Senior Highway Technician/Engineer

AZTRUM; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

37.5-hour week

Growth opportunities

Independent project ownership

Job summary

AZTRUM is seeking a Senior Highway Technician/Engineer to join its Bristol office. You will contribute to residential and commercial developments nationwide, taking designs from concept through construction with support from a skilled team.

The role focuses on highway and estate road design, S278/S38 submissions, and pavement build-ups, offering hybrid working, a 37.5-hour week, and clear opportunities to advance your design responsibilities within a growing consultancy.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of highway engineering experience.
• Hands-on S278 highway and access design experience.
• Highway alignment design using Causeway PDS.
• Pavement design with build-ups and kerbing layouts.
• Junction and roundabout design.
• Experience preparing S278 and S38 submissions.
• Road sign and line design.
• Ability to respond to RSAs and S38 reviews with exception reports.

Responsibilities

• Produce highway and access design proposals to support planning applications.
• Take schemes from concept through detailed design and on to construction.
• Prepare and submit S278 and S38 applications to authorities for technical approval.
• Create highway alignment designs, pavement build-ups and kerbing layouts.
• Design junctions and roundabouts.
• Produce road sign and line designs.
• Draft exception reports for RSAs and S38 reviews.

Skills

Highway design experience

S278/S38 submissions

Road safety audits

Junction and roundabout design

Problem solving

Tools

Causeway PDS

Job description

Senior Highway Technician/Engineer

Bristol

£42,000 - £50,000

A growing consultancy is seeking an experienced Senior Highway Technician or Engineer to strengthen its Bristol office, delivering residential and commercial developments nationwide.

You’ll join a friendly team of experienced engineers and work on projects from the earliest planning stages right through to construction. If you already have a strong foundation in highway and estate road design and want more responsibility, this is a role where you can make that step.

The Role

Your work will begin with design proposals that support planning applications, then move through detailed design and into construction. Within a supportive, expanding team, you’ll put your technical skills to use on a wide variety of schemes and keep developing your career as you go.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce highway and access design proposals to support planning applications
• Take schemes from concept through detailed design and on to construction
• Prepare and submit S278 and S38 applications to the relevant authorities for technical approval
• Create highway alignment designs, pavement build-ups and kerbing layouts
• Design junctions and roundabouts
• Produce road sign and line designs
• Draft clear, well-argued exception report responses to Road Safety Audits and S38 reviews

About You

• 4+ years’ experience working in the industry
• Hands-on experience of S278 highway and access design
• Highway alignment design using Causeway PDS
• Pavement design, covering build-ups and kerbing layouts
• Junction and roundabout design
• Experience of preparing S278 and S38 technical approval submissions
• Road sign and line design
• Confidence responding to RSAs and S38 reviews with exception reports

What’s on Offer

• £42,000 - £50,000 per annum
• A permanent role within a growing, established team
• Varied residential and commercial projects across the UK
• Hybrid working
• 37.5-hour week
• Real opportunity to grow your design responsibility and progress your career
• Become part of a SME that values your work and promotes independence as well as taking responsibility of projects