Description:
Senior Highway Engineer
Role
Our Engineering Design team focuses on the design, construction, operation and maintenance of transport systems and structures that support the movement of people and goods. Our design philosophy is rooted in innovation and resilience, and our projects play a critical role in shaping how societies function and grow by ensuring efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation and infrastructure networks. Our services include:
- Guiding our clients through the concept, planning and preliminary design stages to ensure their projects are feasible, sustainable, and aligned with their goals.
- Advising on design standards, environmental concerns and managing stakeholder needs to prepare precision-engineered layouts and cost-effective solutions.
- Taking approved concepts and developing them into construction-ready detailed designs that meet the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and compliance.
- Preparing detailed drainage designs, profiles, and schedules for culverts, channels, manholes, and pipe networks ready drainage strategies, for tender and construction.
- Providing hands-on management, rigorous oversight, and clear communication to all parties to ensure every phase of construction is executed with precision and accountability.
- Conducting road safety audits and inspections to identify hazards and recommend improvements to reduce risk, prevent accidents, and protect every road user.
What we expect from you
Skills
We are seeking a candidate with exceptional highway/civil engineering technical skills and experience of delivering a diverse range of traffic, active travel, and highway engineering projects through concept design to detailed design stages. You will be expected to demonstrate:
- Proven experience of delivering highway/infrastructure design projects, demonstrating familiarity with local authority standards and urban constraints in line with stakeholder expectations whilst driving innovation and continuous improvement in design processes.
- Experience in developing highway designs from concept through to detailed construction ready designs.
- Experience of Section 278/38 Highway approval submissions for permanent and temporary schemes.
- Experience in active travel/road space reallocation design through preliminary design to concept design stages.
- Proficient in producing 3D vertical highway designs using Civil 3D.
- Experience in managing and developing multi location highway design projects.
- Familiarity with BIM, CDE working environments.
- Experience of ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with UK (or relevant regional) standards.
- Experience of providing leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to engineers and designers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly using a range of formats.
- Membership of CIHT, ICE, or an equivalent professional body.
- Chartered Engineer status (CEng or equivalent) is desirable.
What you can expect from us
At Haskoning, we believe that the well-being of our employees is essential to our shared success. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both your professional development and personal well-being.
What we offer:
- A solid foundation: A competitive base salary reflecting your skills and experience.
- An attractive compensation package: Including pension accrual through our own pension fund with an employer contribution of 7% and annual profit sharing, where 40% of our profit is distributed among employees. You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase company shares and share in our success.
- Work-life balance: 25 vacation days (based on full-time employment), with the option to purchase an additional 10 days per year and to exchange three public holidays for days that are personally meaningful to you. We work in a hybrid model with flexible hours, home office allowance, and a fully equipped home workspace.
- Development opportunities: A wide range of training and development programmes, including tailored learning paths, learning weeks, and various knowledge-sharing groups.
- An informal and inclusive culture: A welcoming and open environment with voluntary social and sports activities, and employee networks such as Pride and Young Haskoning.
- Private medical and dental cover: Fully paid by the company with an option to extend it to your family at discounted rates.