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Senior Highways Engineer
Senior Civil Engineer – Highways & Civil Engineering
Arcadis is the world’s leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy company for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 employees across 30+ countries, we’re dedicated to improving quality of life through innovative solutions.
Our Highways Civil Engineering team is looking for an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to enhance our technical leadership in delivering high-impact projects.
About the Role
You’ll drive the delivery of key project elements or work packages for major highways schemes, ensuring compliance with quality, programme, and cost targets.
As the role progresses, you’ll take leadership responsibility, mentor junior engineers, and refine digital design capabilities (commented here as OpenRoads Designer BBSite). Ideal for those seeking to expand their expertise in highway alignment, technical guidance, and project oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Own project delivery for defined work packages, aligning with scope, programme, cost, and quality requirements.
- Technical underpinning for engineers and technicians—support delivery, technical development, and year-on-year performance.
- Apply advanced technical skills in highway geometric design, including horizontal and vertical alignment.
- Act as a competent/advanced user of OpenRoads Designer and validate digital design processes.
- Manage scope and assumptions, ensuring clarity for delivery teams.
- Prepare, review and verify design documents, calculations, and reports.
- Conduct design checks and technical verification appropriate to level of responsibility.
- Ensure compliance with design standards (e.g., DMRB, AASHTO) under Government Best Practice guidance.
- Support survey work and technical inputs from sub-consultants.
- Contribute to resource planning and workflow coordination for high-value workstreams.
- Strengthen stakeholder relationships between project teams and clients.
- Collaborate on technical proposals and project documentation.
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Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent professional registration).
- Chartered (C.Eng, MI StructE, etc) or Incorporated Engineer status (IEng, IncEng)—ideally working toward or recently achieved.
- 5-7+ years’ experience delivering highways/infrastructure projects, with exposure to complex schemes.
- Experienced in highway alignment design and digital design delivery (e.g., OpenRoads Designer).
- Practical hands-on capability in:
- Identifying and preparing Departures from Standard modifications.
- Applying value engineering techniques.
- Delighting in detailed design packages including:
- Road Alignment
- Road Restraints & Systems
- Kerbs, Pavements, and Footways
- Site Clearance & Temporary Works
- Strong DMRB knowledge with awareness of international standards (e.g., AASHTO).
- Understanding of project frameworks, including scope/change management and risk identification.
- Basic exposure to contract principles (e.g., NEC, FIDIC) and commercial drivers affecting delivery.
- Stakeholder engagement and strong communication skills, with experience mentoring junior engineers.
- Commitment to career development in engineering.
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Why Arcadis?
Arcadis believes the best projects emerge when every voice is heard. Our skills-first approach means your experience shapes your career and impact—together, we drive sustainable solutions that shape a prosperous future.
You’ll step into meaningful work that:
- Elevates careers—whether for yourself or those you lead.
- Strengthens industry practice with thoughtful design and delivery.
- Creates real-world change—helping our world thrive now and for future generations.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I), fostering a workplace where all backgrounds bring unique innovation. Join us as we continue our legacy of excellent engineering for people and planet.
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