Overview
National Highways have an excellent opportunity for an Engineer to join our improvements team in the Northwest region. As an Engineer you will investigate traffic collisions, analyse congestion problems, identify active travel needs and design solutions for engineering improvements to the network, while ensuring adherence to defined policies and standards. You will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have a full driving license with no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.
Responsibilities
* Investigation of road traffic collisions and development of mitigating measures.
* Analysis of traffic congestion problems and development of engineering solutions.
* Undertaking Road Safety Audits on highway improvement schemes.
* Developing the technical briefs provided to design contractors for improvement works.
* Reviewing third-party improvement schemes for safety, capacity and compliance to standards.
Qualifications
* Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience or equivalent, membership of professional body is (desirable).
* Experience in producing technical reports, desk studies, interpretative reports, highway infrastructure design and relevant construction and delivery methods (DMRB).
* Experience of traffic collision investigation and safety engineering.
* Understanding of the Value Management process or cost benefit analysis schemes.
* Knowledge of CDM 2015 and experience in AutoCAD and/or traffic modelling software (desirable).
Requirements
* Full driving license with no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.
Company and Benefits
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. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
Our benefits package includes:
* Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
* Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
* Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
* Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
* Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
* Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
* A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
* Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
* Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
* Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
* Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
* Right to work check
* 3 year employment history references
* DBS criminal record check
* Social media and adverse journalism check
* Driving licence check (if applicable)
* Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
* Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)
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