Highways Engineer

Join Our Team as a Highways Engineer!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for a passionate Highways Engineer to join our dynamic Design – Highways team based in Birmingham/Northampton. This is your chance to make a real impact in the world of highway design!

Location & Working Conditions

Location: Birmingham/Northampton – Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working with just 2 days a week in the office.

Hours: 40 hours per week – We offer flexibility, so let us know your preferences when we chat!

Salary: Starting from £35,000 per annum.

Sector: Design – Highways.

Note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.

Your Role

As a Highways Engineer, you will play a crucial role in delivering highway maintenance and improvement schemes from concept to detailed design. Collaborating with our Team Leader and Senior Engineers, you’ll contribute to high-quality, compliant designs while enhancing your technical skills in a supportive, wellbeing-focused environment.

Are You…?

• A Highways Engineer with strong experience in delivering highway design to DMRB and local authority standards?
• Degree-qualified in Civil, Highways, or Transportation Engineering?
• CEng or IEng (or working towards) with ICE, CIHT, or IHE?
• Confident in producing design calculations, drawings, and contract packages using AutoCAD and highways software?
• Knowledgeable in highway geometry, drainage, pavements, signs/markings, and VRS?

Do You…?

• Support schemes from feasibility through to detailed design?
• Develop and assess engineering options, considering safety, buildability, and whole-life value?
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams using Common Data Environments?
• Undertake site visits and surveys while supporting technical queries?
• Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognized as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?

Your Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Support feasibility, preliminary, and detailed highway design to DMRB and local authority standards.
• Produce technical drawings, calculations, and supporting information using AutoCAD and highways design software.
• Develop and assess engineering options, focusing on safety, buildability, sustainability, and whole-life cost.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams using Common Data Environments.
• Conduct site visits, surveys, and provide design support during delivery.
• Assist with fee estimates, programmes, bids, and tender documentation.
• Maintain effective relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Take responsibility for quality, safety, programme, and agreed budgets on assigned tasks.

What We’re Looking For

This role is perfect for you if you have:

• A minimum of 5 years' post-graduate experience in highways design.
• A degree in Civil, Highways, or Transportation Engineering.
• CEng / IEng (or working towards) with ICE, CIHT, or IHE.
• Strong knowledge of highway geometry, pavements, drainage, signs & road markings, and VRS (including RRRAP).
• Experience using AutoCAD, Civils 3D, AutoTrack, MicroDrainage, KeyLines / KeySigns.
• A sound understanding of CDM, H&S, and risk assessments.
• A CSCS card and SMSTS (or equivalent).
• Strong communication, organizational, and commercial awareness.
• A full UK driving licence.

Rewards and Benefits

We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and discover the perks of being part of our team!

Diversity and Inclusion

At Kier, making our workplace diverse and inclusive is a top priority. We’re committed to continuous improvement and value the contributions of all our employees in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Please note that due to the nature of this role, a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be required. We treat all applicants fairly, regardless of their conviction history.

We can’t wait to see your application and welcome you to our team at Kier!