Highway Engineer

SLR have a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer with demonstrable consultancy experience of S278 in a general infrastructure background to join our collaborative and growing Transport Engineering team.

Your key duties will involve:

• The preparation of detailed design, feasibility studies and scheme reports on a variety of projects.
• Taking responsibility for project management, budgeting, producing bill of quantities, and costings.
• Providing assurance that scheme designs comply with specification and agreed programme.
• Ensuring designs comply with health and safety regulations and CDM requirements.
• Assessing designs for environmental impacts.
• Managing relationships with clients, stakeholders and third parties.
• Coordinating with other team members associated with the design.
• Supporting junior team members working on projects.

About you: We are looking for an Engineer with consulting experience around the design and management of the Section 278/38 process, as well as:

• Sound knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and Manual for Streets.
• Ability to engage and conduct effective negotiations with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors and third parties.
• Detailed understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
• Competence in the use of Civils 3D.

Culture & Inclusion at SLR: We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent. Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR. SLR Commitment – All applicants with a disability who meet the essential requirements for the job will be guaranteed an interview in line with our Disability Confident Committed status.

We're Making Sustainability Happen. We don't have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we're working on it. We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you'll work alongside some of the world's leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.