Job reference: 000296
Salary: PB5 - £38,190 to £43,240
Department: Operational Delivery
Location: Bristol (Brunel House)
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37
Job start date: 01/09/2025
Closing date: 05/09/2025
Job Description
About the job.
National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our team in the South West. Within this role, you will leading on developing feasibility studies for renewals and/or improvements, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, taking into account new techniques, materials, buildability and costs.
Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.
* Activities and resources involved in the identification and evaluation of asset data and needs in order to develop early solutions, in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria.
* Development of CD622 geotechnical reports.
* Prepare briefs and support delivery of survey works, including ground investigation specifications, that support the renewal and/or improvement of assets.
* Preliminary design of Geotech renewals and maintenance schemes.
* Ensure the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service.
About you.
* A Chartered or Incorporated Geotechnical Engineer and member of a relevant professional Body with appropriate experience
* Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent
* Experience in design of renewal schemes.
* Understanding of the Value Management process and/or cost benefit analysis of schemes
* Knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards, methods of working & Specification for Highway Works.
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.
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