Senior Highway Engineer

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

About The Role

Senior Highways Engineer

Ipswich

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme / Life assurance

Family friendly leave policies / Employee assistance programme

Referral scheme/ Holiday purchase scheme / Cycle to work scheme

Employee rewards & discounts platform (includes major retailers & cinemas)

Milestone Infrastructure is looking to recruit a Senior Highways Engineer. We are looking for people who are passionate about engineering and would like to play a vital role leading on the delivery of highway design solutions primarily in the East of England.

As a Senior Highways Engineer, you will be part of our successful Engineering Solutions team who have been based in Ipswich for 10 years. We pride ourselves on our staff development offering interesting and diverse workload. We have an excellent staff retention record.

As a Senior Highways Engineer your duties & responsibilities will be:

• Project lead for the design of highways maintenance and improvement schemes with responsibility for delivery to time, cost and quality requirements.
• Undertake technical design checks
• Site visits for surveys and inspections to support the design process
• Production of feasibility reports
• Resource planning and co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams, including sub-consultants.
• Ensure compliance with internal quality standards and processes.
• Ensure legal compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Carry out people management including training and development, staff performance reviews, mentoring and performance management.
• Work collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives/deliverables.
• Manage, build and develop customer relationships.
  
  

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

• Incorporated / Chartered Engineer or a highly experienced Engineer working towards IEng/CEng
• Evidence of leading multi-disciplinary projects to achieve customer’s programme, cost and quality expectations.
• Extensive design & construction experience in highways.
• Practical experience in the application and review of alignment, drainage and sign design software and AutoCad package.
• Experience of commercial awareness in project delivery.
• Extensive experience of National Highways & Local Authority design standards & contracts.
• Evidence of developing and mentoring staff.
• Experience of design resource planning and programme management.
• Evidence of managing H&S in design and construction.
• Computer literate with Microsoft packages
• Experience of the NEC suite of contract documents and contract administration.
• UK/EEC driving licence
  
  

About The Company

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.