Senior Highways Engineer

Arcadis; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commitment to equality and inclusion

Opportunities for career development

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join our Highways Civil Engineering team in Warrington, UK. You will take responsibility for delivering major highways projects while supporting project managers and technical teams.

The ideal candidate will have experience in highway alignment design and proficiency in OpenRoads Designer. You will contribute to a diverse team fostering innovative ideas and solutions. Join us to create a legacy through impactful work!

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent).
• Experience delivering highways or infrastructure projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the delivery of defined project elements.
• Provide technical input and guidance to engineers and technicians.
• Prepare and review designs and calculations.

Skills

Highway design expertise

OpenRoads Designer proficiency

Communication and engagement skills

Project risk and change management

Education

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Tools

OpenRoads Designer

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Our Highways Civil Engineering team is seeking an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to join the team and strengthen our technical capability across a range of highways projects.

Role Description

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will take responsibility for the delivery of defined project elements or work packages of major highways schemes, ensuring outputs meet quality, programme and cost expectations.

You will contribute strong technical expertise in highway design, particularly in alignment and digital design delivery, supporting Technical Managers and Project Managers while developing your leadership capability.

Role Accountabilities

• Take responsibility for the delivery of defined project elements or work packages, ensuring alignment with scope, programme, cost and quality requirements.
• Provide technical input and guidance to engineers and technicians, supporting delivery and development.
• Apply advanced technical capability in highway geometric design, including horizontal and vertical alignment.
• Act as a competent/advanced user of OpenRoads Designer (or equivalent), supporting digital design delivery.
• Support the management of scope and assumptions, ensuring clarity in delivery requirements.
• Prepare and review designs, calculations, reports and technical documentation.
• Undertake design checks and verification activities appropriate to experience and responsibility.
• Apply and support compliance with relevant design standards, including DMRB and, where applicable, AASHTO.
• Support coordination of sub-consultants, surveys and technical inputs.
• Assist in resource planning and workload coordination for assigned workstreams.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with project teams and clients.
• Contribute to technical proposals and project‑related documentation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent).
• Working towards, or recently achieved, Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status.
• Experience delivering highways or infrastructure projects, including elements of complex schemes.
• Demonstrable experience in highway alignment design and digital design delivery.
• Proficient in OpenRoads Designer (or similar design software).
• Experience in the identification and preparation of Departures from Standard.
• Experience in the identification and application of value engineering.
• Experience in delivery of Detailed Design work packages, including, but not limited to, Road Alignment, Road Restraint systems, Kerbs and footways, Site Clearance, Fencing and Accommodation Works.
• Good working knowledge of DMRB and awareness of other international standards (e.g., AASHTO).
• Practical understanding of project delivery, including scope, risk and change management principles.
• Awareness of contractual frameworks (e.g., NEC) and their application within project delivery.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to support and guide junior team members.
• Developing commercial awareness and understanding of project performance drivers.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.