Senior Highways Engineer

WMJobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking an experienced Senior Highway Engineer to join our Structural Highway Maintenance Team. You will lead investigation, design, procurement and delivery of highway maintenance schemes, ensuring safe, on-time, within-budget delivery and high quality standards across carriageway, footway and drainage projects.

You will manage complex programmes, work with contractors and stakeholders, and provide technical guidance while ensuring CDM and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• A relevant engineering qualification or significant equivalent experience in highway engineering.
• Experience managing highway maintenance,
• Strong project management, budgeting and programme management skills.
• Ability to analyse complex technical information and develop effective solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior staff.
• Strong understanding of health and safety requirements, including CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of highway structural maintenance and improvement schemes.
• Investigate, design, cost and manage highway maintenance projects including carriageway and footway resurfacing, reconstruction, structural patching, surface dressing and drainage improvements.
• Manage complex projects from inception through to completion, ensuring compliance with technical, contractual and statutory requirements.
• Develop and coordinate annual and longer-term maintenance programmes.
• Monitor and manage project budgets, providing financial forecasts and performance reporting.
• Work collaboratively with contractors, suppliers and stakeholders to achieve programme objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and support to less experienced engineers and technicians.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with health and safety legislation, CDM regulations, design standards and quality requirements.
• Represent the Council at meetings with elected members, parish councils, residents and external stakeholders.
• Assist with policy development, asset management planning and continuous improvement of the service.

Skills

Highway engineering

Project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Health and safety (CDM)

Mentoring juniors

Driving licence

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

CAD software

MS Office

Job description

About The Role

Warwickshire County Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Highway Engineer to join our Structural Highway Maintenance Team.

About The Role

Warwickshire County Council,

Warwickshire County Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Highway Engineer to join our Structural Highway Maintenance Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering Warwickshire's highway structural maintenance and capital investment programmes, helping to maintain and improve one of the county's most valuable assets. Working closely with the Delivery Service Manager, operational teams, and our term maintenance contractor, you will lead the investigation, design, programming, procurement and delivery of a wide range of highway maintenance and improvement schemes. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. The role offers a varied workload across structural carriageway and footway maintenance, highway drainage improvements, surface treatments, reconstruction schemes, and small-scale capital projects.

Key Requirements

• A relevant engineering qualification or significant equivalent experience in highway engineering.
• Experience managing highway maintenance,
• Strong project management, budgeting and programme management skills.
• Ability to analyse complex technical information and develop effective solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior staff.
• Strong understanding of health and safety requirements, including CDM regulations.
• Experience using relevant engineering systems and software.
• Ability to work independently and make sound professional decisions.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel throughout Warwickshire

As a Senior Highway Engineer, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of highway structural maintenance and improvement schemes.
• Investigate, design, cost and manage highway maintenance projects including carriageway and footway resurfacing, reconstruction, structural patching, surface dressing and drainage improvements.
• Manage complex projects from inception through to completion, ensuring compliance with technical, contractual and statutory requirements.
• Develop and coordinate annual and longer-term maintenance programmes.
• Monitor and manage project budgets, providing financial forecasts and performance reporting.
• Work collaboratively with contractors, suppliers and stakeholders to achieve programme objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and support to less experienced engineers and technicians.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with relevant health and safety legislation, CDM regulations, design standards and quality requirements.
• Represent the Council at meetings with elected members, parish councils, residents and external stakeholders.
• Assist with policy development, asset management planning and the continuous improvement of the service.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application

To discuss the role please contact:

Scott Carpenter

Delivery Service Manager

07887 783237

[e-mail]

Closing date: 31st August 2026

Interview date: W/C 21st September 2026

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more