Senior Engineer – Highways and Active Travel

Transport for Wales; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for Wales seeks a Senior Engineer to design and deliver regional active travel infrastructure, within a national multi-disciplinary team, to improve urban and rural street design and active travel outcomes across Wales.

You will develop concept and detailed designs, CAD drawings, and construction information, while supporting stakeholder engagement, applying design standards and CDM regulations to achieve high-quality, safe schemes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience of highway design practice.
• Experience working in a technical design team environment.
• Experience using design software such as AutoCAD, preferably Civils 3D.
• Knowledge and experience of CDM Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop concept, detailed designs, CAD drawings and construction information for active travel infrastructure projects.
• Support and advocate designs balancing local needs with technical approaches and compliance.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders and lead engagement processes to manage risks and deliver outcomes.
• Contribute to development of Active Travel Act Guidance by sharing best practice across TfW and partners.

Skills

Highways design

Stakeholder engagement

AutoCAD

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Job description

Senior Engineer - Highways and Active Travel will be responsible for designing and delivering a range of regional active travel infrastructure projects, working as part of a national multi-disciplinary team, to enhance active travel project delivery across urban and rural settings.

Role responsibilities

• Develop the concept, detailed designs, CAD drawings and construction information for active travel infrastructure projects by following the appropriate design standards, legislation and guidance such as ATAG, DMRB, WelTAG, MCHW, Inclusive Mobility, MfS and MfS2 to create active travel projects that meet the Client's requirements.
• Support and advocate Highway Authority, Corporate Joint Committee and TfW led active travel project designs that balance local needs and constraints with technical approaches and compliance, by providing design review services and liaising with clients' officers on schemes to provide a high quality stakeholder function, delivering impactful street design and active travel outcomes.
• Develop and maintain sensitive relationships with stakeholders, by leading creative, collaborative and compassionate engagement processes to manage reputational risks to TfW and by extension Welsh Government, as well as to manage project, partner and place specific risks.
• Contribute to further development of the Active Travel Act Guidance by gathering, sharing and applying best practice from projects across the TfW team, Strategic Road Network (SRN) and local authority partners to improve the quality, cost and effectiveness of the active travel infrastructure in Wales.

Who we're looking for

• Degree in Civil Engineering or associated discipline or demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Experience of highway design practice
• Demonstrable experience of working within a technical design team environment.
• Demonstrable experience of using design software such as AutoCAD, preferably Civils 3D.
• Knowledge and experience of Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations.

Welsh Language Skills

While not essential for this role, Welsh language skills would make a great addition to your application.

TfW support anyone who wants to learn Welsh or improve their skills. We offer online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.