Senior Engineer: Highway Design

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation; Salford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension

Job summary

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is advertising a Highway Design leadership role in Salford. You will lead a team of engineers, deliver feasibility studies, and drive projects through conceptual to detailed design stages within an integrated transport context.

The role emphasizes cost planning, tendering, site supervision and strong collaboration with stakeholders across the city and Greater Manchester.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related subject.
• Qualified membership in a professional engineering institution or pursuing this status.
• Strong track record in highway design projects, including feasibility studies and delivering options.
• Experience in feasibility studies, reports and cost estimates.
• Good understanding of relevant standards, Codes of Practice, Health & Safety legislation and current design methods.
• Initiative and ability to solve engineering problems and to deal with external organisations.

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, training and development, setting goals and monitoring performance.
• Support the Group Leader in arranging procurement of highway improvement works via 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.

Skills

Feasibility studies

Project cost management

Team leadership

Stakeholder liaison

AutoCAD

Civil engineering design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Professional engineering membership / working towards status

Tools

AutoCAD software

Civil 3D

Job description

Get ahead with CIHT Membership

Join other savvy professionals just like you at CIHT. We are committed to fulfilling your professional development needs throughout your career

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.
• 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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Please note that Salford City Council is currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for any role, as no Certificates of Sponsorship are available. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Please note, this job can be closed at any time if we fulfil the role.

Join other savvy professionals just like you at CIHT. We are committed to fulfilling your professional development needs throughout your career