Senior Engineer Transportation

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited is seeking a Senior Engineer in Trowbridge to lead highway infrastructure improvements and provide technical oversight across multi‑disciplinary teams. The role focuses on active travel and urban realm schemes, ensuring design compliance and high‑quality construction documentation.

You will also attend sites during construction, resolve queries, and support contractor payments while mentoring junior staff and contributing to bids and client engagement.

Qualifications

• Degree in civil engineering or equivalent professional qualification.
• Professional membership (IEng/CEng) or progressing towards it.
• Extensive experience with highway improvement projects and local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of highway infrastructure improvement projects with multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Act as technical lead for active travel and urban realm schemes and shape standards.
• Attend site to resolve technical queries and support contractor payments.
• Build strong relationships with Clients and the maintenance contractor to enable delivery.

Skills

Highways design

Active travel

Project leadership

Client liaison

Site inspection

Contract awareness

Education

BEng/MEng/MSc in Civil Engineering

IEng or CEng membership

Tools

NEC Contract

TSRGD

Manual for Streets 2

DMRB

Specification for Highway Works

Job description

Job Description Overview

Join our Transportation team as a Senior Engineer based in Trowbridge, supporting our Wiltshire Council client. You’ll contribute to a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from major highway and infrastructure schemes to active travel initiatives and traffic signal refurbishments. These schemes are transforming how people live and work across Wiltshire, and you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary design teams located both across the UK and internationally to bring them to life. We offer flexible working arrangements, with the expectation that you will typically spend at least three days per week in your base office location.

Your role

Lead the delivery of highway infrastructure improvement projects, contributing technical expertise to multi‑disciplinary design teams. Serve as the technical lead for active travel and urban realm schemes, including helping to shape local guidance and standards. Act as a Technical Reviewer, ensuring design compliance and overseeing the preparation and quality of design and construction‑ready documentation. Attend site during construction phases to resolve technical queries and support agreement of contractor payment applications. Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with Clients to support successful project outcomes. Develop collaborative working relationships with the Term Maintenance Contractor to support efficient project delivery. Contribute to work‑winning activities, including preparing bids, proposals and tenders. Support the growth and development of junior staff through technical training, coaching and mentoring.

About you

A BEng, MEng, or MSc in Civil Engineering, or an equivalent qualification. IEng or CEng professional membership through recognised bodies such as ICE or CIHT, or clear evidence of progressing towards relevant professional accreditation. Extensive experience working with Local Authorities, particularly in the delivery of highway improvement projects, active travel schemes, and urban realm initiatives. Practical, hands‑on knowledge of key industry standards and guidance, including the NEC form of Contract, TSRGD, Manual for Streets 2, DMRB, and the Specification for Highway Works. A strong track record of collaborative working, demonstrating agility, resourcefulness, resilience, and the ability to adapt effectively to change.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

#LI-UK#LI-ATKINS #LI-Transportation | #LI-UKI Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world‑class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and technology. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end‑to‑end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.