- Technical Approval Part 1 - To confidently articulate with key stakeholders verbally whilst providing advice and direction to help shape the design from the technical compliance, buildability, durability and maintainability perspectives; but with due cognisance of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015;
- Technical Approval Part 2 - Produce meticulous, unambiguous written technical commentary against finalised detailed design proposals using the DMRB and MCHW, along with Statutory Instruments, advisory sources and other documentation as appropriate. Consideration again to be given to the buildability, maintainability and durability of permanent works proposals;
- Liaison with Operations "Engineering Team Managers" to discuss proposals from both the technical compliance and future maintenance perspectives and recording the opinions obtained;
- Liaison with other National Highways Directorates as and when required i.e. Safety Engineering and Standards;
- Developing and maintaining professional relationships with project promoters and their project team, whilst also managing expectations;
- Meeting with project promoters and/or project team members to discuss matters arising from the overall assessment process;
- Higher Degree or Degree in Civil Engineering or other appropriate qualification associated with Highway Design;
- Professionally qualified to Chartered or Incorporated status with ICE or equivalent, or actively working towards;
- A demonstrable working knowledge of the current DMRB, the MCHW, CHE Memos, Statutory Instruments, British Standards, and the like;
- Experienced in the design and/or assessment of those individual elements which collectively form the Strategic Road Network;
- Considerable experience of working within a Civil Engineering and/or Highway Design environment..
- Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
- Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
- Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
- Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
- Right to work check
- 3 year employment history references
- DBS criminal record check
- Social media and adverse journalism check
- Driving licence check (if applicable)
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
- Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)
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Senior Design Engineer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - National Highways
Description
Your new role
National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer to join our Developments team in the Midlands as part of our Operations Directorate.
This role will require providing an engineering opinion at planning application stage, with more thorough assessment/input being required following planning approval; whereby Technical Approval of the associated mitigation works will be required. Technical Approval follows a two part process.
You will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have a full clean driving licence to be considered for this position
What you'll be leading on
To be successful
A bit about us
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.
ABOUT USWhy you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.
A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.
Our benefits package
And we are
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
And finally
We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.
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