Senior Engineer: Highway Design

Salford City Council; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working

Excellent pension

Job summary

Salford City Council is seeking a capable civil engineer to lead highway design projects within a hybrid working environment. You will support a Highways Group Leader, shaping feasibility studies, design, cost plans and procurement for major schemes.

You will oversee engineers and technicians, develop junior staff, and liaise with stakeholders and the public to ensure works comply with standards and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or related subject.
• Qualified membership of a professional engineering institution or working towards this status.
• Strong track record in design, implementation, and supervision of highway projects.
• Proven experience in feasibility studies, reports, cost estimates, and option assessment.
• Good understanding of relevant standards, Codes of Practice, and Health & Safety legislation.
• Initiative and problem-solving skills with external organisations.
• Experience managing junior staff and supervising teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake feasibility studies, conceptual, preliminary and detailed design.
• Prepare, manage, report and maintain project cost plans.
• Manage a team of engineers and technicians, supervising junior members of the team, including programming and allocating work.
• Support the Group Leader in arranging procurement of highway improvement works via competitive tendering.
• Supervise and monitor works on site.
• Liaise with stakeholders, developers, elected members, senior officers and the public on projects.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant standards and regulations.
• Set and work to personal deadlines and targets.

Skills

AutoCAD

Leadership

Cost estimation

Stakeholder liaison

Health & Safety

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Civil engineering software

Job description

This role is an opportunity to advance your leadership career in a role that will help transform transport and travel in Salford.

You will be supporting Group Leaders with delivering a large, varied programme of schemes you can make a key contribution to achieving Salford’s vision of a truly integrated transport system within our city, linking seamlessly into the wider Greater Manchester network.

The number and variety of projects in our pipeline provide huge potential to build your track record, experience and expertise as an engineer and leader.

Why join us in Highway Design?

• Large in-house technical team (30+ colleagues) with strong capabilities and wide-ranging experience.
• Extensive pipeline of work with a wide range of projects to make your mark on.
• The opportunity to see projects all the way through the lifecycle.
• Strong focus on professional development, with formal links to the ICE.
• Dedicated leadership and digital skills development programmes, tools and eLearning.
• Use of AI innovation.
• Hybrid/flexible working.
• Competitive package, including excellent pension.

Your role

You will have a vital leadership role in support of a Highways Group Leader. We want you to:

• Undertake feasibility studies, conceptual, preliminary and detailed design.
• Prepare, manage, report and maintain project cost plans.
• Manage a team of engineers and technicians, supervising junior members of the team, including programming and allocating work, assisting in training and development, setting goals and monitoring performance.
• Support the Group Leader in arranging the procurement of highway improvement works through competitive tendering.
• Supervise and monitor works on site.
• Liaise with stakeholders, developers and their agents, elected members, senior officers and the public on projects.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant standards, regulations and legislation.
• Set and work to personal deadlines and targets.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related subject.
• Qualified membership of a professional engineering institution or working towards this status.
• Strong track record in the design, implementation, and supervision of engineering projects, with a focus on highway design.
• Proven experience of managing and delivering feasibility studies, including preparing reports, cost estimates, investigating problems and identifying options.
• A good understanding of all relevant standards, Codes of Practice, Health & Safety legislation and current relevant design methods.
• Initiative and ingenuity in solving engineering problems.
• The ability to deal appropriately and effectively with external organisations.
• Experience of successfully managing junior staff.
• Strong skills in AutoCAD software.
• Full UK driving licence.

If you have completed the GM Elevate Leadership Development Programme within the last 2 years, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

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