Highways Design Engineer

Recently Milestone Infrastructure have been awarded a 7-year contract to provide a broad range of highway services to Central Bedfordshire Council covering design, construction and maintenance. As a result we are seeking to recruit highway design engineer to join the team to help us deliver a wide range of road safety, active travel and other highway projects., * Develop designs for a wide range of highway improvement and traffic engineering schemes located in both urban and rural settings

• Work closely with project managers, our commercial and construction teams to plan and implement these schemes from ‘start to finish’ within budget and to programme, and in compliance with quality, safety and environmental objectives

• Consult with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all stages of scheme development

• Ensure that relevant standards are applied in accordance with national & local criteria and sound engineering practice, to deliver appropriate solutions which offer best value

• Assist in the mentoring of our trainee and graduate engineers

• Track record of delivering highways and transport design projects, as part of a team of professional engineers

• Working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges/Specification for Highway Works relating to the design and maintenance of local authority highway and transport schemes

• Experience of working on active travel projects (with an understanding of the principles of Local Transport Note 1/20)

• Working knowledge of the design & delivery of highway infrastructure projects using BIM/Digital Engineering software, systems and data

• Site based highways experience to provide sufficient understanding of buildability, traffic management and construction programming (desirable)

• A relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, or Foundation Degree/HNC/HND together with sufficient post qualification experience

• Actively working towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status of the Institution of Civil Engineers or equivalent professional body

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player with a ‘can do’ approach

28 days’ annual leave plus 8 days’ Bank Holiday

Generous Pension Scheme / Life Assurance

Employee Benefits Portal inc. cycle to work scheme and shopping discounts

Professional body membership fees

Group wide career development opportunities

Hybrid working