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Senior Highway Engineer

City Of Bristol
£45k – £60k/yr
Posted about 20 hours ago
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The Role

I’m working with an established consultancy with a strong reputation across the South West, who are expanding their highways team to accommodate a growing portfolio of ongoing and incoming projects with household-name clients across the region.

They’re looking for an experienced Senior or Principal Highway Design Engineer who wants to take on greater responsibility, work alongside highly experienced engineers and develop quickly within a business that is continuing to grow.

You’ll be working across a varied portfolio of highway, traffic and infrastructure projects, with the opportunity to take ownership of work from preliminary design through to detailed design.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Deliver highway design across residential, commercial and preliminary road schemes
  • Develop highway layouts and associated infrastructure designs
  • Use Site3D for highway and drainage design
  • Use Civil 3D across highways and wider infrastructure projects
  • Work across related sectors including rail, pipelines and deep corridor modelling
  • Contribute to traffic and wider infrastructure design
  • Coordinate with highways, traffic, landscape and other technical disciplines
  • Manage your own design packages and project deliverables
  • Liaise with clients and project teams throughout the design process
  • Review technical work and support junior engineers
  • Help maintain high technical and quality standards across the team

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What’s Expected

They’re looking for someone who can bring strong technical knowledge while becoming an important part of the wider team.

You’ll be expected to:

  • Take ownership of your work and deliver to a high standard
  • Have strong practical experience in highway design
  • Be confident using Civil 3D and Site3D
  • Understand the wider requirements around highways, traffic and drainage
  • Communicate confidently with clients and colleagues
  • Support and develop the existing team of around 4–5 engineers
  • Share your technical knowledge and contribute to the development of others
  • Take on increasing responsibility as your experience and the business develop

Why Join?

This is a particularly good opportunity for someone who wants to progress without losing the technical side of their career.

You’ll be joining an established business with a strong project pipeline, while having the benefit of working closely with senior-level engineers who have significant experience to learn from.

The team is being strengthened because of the amount of work coming through, giving you the opportunity to:

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  • Work on high-profile projects with household-name clients
  • Learn directly from experienced senior professionals
  • Take ownership of projects and develop your client-facing skills
  • Support and mentor an existing team
  • Progress quickly as the business continues to grow
  • Build towards greater technical and project leadership responsibility
  • Have a genuine influence within the team rather than being another number in a large organisation

Benefits & Package

  • Strong salary package, depending on experience and position looking to go forward for
  • Permanent position
  • Based in an easy to get to location just outside of Bristol centre
  • Strong and established project pipeline
  • Varied highways and infrastructure workload
  • Exposure to major clients and complex projects
  • Direct access to experienced senior engineers
  • Clear opportunity for career progression
  • Increased responsibility and ownership
  • Supportive, technically strong team environment
  • Opportunity to grow with an established and expanding consultancy

If you’re a Senior Highway Engineer ready for the next step, or already operating at Principal level and looking for a business where you can have genuine influence, this is one worth exploring.

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City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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