Senior Engineer Highway Design

Salford City Council; Salford; Hybrid; 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 leader in Highway Design to support the Group Leader, overseeing feasibility studies, design and supervision of highway projects.

You will manage engineers, drive procurement through tendering, and ensure compliance with standards while engaging with stakeholders and the public. The role emphasizes development opportunities within a large, in-house highway team.

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 the design, implementation, and supervision of highway projects.
• Proven experience delivering feasibility studies including reports and cost estimates.
• Good understanding of standards, Codes of Practice, Health & Safety legislation and current design methods.
• Initiative and ingenuity in solving engineering problems.
• Ability to liaise with external organisations.
• Experience of managing junior staff.
• Strong skills in AutoCAD software.
• Full UK driving licence.

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, 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.

Skills

Highways design

Feasibility studies

Cost estimates

Team management

AutoCAD

Stakeholder liaison

Problem solving

Full UK driving licence

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil Engineering

Professional engineering affiliation in progress

Tools

AutoCAD

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.