Senior Highways Engineer in England

Senior Highways Engineer in England

England Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
Stantec Consulting International Ltd.

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead the design and delivery of innovative highways and transportation projects.
  • Company: Join Stantec, a friendly and collaborative civil engineering firm.
  • Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, and industry-leading training.
  • Other info: Great opportunities for professional growth and a positive work culture.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact on diverse projects while developing your skills.
  • Qualifications: Degree in civil engineering and experience in highways design.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

  • We have an exciting opportunity for
  • Senior Engineer to join our
  • Civil Infrastructure team in

Birmingham .

About The Team

We work across a variety of clients from National contractors and developers through to UK Statutory Bodies enabling us to work on diverse and challenging projects.

This enables us to deploy best practice and bring the latest ideas to our delivery.

Role Overview & Key Responsibilities

As a

Senior Highways Engineer , you will take a leading technical role in the design and delivery of highways and transportation schemes, supporting Project Managers and Principals in ensuring high-quality, compliant, and efficient project outcomes.

You will be responsible for managing packages of work, providing technical guidance to junior engineers, and contributing to successful project delivery.

Core Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and delivery of highways and transportation schemes across all stages, from feasibility and preliminary design through to detailed design and construction support.
  • Produce and review highways designs in accordance with relevant standards and guidance, including DMRB, Manual for Streets, and local authority requirements.
  • Manage and coordinate design inputs across highways elements, ensuring designs are technically robust, safe, and buildable.
  • Prepare and review technical reports, drawings, specifications, and calculations to a high professional standard.
  • Provide technical input to multidisciplinary project teams, working closely with drainage, structures, utilities, and environmental colleagues.
  • Support Project Managers with programme planning, resourcing, and risk identification and mitigation.
  • Assist with responding to technical queries during design development and construction phases.

Additional Senior-Level Duties

  • Provide day-to-day technical guidance and informal mentoring to graduate and intermediate engineers.
  • Undertake technical reviews of junior engineers’ work, providing constructive feedback and ensuring compliance with standards.
  • Contribute to value engineering and optioneering exercises to improve safety, sustainability, and cost efficiency.
  • Support the preparation of fee proposals, scopes of work, and technical inputs for bids and tenders.
  • Liaise with clients, local authorities, and statutory undertakers, attending meetings and representing the highways discipline as required.
  • Assist in the identification and management of design risks, including contribution to risk registers and design reviews.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of highways design processes, templates, and technical guidance within the team.

Professional Development & Behaviours

  • Work towards or hold professional accreditation (e. g. IEng or CEng with ICE or CIHT).
  • Skills with Civils 3D, Infodrainage and utility coordination are advantageous.
  • Demonstrate strong technical judgement, attention to detail, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
  • Take ownership of allocated work packages, delivering to agreed quality, cost, and programme targets.
  • Promote a positive health, safety, and wellbeing culture within the project team.

Qualifications

  • Degree qualified in civil engineering or similar

Why Join us?

The friendly and collaborative culture at Stantec is something we are proud of, and we have many other reasons for you to be excited about joining us.

We offer a competitive salary, hybrid and flexible working arrangements, industry leading training, great projects and lots more!

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment.

Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

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Stantec Consulting International Ltd.

Contact Details:

Stantec Consulting International Ltd. Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Highways Engineer in England

Highways Design
Transportation Schemes
DMRB Standards
Manual for Streets
Technical Report Writing
Project Management
Risk Identification and Mitigation