition modelling

design for maintenance

DM RB standards

cost benefit analysis

CDM 2015

team mentoring

stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer desirable

Tools

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)

Job description

Here at National Highways, we currently have an opportunity for a Senior Road Restraint Systems Engineer to join our team in the East. Within this role, you will be undertaking the identification and evaluation of asset data and needs in order to develop early solutions, in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria and the designing of highway renewals and maintenance schemes.

This role will be based in our Bedford, Cambridge or Ipswich office.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Leading and coordinating the activities and resources involved in the identification and evaluation of asset data and needs in order to develop early solutions, in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria.
• Monitoring the delivery of agreed early solutions and plans, liaising with the relevant teams to identify and/or rectify issues.
• To Identify, prepare briefs and support delivery of survey works that support the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Developing the technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractors for improvement and renewals work.
• Tasked with undertaking technical reviews of third party designs to ensure that they comply with standards, design briefs and Design for Maintenance Requirements.
• To support the development of more junior team members, either through coaching, mentoring or more formal line management arrangements.

About you.

• A Chartered or Incorporated Engineer is desirable and a member of a relevant professional Body with appropriate experience is essential.
• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent
• Strong knowledge of asset condition assessment and degradation modelling and an understanding of the Value Management process or cost benefit analysis of schemes
• Strong knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highways network with experience in Pavement design.
• Good knowledge of CDM 2015
• Experience of working closely with other internal/external design teams, Contractors, Local Authorities, Stakeholders etc.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds