Senior Highway Design Engineer

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Living Places team as a Senior Highway Design Engineer and you can build something to be proud of.
To manage and undertake a package of civil/highway engineering designs as a member of the design team on the Southampton Highway Strategic Partnership contract.
What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Highway Design Engineer, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Be responsible for the technical delivery of design works for allocated projects
• Manage other team members working on allocated projects
• Work with the Design Manager and Programme Manager in the planning and delivery of design work
• Prepare programme information for design projects and liaise with the programme coordinator to incorporate this information in project and the integrated programme
• Prepare estimates of level of design input for projects and submit to Southampton City Council
• Deliver design work in line with local and national standards and Balfour Beatty policies and procedures
• Apply the CDM regulations to all design work and ensure designs meet the requirements and principles of the BBLP safety systems.

Who we’re looking for

You will have the following:

• Proven Experience utilising software including AutoCad and BIM (Building Information Modelling)
• Proven experience of applying latest highway design documentation (including LTN1/20) to designs.
• Experience and understanding of on and off the public highway on construction sites.
• Experience of managing a programme
• Experience of NEC Option 3 contract type
• Design or technical background
• Good communication and people skills.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more