At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Highways Design team and collaborate on exciting projects.
- Company: COWI, a leader in sustainable engineering solutions.
- Benefits: 28 days holiday, private healthcare, flexible working, and professional development.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and fun.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of highways and road safety.
- Qualifications: Degree in Civil Engineering and experience in highway design.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 52000 £ per year.
Do you want to be a part of a growing Highways Design team? Can you collaborate on projects? Are you experienced in geometrical design? Then, read on. This could be the next adventure in your career.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow. To further expand our Highways team, we are looking for a Senior Engineer to join us in Bristol. Working closely with your peers, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate on a variety of Highway schemes and Access roads design.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Overseeing and participating in the production and delivery of the geometrical design
- Checking of design and drawings prepared by other engineers
- Undertaking traffic signs and road markings design
- Carrying out RRRAP assessments
- Defining Road Safety Audit briefs and responses
- Technical leadership and guidance to junior Engineers
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future. The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you’ll have:
- A degree in Civil Engineering
- Achieved Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or be working towards it
- A range of experience working in a design environment on Highways projects in the UK
- Demonstrable skills in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridge (DMRB)
- Experience in Civil3D and Autodesk products
- A sound understanding of CDM Regulations
- Preferable experience in ProjectWise
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
What we also offer:
- 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
- Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
- Private health care, for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents
- Flexible and hybrid working conditions
- Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
- Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
- Life assurance
- Maternity Leave: 1-20 weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39 Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
- Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)
- Optional benefits include: Electric vehicle lease, Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at LADN@COWI.COM.
Experienced in Drainage but not as a Senior Engineer? We are happy to hear from engineers at all levels of experience as our Highways and Drainage discipline continues to expand. Please contact Laura if you'd like a chat about what a career and life at COWI could look like.
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Senior Engineer (Highways) United Kingdom Bristol, York Application Deadline 29 August 2026 employer: COWI A/S
COWI A/S in Leeds is an excellent employer that values creativity and collaboration, offering a dynamic work environment where your contributions to brand identity are recognised and celebrated. With flexible working conditions, private health care, and robust professional development plans, employees are empowered to grow and thrive in their careers while enjoying a supportive culture that fosters innovation and teamwork.
