Job Description
2 years contract role with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
• The Engineer will support Slough Borough Council’s Regeneration, Housing and Environment directorate in delivering highway and transport infrastructure projects.
• The role involves producing high-quality designs across all project stages, with a focus on public transport, active travel, and road safety schemes.
• This is a long-term contract position requiring both technical design expertise and financial awareness, working in a hybrid arrangement.
Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):
• Produce design documentation for highway and transport projects, including concept, preliminary, and detailed designs.
• Prepare drawings, calculations, reports, and technical specifications.
• Deliver schemes relating to public transport, cycling, walking, and road safety improvements.
• Ensure designs comply with UK highway standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20).
• Use industry-standard software such as Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Keylines, Keysigns, and Vehicle Tracking.
• Support project delivery from inception through to completion.
• Monitor project budgets and maintain financial control.
• Collaborate with internal teams, stakeholders, and external consultants.
• Contribute to regeneration and infrastructure improvement initiatives.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Skills/Experience:
• Proven experience in highway and transport engineering design.
• Strong working knowledge of UK highway design standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20).
• Experience designing public transport and active travel schemes (cycling and walking).
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Keylines, Keysigns, and Vehicle Tracking software.
• Experience producing technical drawings, reports, and specifications.
• Budget monitoring and financial management experience.
• Good understanding of road safety engineering principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Additional Information:
• Bi-Weekly Payments.
• The closing date: 30/04/2026 @17:00.
• Contract: 24 months (04/05/2026 – 03/05/2028).
• Hours: 37 per week (08:00 – 17:00).
• IR35 Status: Outside IR35.
• Pay Rate: £317 per day (Umbrella).
• Location: Hybrid working (3 days per week on-site at Observatory House, Slough).
Requirements
• Proven experience in highway and transport engineering design. • Strong working knowledge of UK highway design standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20). • Experience designing public transport and active travel schemes (cycling and walking). • Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Keylines, Keysigns, and Vehicle Tracking software. • Experience producing technical drawings, reports, and specifications. • Budget monitoring and financial management experience. • Good understanding of road safety engineering principles. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines. • Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.