Senior Engineer (Transport Infrastructure)

Pell Frischmann; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering consultancy seeks an experienced Transport & Infrastructure Engineer for its Manchester office. You will manage and deliver various transportation infrastructure projects while ensuring compliance with client specifications and standards. The ideal candidate holds a BEng in Civil Engineering and has proven experience in highway design and project management. Join a growing team and contribute to diverse projects that enhance infrastructure across the UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in engineering and design management of projects to time, cost, and quality.
• Proven experience in highway design, construction, and supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement project requirements to fully meet the client specification.
• Supervise site-based projects as required.
• Check / approve own and other staff work.

Skills

Highway design

Project management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Education

BEng in Civil Engineering

MEng or MSc in Civil Engineering

Association of Project Management Qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

Civils 3D

Job description

We are hiring for an experienced Transport & Infrastructure Engineer in our Manchester office. Main Purpose of the Job: Based in our Manchester office, you will be part of a hardworking and growing team of Transport & Infrastructure Engineers/Consultants. Our office is based in an excellent location within easy reach of the local stations, with parking easily available nearby. You will be expected to work with our other offices across the country as part of a wider National team to help drive successful delivery of projects and enforce our core business values. We work on projects across the country with the wider Transport & Infrastructure team and currently have a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from:

Project Types

• Various Local Authority framework commissions
• Active Travel commissions
• Infrastructure development work including S278, S38 and S104
• A variety of mixed‑use residential development projects
• Flood risk assessments
• Technical and construction assurance

Responsibilities

• Implement project requirements to fully meet the client specification in accordance with relevant standards
• Collate project information, liaise and engage with clients and third parties as required
• Supervise site‑based projects as required
• Lead project delivery & supervise and delegate to more junior members of staff and others as required
• Check / approve own and other staff work, including third‑party design proposals
• Integrate successfully into an established team and drive the team culture

Qualifications

• BEng in Civil Engineering (or equivalent), MEng or MSc in Civil Engineering (or equivalent)
• Association of Project Management Qualification (or equivalent)
• Professional membership or accreditation to ICE, CIHT or APM

Essential Experience

• Significant experience in engineering and design management of projects to time, cost and quality
• Proven experience in highway design, construction, and supervision
• Detailed knowledge of highway design standards, construction practices, asset management, and relevant legislation
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Health and Safety including CDM responsibilities
• Undertake day‑to‑day management and leadership of project design, overseeing designs produced by consultants and managing input from other disciplines
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of developing design solutions to traffic/local road problems such as alignment, drainage, pavement, road restraint system, road signs & markings
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Client liaison and management
• Use of Common Data Environments & BIM levels & strategy
• Horizontal & vertical alignment design in AutoCAD & Civils 3D
• Signing & lining designs to TSRGD
• Pavement & footway designs
• Drainage design

Essential Skills

• The ability to work under pressure, with good organisational skills and the ability to plan, organise and manage a complex workload, with shifting deadlines to meet specific targets
• Experience of working in a complex, fast‑paced design and project/programme management environment, ideally in infrastructure or a related field and evidence of delivering sustainable results in a large organisation
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to identify and deliver outcomes‑focused solutions to complex situations
• Ability to design highway engineering solutions, analyse complex information and use relevant software for modelling and analysis
• Development of highways specifications
• Civils 3D
• Ideally good experience of drainage design and use of analytical modelling tools
• Clear, confident and enthusiastic communication skills, both written and oral, to explain complex data to non‑specialist audiences and stakeholders
• A commitment to continuous professional development and embodying organisational values and behaviours

Preferred Skills

• Experience in managing project workloads, finances and ensuring compliance with briefs and financial constraints
• Development of highways specifications, inc. MCHW
• Utility coordination and clash detection
• Management of project teams
• Experience mentoring and developing less experienced staff, and the ability to build effective working relationships
• Sound understanding of commercial management and business focus