Senior Engineer Highway Development

Southwark; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwark Council in London is seeking a Highway Development professional to help deliver major regeneration schemes such as Old Kent Road and Canada Water. You’ll coordinate responses to planning enquiries, ensure design standards, and help maximise street improvement in a high-profile urban setting.

The role requires a recognised degree in Civil Engineering, knowledge of transport legislation, and experience producing technical reports within a team environment. Full-time, 36 hours weekly.

Qualifications

• Recognised degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering.
• Knowledge of current street scene and transport legislation.
• Experience producing technical reports and delivering highway solutions within a team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Highway Authority response to planning enquiries and applications, ensuring suitable arrangements and high-quality public realm.
• Manage development control projects of significant nature.
• Ensure highway projects meet council highway design standards through design review processes.

Skills

Technical reports

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent

Job description

We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

What You'll Be Doing

When you take on a role in the Highways Team, you can expect to work on huge schemes that will define not just London, but the careers of those entrusted with them too. And this role is most definitely career-defining. Southwark Council is embarking on a number of ambitious regeneration projects including Old Kent Road, Aylesbury, Elephant & Castle and Canada Water. And you can be a part of this unique challenge.

The Highway Development Team contribute to the overall Highway Authority’s response to planning enquiries and applications ensuring that suitable arrangements are put in place to mitigate any adverse effects and maximise street scene improvement. The Highway Development Team also ensure that all highway projects are dealt with, from developers and others, and meet the council’s highway design standards by managing their progress through design review process, ensuring a high quality of public realm.

You will work within a team coordinating the Highway Authority response to planning enquires and applications ensuring that suitable arrangements are put in place to mitigate any adverse effects and maximise street scene improvement. To manage development control projects of a significant nature.

You will ensure that all highway projects dealt with, from developers and others, meet the council’s highway design standards by managing their progress through design review process, ensuring a high quality of public realm.

What We're Looking For

• You will have a recognised degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering.
• You will have detailed knowledge of the current street scene and transport legislation.
• Experience of producing technical reports and work well within a team in delivering highway solutions.

Additional Information

Full time, 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This vacancy is subject to the Council’s redeployment arrangements. Eligible redeployees will be considered first, and the vacancy may be withdrawn if a suitable redeployee is appointed.

Our Values and Behaviours:

At Southwark, our REACH values are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to being Resident-focused, Empowering, Accountable, Collaborative and Honest, in how we work with colleagues, residents, partners and communities. We welcome applications from people who share these values and are passionate about making a positive difference to our borough.

To learn more about our REACH values and behaviours, please visit: About Southwark

Closing Date: 22nd November 2026 at 23:59*

*The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Interview and Assessment Date: 9th December 2026

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme .

We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Salary Range (Full time equivalent) £51,831 - £59,394