Senior Highway Design Engineer

Pave Recruit Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

B Corp certified

Professional development support

Employee-owned company

International team

Job summary

Pave Recruit Ltd is recruiting a Senior Highways Design Engineer to join the Highways and Infrastructure team in leading delivery of highways design projects. You will manage schemes including town centre redevelopments, cycle paths and carriageway maintenance, coordinating with contractors and clients across the UK.

You will design drainage, review drawings, and utilise AutoCAD and Civil 3D, while guiding delivery teams and ensuring compliance with NEC contracts and relevant standards.

Qualifications

• Strong CAD skills, Civil 3D desirable.
• Familiar with NEC form of contract and CDE software.
• Experience managing objectives, timelines and budgets with clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborative skills to engage with stakeholders to meet project expectations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and cooperating with the Contractor throughout design and build.
• Design drainage systems, including culverts, storm water management, and erosion control measures.
• Review and approve design drawings with accuracy and adherence to standards.
• Use AutoCAD, Civil 3D and related tools to create designs.
• Support delivery team to ensure technical accuracy and mentor junior staff.

Skills

CAD skills

Civil 3D

NEC contracts

CDE software

Stakeholder liaison

Project management

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Job description

The company have developed a well-earned reputation for their work delivering civil and environmental engineering projects to meet the growing demands of our changing world. Currently undergoing a phase of growth, they work with a wide range of clients across the UK in both the public and private sectors, delivering civil and environmental projects with a heavy focus on sustainable development.

The role

With a robust pipeline of interesting civil engineering and public realm design projects, the Senior Highways Design Engineer will join the Highways and Infrastructure team and lead on the delivery of various highways design projects.

You will also be tasked with managing multiple projects and leading delivery teams on schemes including town centre redevelopments, new cycle ways, civic squares, junction improvements and carriageway maintenance schemes to name a few.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Coordinating and cooperating with the Contractor throughout the design and build.
• Design drainage systems, including culverts, storm water management, and erosion control measures.
• Review and approve design drawings, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to project requirements and standards.
• Utilize design software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and other relevant tools to create accurate and efficient designs.
• Assisting the delivery team to ensure project work is technically correctManaging projects in accordance with Client requirementsHelping to support junior team members to produce exceptionally high-quality outputs.

About you

As a Highways Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the planning, design, and implementation of highway projects. You will work closely with a team of engineers, technicians, and project managers to deliver high-quality, cost-effective designs that comply with relevant standards and regulations.

You can tick off most of the below

• Strong CAD skills (Civil 3D desirable)
• Familiar with NEC form of contract and Document Control and Common Data Environment (CDE) software
• Previous experience manging project objectives, timelines, and budgets, and preparing necessary documentation while liaising with clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborative skills to engage with stakeholders to meet the project expectations.

Why apply?

• A growing international and welcoming team
• Fully funded professional institution membership and professional development
• Pension scheme
• Fully funded professional membership and training support
• Join a growing, employee-owned business
• B Corp certified