Senior Engineer - Highways

Run Resourcing Ltd; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering contractor is seeking a Senior Engineer for a major highways project in Wiltshire. The role involves managing a team of engineers, ensuring quality and compliance, and contributing to project delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience in team management and engineering oversight. This position offers stability as the project continues until 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team of engineers.
• Proven ability to oversee engineering objectives effectively.
• Familiarity with engineering quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the engineering team's day‑to‑day activities.
• Ensure engineering quality and compliance across projects.
• Coordinate activities for efficient project delivery.
• Support and mentor team members for their development.
• Contribute to the forecasting of workload and resources.

Skills

Team management

Engineering quality oversight

Project delivery coordination

Mentoring and development

Job description

We’re working with an established contractor to recruit a Senior Engineer for a major highways project in Wiltshire. The business is excellent in developing their engineers and are at the forefront of engineering technology to continuously improve the way they do things and set trends in the industry.

The project is underway and includes deep drainage works, balancing ponds, new road construction, roundabouts and tie‑ing in with the existing road. The programme has over 9 months left and will give you a secure role heading into 2026.

It is essential you have experience of managing a team of engineers and can oversee the day‑to‑day engineering objectives as well as inputting into longer‑term forecasts, and general oversight of engineering quality.

Senior Engineer Duties

• Lead and manage the day‑to‑day activities of the engineering team, including Trainee, Graduate and Section Engineers
• Ensure engineering quality, compliance, and consistency across all aspects of the works
• Coordinate engineering activities to support efficient and safe project delivery
• Support and mentor team members, encouraging development and progression
• Contribute to short and medium‑term forecasting of workload, resources, and engineering outputs

The contractor works across the South West and South East supporting major projects and delivering projects directly for local authorities, National Highways as well as the private sector.

Please feel free to get in touch with any questions about the project or job role.