At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting highways and transportation projects while ensuring top-notch quality and sustainability.
- Company: Join Metis, a leading civil engineering consultancy with a focus on innovation and community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, wellness budgets, and profit-sharing opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of an employee-owned company committed to sustainability and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in infrastructure while developing your skills in a supportive team environment.
- Qualifications: 2-5 years experience in asset renewal, CAD proficiency, and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Metis is looking to fill a Highways and Transportation Engineer role to provide technical support on our maintenance and asset renewal schemes.
About The Role
Metis has an exciting pipeline of highways and asset renewal schemes, and a growing highways and transportation team. To ensure these commissions are delivered to the highest standards, we are looking for an experienced Highways and Transportation Engineer to assist with technical leadership and project delivery. This role will work within our highways and transportation team. The successful candidate will take responsibility for production, review and submission of our asset renewal and maintenance projects. They will also support the development of detailed designs across the team. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering asset renewal and maintenance schemes within the UK. They will provide quality design outputs, focus on health and safety, and consider sustainability in their day-to-day duties. They will be a team player and committed to supporting the development of graduate engineers.
Key Objectives
- Production, review and submission of asset renewal and maintenance projects including carriageways, footways, VRS and drainage remedial works.
- CDM 2015 responsibilities.
- Delivery on asset renewal and maintenance schemes.
- Pipeline and project management.
- Client and stakeholder management.
- Support the technical leadership of engineering projects.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Two to five years' experience in asset renewal and maintenance schemes.
- Competency with CAD.
- Knowledge of material and contract specifications.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Capacity to manage multiple projects.
- Experience in supporting junior team members, helping them to produce exceptional outputs.
- Ability to integrate into a team and consult with clients and stakeholders.
- Proven track record in delivering projects on time and on budget.
- Energy and enthusiasm.
Salary and Package
Metis offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including workplace pension (Royal London), monthly wellbeing budgets (Heka), and flexible working in our offices in Richmond-upon-Thames. We also fund professional institution membership for our employees, and training that you require to meet your own professional development objectives. As an employee-owned business, Metis also offers a profit share scheme to all employees with at least 12 months' service. Under the terms of the Finance Act 2014, any profit share distributed to employees is exempt from Income Tax up to £3,600.
About Metis
Founded in 2009, Metis is a leading civil and environmental engineering consultancy in London and Manchester, known for delivering high-quality projects for local authorities in highways engineering, water engineering and infrastructure management. Metis provides an agile alternative to traditional engineering consultancies, tailoring services to meet client needs in both public and private sectors. The firm is a certified B Corporation, committed to promoting environmental sustainability and community wellbeing, and became employee-owned in 2025. Employees have the opportunity to share in profits.
Highways and Transportation Engineer employer: Metis Consultants | Certified B Corp™️
Metis is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Richmond-upon-Thames where innovation and sustainability are at the forefront of our projects. With a strong focus on employee development, we provide comprehensive training opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and a profit share scheme that rewards your contributions to our success. Join our collaborative team and be part of a company that values your growth while making a positive impact on the community and environment.
Contact Details:
Metis Consultants | Certified B Corp™️ Recruitment Team
