Senior Highway Engineer

SYSTRA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Highways Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves leading design and integration on highway projects while ensuring compliance with client commitments. You'll leverage your expertise in project planning and effective communication to drive results and contribute to a high-performing team. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in the transport infrastructure sector. The company values diversity and inclusion, providing a supportive environment for all employees, along with flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Electric Car Scheme

Flexible Working Policy

Wellness Programme

Paid Charity Days

Social Calendar

Qualifications

• Significant expertise in managing complex highway projects.
• Experience in delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and integration on highway projects, ensuring quality and timelines.
• Monitor team performance and manage design production processes.

Skills

Effective Communication

Project Planning

Interpersonal Skills

Commercial Awareness

Highway Design Standards

Complex Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering Qualification

Tools

Autodesk Civils 3D

AutoCAD

Bentley MicroStation

Open Roads

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Highways Engineer to join our growing engineering team. This position within our civil engineering team will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high performing team.

Missions/Main Duties

• To lead and contribute to design and integration on Highway projects, ensuring Client commitments are met, delivering against quality, time and budget.
• Monitor Highway project team performance against contractual obligations and quality, making appropriate corrective interventions.
• Manage the checking and approval process to ensure compliance with both Client, project and SYSTRA processes. This includes the preparation and checking of engineering designs and calculations, taking responsibility for the management of design production.
• Ensure project requirements are effectively communicated to the team.
• Be expected to act as the Lead Highway Engineer on small to medium sized projects.
• Working knowledge with all technical standards relevant to Highways.
• Assist where required in work winning and marketing to maximise team and company opportunities.
• Apply procedures and systems to ensure the safety of staff and others affected by the operations of SYSTRA throughout design lifecycle.
• Compliance with all relevant health, safety and environmental legislation relevant to your discipline.
• Contribute to company-wide goals and business improvement.

Profile/Skills

• Considerable expertise in own discipline to manage complex or non-standard solutions.
• Demonstrable skills of effective communication across multiple levels and stakeholders to present and discuss proposals, justifications and conclusions.
• Experience as a Line Manager is desirable.
• Experience in working with offshore production centres is desirable.
• Proficient working on multi-discipline projects.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering business results through effective planning and implementation.
• Experience of project planning, delivery, budgets and timescales.
• Knowledge of Autodesk products i.e. Civils 3D and AutoCAD, and / or Bentley Products i.e. MicroStation, Open Roads.
• Knowledge of relevant standards i.e., Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Highways Specification, Manual for Streets (2), CDM Regulations.
• Have knowledge of relevant Highway related law, such as the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions Act 2016 and the Highways Act 1980.

Why SYSTRA?

Our three core values: Excellence, Connected Teams and Bold Leadership are kept at the heart of everything we do. We strive for the highest levels of technical excellence, achieving the best results through teamwork, both locally and internationally, and reward innovative thinking through encouraging all colleagues to think as leaders. We offer clear and well supported pathways for career development and qualification attainment, a competitive remuneration package including a bonus and private healthcare, an electric car scheme and a broad suite of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Flexibility

Because we value who you are as much as what you do, we want you to feel supported at work. We offer hybrid working, balancing the benefits of working from home with time in our modern, well-equipped offices for that crucial in-person contact, team development and collaborative working. We also recognise that life doesn’t always run to the same schedule for everyone, so we have a dedicated flexible working policy to support you in tailoring your work life to reach your full potential.

Diversity & Inclusion

We provide a warm welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of people who can enrich our company and offer perspectives which will drive better solutions in a truly inclusive environment. Our employee led working groups and clearly defined strategy help us to keep at the leading edge of important issues and keep us accountable. We want our colleagues to feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work and continually seek new ideas and contributions to ensure we continue to grow and develop in this space.

It’s no surprise that people do their best work when they feel physically and mentally supported. Our SYSTRA Wellness Programme offers a wide range of support; from Wellness champions, to free health checks, healthy eating workshops and regular seminars, alongside access to a wide range of external support. We offer two paid days for charity work and an ever-growing social calendar.

Apply and find out more about how SYSTRA can support you in your career journey. If you require any adjustments or financial assistance to support you in your application or interview process please email:

[e-mail] where your request will be treated confidentially and with respect. We pledge to offer an interview to any candidates with a disability who apply for a role and meet the minimum criteria.

As we are always looking to expand our team, we would still be interested in hearing from you if you fulfil most, but not all, of the relevant criteria for the role – you could still be just what we are looking for.