Senior Highways Engineer

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Senior Highways Engineer


Central London


Salary : £ 52,000 - Depends On Experience 


This independent Highways and Transport Planning Engineering Consultancy that have 20 people within the business are on the lookout for a highways engineer to join their infrastructure team in their London office which consists of 7 technical staff. There are 3 cad technicians and 4 engineers.


The office layout is a vibrant, inclusive office in the heart of the west-end. Their office has kitchen facilities, a break-out area with dart board and sofas with regular lunches with the wider team.


Benefits:

• They are a small company where you can develop your position as the company grows.
• The eventual position could be into a CAD Manager, retaining and setting standards as the business develops
• The company has a variety of benefits such as being situated 3mins walk from Oxford Circus Station
• Monthly socials to a variety of venues (Flight Club, Bounce Ping Pong, Sixes Cricket, Swingers Golf and many more)
• Flexible benefits such as hybrid working scheme whereby staff can currently work from home up to two days per week. For new starters and the highway design team, they do at least initially encourage more time in the office to assist with learning and collaboration. 
• Flexi-time with core hours being 10am-4pm (37.5 hour week)
• A performance-based bonus scheme up to around 10%  per year
• 27 days holiday plus a flexi-day per month if additional hours worked and wished to be taken

• Ability to develop designs in AutoCAD and Vehicle Tracking
• Working across Microsoft Office and AutoDesk platforms
• Liaison with Local Authorities and design teams to deliver Section 278’s, Section 38’s and various other highway applications (AIP’s, Highway Licenses)
• Familiarity with British Standards/Codes of Practice
• Utilise Vehicle Tracking to determine vehicle swept path analysis
• Ability to project manage smaller design projects and to utilise the abilities of the wider infrastructure team to deliver schemes
• Mentoring/ aiding professional development of junior staff
• Opportunity to visit sites during the construction period to ensure highway works are being delivered as designed
• Cost forecasting and taking on a ‘project manager’ role within design teams

• Drainage design experience, and use of WinDes
• Civils3D experience
• KeySign design
• Experience working on-site will also be beneficial