Structures Engineer

National Highways; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major highways organization is looking for a Structures Engineer to join their team managing over 3000 structures. This role involves supporting asset management, project management, and conducting structural assessments. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree or HND, experience in structure studies, and strong communication skills. The position offers hybrid working options from various locations, such as Leeds and Wakefield, along with a focus on maintaining infrastructure resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience in structures studies, renewals work design, or structural assessment.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015.
• Experience working within allocated budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop early-stage solutions for improvements and renewals.
• Identify and prepare survey briefs for structural surveys.
• Monitor delivery of agreed assessment work with technical partners.
• Undertake structural reviews and assessments.
• Support the development of the asset-led forward programme.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Infrastructure design

Structural assessments

Education

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Professional membership or working towards

Job description

About the job.

National Highways has an excellent opportunity for a Structures Engineer to join our Structures team within Operations, managing over 3000 structures across the North East of England.

As a Structures Engineer, you'll play a key role in supporting the management of our structural assets. This includes identifying maintenance and improvement needs, developing schemes to address those needs, and contributing to the long‑term resilience of our infrastructure. You'll also be involved in project management activities such as budget oversight and supply‑chain coordination, helping us deliver effective asset maintenance and renewal programmes. Depending on the needs of the team, you may contribute to developing scheme options and preliminary designs, or undertake structural reviews and assessments.

This role can be based from either our Wakefield, Darlington or Leeds offices on a hybrid basis.

You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving licence, with no more than 3 points, to be considered for this position.

• Develop early‑stage solutions for improvements and renewals, including compiling supporting documents, evidence, and option reports for value management.
• Identify and prepare survey briefs and support the delivery of structural surveys to inform improvements, assessments, and renewals.
• Monitor the delivery of agreed assessment work in collaboration with technical partners, or oversee option delivery of maintenance and improvement works with relevant teams to ensure successful outcomes.
• Undertake structural reviews and assessments
• Support the development of the region's asset‑led forward programme, including initial scheme development, customer‑focused designs, and technical specifications.

About you.

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent and working towards a professional membership or professional body.
• Experience in structures studies, renewals work design, or structural assessment
• Experience working within allocated budgets including the creation of a budget for scheme development (desirable)
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with a customer‑focused approach.
• Experience in infrastructure design and assessment to relevant standards.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A‑roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.