Senior Engineer

National Highways; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Senior Structures Engineer to join the Yorkshire and North East region on a permanent basis. The role focuses on asset management and maintenance of highway structures, including bridges and related structures, with responsibilities for analysis and value-based improvements.

The position can be based from offices in Leeds, Wakefield or Darlington. A driving requirement is noted, with a clean license preferred (no more than 3 points).

Qualifications

• Chartered or Incorporated Civil or Structural Engineer with appropriate experience.
• Experience in Highway Structures management, inspection, assessment and design.
• Working knowledge of DMRB standards, methods of working & Specification for Highway Works and Eurocodes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the activities and resources involved in the identification and evaluation of asset data and needs to develop early solutions.
• Lead the development of early solutions for improvements and renewals, including compiling and checking documents, evidence and options for value management.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed early solutions and plans, liaising with relevant teams to identify and rectify issues.
• Identify, prepare briefs and support delivery of survey works that support improvement/renewal of assets.
• Develop the technical briefs provided to design and construction contractors for improvement and renewal work.

Skills

Chartered/ Incorporated Civil or 1

Highway Structures management

DMRB standards / Eurocodes

Education

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Job description

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Structures Engineer to join our team in the Yorkshire and North East region on a permanent basis. The Senior Structures Engineer will provide technical expertise in the Asset Management and maintenance of Highway structures assets. As a Structures Engineer, you will lead on the development of structures (Bridges and other structures) asset management documents such as management of substandard structures, management of post tensioned structures.

This role can be based from one of our offices in Leeds, Wakefield or Darlington.

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.

• Lead and coordinate 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.
• Lead the development of early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, taking into account new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed early solutions and plans, liaising with the relevant teams to identify and/or rectify issues.
• Identify, prepare briefs and support delivery of survey works that support the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Develop the technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractors for improvement and renewals work.

About you.

• A Chartered or Incorporated Civil or Structural Engineer with appropriate experience, or equivalent
• Experience in Highway Structures management, inspection, assessment and design.
• Working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards, methods of working & Specification for Highway Works and Eurocodes.
• Degree or HND in relevant discipline
• Knowledge of Construction Design Management 2015 and associated duties.

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.