At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and oversee diverse highway engineering projects, driving innovative solutions.
- Company: Join a leading Tier 1 contractor with a focus on impactful infrastructure.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, generous pension, and opportunities for career progression.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with mentorship opportunities and stakeholder engagement.
- Why this job: Step into a leadership role and shape regional infrastructure without the CAD grind.
- Qualifications: Degree in Civil Engineering and strong knowledge of highway design principles required.
Location: Nantwich
Salary: £45,000 - £48,000 per annum
Full Benefits package: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, generous pension scheme, reward schemes and genuine chances to progress!
Step away from the drafting board and take the lead. Are you a skilled Civil Engineer looking to step up into a high-level overview and leadership role without getting bogged down in day-to-day CAD design work? Working alongside a leading Tier 1 highway construction client, you won’t be sitting at a desk producing drawings all day. Instead, you’ll leverage your strong foundational design knowledge to lead, oversee, and drive a diverse portfolio of highway and civil engineering schemes across Cheshire East.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Strategic Leadership: Lead problem-solving for complex engineering challenges, ensuring effective, compliant, and high-quality solutions across schemes valued up to £5M (including major junction upgrades, cycle improvements, and public realm projects).
- Project & Quality Oversight: Oversee project programming, planning, performance, and budgets to deliver schemes to the highest technical standards.
- Team Guidance & Deputising: Mentor junior engineers, provide technical advice, and step in as deputy to the Team Leader when needed.
- Key Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a trusted technical advisor to internal teams, external partners, local councillors, and the public.
What We’re Looking For in a Senior Highway Engineer
- Qualifications: HNC, HND, or Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Professional Standards: Professional membership in a relevant civil engineering body.
- Technical Knowledge: Strong grounding in highway design, highway law/procedures, and Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs).
- Industry Tools: Practical familiarity with AutoCAD and MS Office (to effectively review and oversee project files).
- Management Skills: Proven track record in managing project costs, programmes, and delivery.
- Licence: Full UK driving licence.
Why Apply? If you are ready to transition your technical expertise into a high-visibility lead role where you shape regional infrastructure—without spending your day stuck doing CAD detailing—this is the opportunity for you.
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