Senior Highway Design Engineer

FM Conway Ltd; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career & professional development

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Training discounts via Rewarding Great

Health & well-being support

Job summary

FM Conway is seeking a talented Senior Highway Design Engineer to join our Consultancy team in London. You will drive highway schemes from feasibility through to implementation, coordinating with clients and regulators, and mentoring junior engineers.

You will hold a Civil Engineering degree and work towards Incorporation or Chartership, with strong design and urban realm capabilities in a consultancy setting.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in civil engineering with BEng/BSc or equivalent.
• Incorporation/Chartership status pursued with a relevant body.
• Experience in highways design, urban realm and design standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop collaborative relationships with stakeholders, clients and agencies.
• Assist with programme, budgets and resource allocations.
• Prepare reports, drawings, quantities and cost estimates.
• Lead small design teams and mentor junior staff.
• Support highway schemes from feasibility to implementation.

Skills

Highways design

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

S38/S278 experience

Education

BEng/BSc in Civil Engineering

Job description

FM Conway is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Highway Design Engineer to join our dynamic Consultancy team. As a Senior Highway Design Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our urban landscapes across London and the Southeast. Reporting directly to the Senior Engineer, you will be involved in all stages of highway schemes, from initial feasibility studies, through to design, consultation, and implementation. You will have the opportunity to work on various aspects of highway engineering, such as highway geometric design, public realm design, cycle infrastructure development, bus scheme improvements, junction design, drainage systems, including Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUD), safety enhancement schemes, implementation of 20 mph zones, parking scheme design, utility diversions (NRSWA), Section 38/278 works and Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) measures. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with our implementation teams, supporting projects through to construction and completion.

This is a full time, permanent position, based from our Paddington office in London.

The duties of the Senior Highway Design Engineer will include:

• Developing excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, external providers, clients and other agencies
• Assisting with monthly programme and financial reporting, ensuring projects are delivered in line with forecast budgets and resource allocations
• Liaising with the client team on progress, providing clear and timely updates
• Preparing reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates and other documents in accordance with local procedures
• Ensuring technical reports and correspondence consider current policies, standards and best practices and are delivered on time
• Leading small design teams and mentoring junior team members
• Undertaking designer duties as required under the CDM Regulations
• Liaising effectively with other designers and key stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery
• Supporting risk management activities, including risk identification, mitigation and reporting
• Supporting the delivery of highway engineering solutions from feasibility through to implementation
• Preparing and reviewing road safety audit briefs and designer responses
• Supporting project management and monitoring financial performance
• Working collaboratively across FM Conway's Consultancy and wider business to provide an integrated service to clients
• Ensuring day-to-day correspondence and communications are handled professionally, efficiently and effectively

What skills and experience do you need?

We are seeking a qualified Senior Highway Design Engineer who has experience within the highways sector. You will be degree qualified with a BEng / BSc in Civil Engineering or equivalent and you will be working towards Incorporation or Chartership status with a relevant professional body. To be considered for this role you must have experience of designing new development related projects, particularly technical aspects of highways adoption issues, S38 and S278 and urban realm design. You will have experience of highway engineering, urban design and highway geometric design within a consultancy environment, together with strong knowledge of relevant highway standards and guidance.

You will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to operate collaboratively and effectively with clients, stakeholders and other project team members. You will be commercially aware, with an understanding of project budgets, resource allocation and financial performance. Experience of working in a busy environment and under pressure, while maintaining a strong focus on quality and attention to detail, is essential.

What benefits will you receive?

• career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform.
• We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

The Consultancy Services division offers specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. We have established term contracts with organisations across London, including Westminster City Council, the City of London and Transport for London, providing a continuous stream of new and engaging projects from design through to implementation.

As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.

What distinguishes FM Conway Consultancy from other consultancies is our ability to self-deliver projects. You will have the opportunity to work closely with our implementation teams and see projects through to the completion of the construction stage, giving you valuable exposure to the full project lifecycle.

Closing Date: 08/11/2026

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

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