Senior Engineer – Highways and Active Travel

AtkinsRéalis Major Projects inc.; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Engineer to drive highways and active travel projects across the UK. You will lead technical delivery, maintain client relationships, and mentor a team while ensuring project completion on time and budget. This position requires a Civil Engineering degree and relevant experience in design and project management. Additionally, you will enjoy a flexible working environment and a benefits package tailored for your wellbeing and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Professional development opportunities

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience in highways and/or active travel design.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of highways and active travel projects.
• Maintain excellent client relationships.
• Develop cost estimates for projects.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Civil Engineering design

Client relationship management

Cost and programme management

Coaching and development

Technical advisory

Bidding and tendering

Education

BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering

Job description

Senior Engineer – Highways and Active Travel

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Overview

Shape the transport of tomorrow.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Senior Engineer in our Highways and Active Travel team, you'll be pivotal in implementing ideas that shape the future of how we move. We work on a large variety of significant and challenging projects, both locally and across the UK, such as A9 Dualling, A83 Rest and Be Thankful, George Street and St. Andrew Square Regeneration, East Airdrie Link Road, Borders Greenway, Lower Thames Crossing and Eastwood Active Travel Network, alongside a large portfolio of other local transport projects with Local Authorities and Contractors. You'll feel a great sense of pride in shaping high-quality designs across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works. Collaborate with national and international design teams, using your insight and leadership to generate positive, sustainable impacts on society and the environment.

Whilst we offer flexible working policies, this role would require you to be based on either our Glasgow or Edinburgh office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Your role

• Leading technical delivery of highways and/or active travel engineering projects and key technical input into multi-disciplinary projects.
• Maintaining and developing excellent client relationships.
• Development of a team of engineers, technicians and apprentices.
• Developing works cost estimates.
• Checking, reviewing and overseeing the work of others.
• Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary global team, for delivery of projects.
• Support the business in winning work including representing the business at networking events, inputting into bids and tenders and establishing, maintaining and developing relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.

Qualifications

• BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or Professionally Qualified, or near qualified at Chartered or Incorporated Engineer Level.
• Experience/knowledge of the design and design process involved in highways and/or active travel schemes.
• Proven ability to advise clients on technical matters.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
• Experience of cost and programme management.
• A willingness to work flexibly to deliver projects to time and budget.
• Experience of pricing and bidding on tender opportunities.
• Self-motivated and able to work both single-handedly as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in directing and managing packages of work to completion.

Benefits

Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Security Clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Our culture and vision

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.