Job Description
Senior Engineer - Roads & Streets / Highways & Infrastructure
Location: Bridgend (Hybrid Working)Salary: £50,000 - £53,000 + + car allowance + package
We are partnering with a leading UK infrastructure and construction organisation to recruit a Senior Engineer (Roads & Streets) for their established infrastructure design team based in Bridgend.
This is a key senior technical role within a contractor-backed design environment, offering the opportunity to deliver both major highways schemes and standalone design commissions for public and private sector clients. You’ll work closely with construction teams, directly influencing buildability and seeing your designs delivered on site.
The Role
Reporting to a Senior Project Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical and commercial delivery of roads, streets and associated infrastructure design projects from early feasibility through to construction.
Key responsibilities include:
* Preparing highways and streets designs, models, specifications and technical reports in accordance with DMRB and relevant UK standards
* Developing and managing digital designs using AutoCAD, Civil 3D and other relevant engineering tools
* Planning, delivering and managing work packages, including contributing to programming, pricing, proposals and cost estimates
* Providing technical assurance through the checking, certification and authorisation of designs and documentation
* Supporting construction delivery with buildability input, site visits, surveys and technical advice
* Delivering standalone design commissions for external clients, working collaboratively to meet project objectives
* Ensuring compliance with CDM Designer’s Duties, Health & Safety and environmental requirements, embedding safe-by-design principles
* Mentoring graduate engineers and technicians, coordinating resources and supporting professional development
* Maintaining and developing technical expertise through CPD and continuous improvement
About You
You will be a technically strong highways engineer with UK infrastructure experience, ideally bringing:
* A degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent)
* Chartered Engineer (ICE) status or actively working towards chartership
* Proven experience in roads, streets and highways design
* Strong knowledge of:
o Highways geometry
o Drainage design, SuDS and hydraulic design methods
o UK standards, approvals processes and safe-by-design principles
* Proficiency in AutoCAD (Civil 3D highly desirable)
* Experience preparing and submitting technical approvals and adoption applications (e.g. Section 104, Section 106)
* Experience applying CDM Designer’s Duties
* Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams and with clients
Why Apply?
* Senior role within a well-established infrastructure design team
* Opportunity to work on both major highways schemes and client-facing design commissions
* Genuine influence over buildability and construction outcomes
* Clear opportunity to help grow workload and shape the team
* Flexible, hybrid working arrangements
* Strong focus on technical quality, innovation and professional development
Please apply via the link or contact for further information:Krystina Hartry MCIOB - Senior Consultant, Construction & Property