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Highways engineer

Whitehaven
Permanent
Amentum
Highway engineer
€47,500 a year
Posted: 25 January
Offer description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Highways Engineer to support the team in Cumbria.


Responsibilities

* Day-to-day management of civil designers and support the Civil Lead in planning and delivery of work, including reporting on progress in terms of time and costs.
* Undertake the civil design of all highways and external finishing.
* Lead the civil designers to develop the 3D model and produce 2D AutoCAD GA and detail drawings.
* Write specifications for Highways, earthworks and external finishing as the design progresses through Preliminary and Detailed Design.
* Attend and input to Design Review meetings as required.
* Fulfil the Designer role under the CDM (2015) Regulations.
* Have or contribute a Civil Engineering degree and ideally be a Chartered Engineer or local equivalent.
* Experience in all aspects of highways and external finishing design including concrete hardstanding.
* Experience using civil design software — ideally Civils 3D and 2D AutoCAD; familiar with BIM.
* Ideally some nuclear experience, or experience in a similar industrial field.
* Experience managing design resources, planning and delivering, chairing meetings, and managing stakeholders; or a desire to expand into this area.
* Comfortable working in multi-disciplinary teams.
* Experience in design for UK highways / external works schemes; ideally familiar with relevant UK codes / Eurocodes, UK regulations (e.g., CDM 2015), DMRB and MCHW.


Benefits and Environment

At Amentum, we are committed to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. We value ethical excellence and provide opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team. We offer a competitive package, including free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, and access to professional development and memberships. We support flexible working, including hybrid, part-time, and flexible hours and locations where possible.

We partner with VERCIDA for greater online accessibility. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact the team.


About the opportunity

Amentum is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver around £7bn of major projects. We seek high-value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment on PPP-delivered site-wide improvements and supporting services.

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