Highways Senior Engineer

Description

• Support with the management of subcontractors, daily briefings, progress tracking, and short-term lookaheads.
• Take accountability for ensuring the subcontractor quality documentation is implemented and adhered to. Ensure accurate record keeping and establish processes to provide certainty on construction compliance.
• Support with the development and maintenance of 4-week lookahead programmes, and monitor progress.
• Oversee subcontractor setting-out and survey control, providing assurance checks; manage as-builts, red-lines, and test/inspection records against ITPs.
• Interface with utilities teams for crossings/diversions; embed HSG47 controls and Permit-to-Dig.
• Ensure subcontractor safe systems of work are implemented, and support the team in ensuring compliance.
• Coordinate temporary works design and permits on the highway, maintaining safe systems and public protection. Deliver all works in line with permanent and temporary designs.
• Support the Engineering team by raising any required RFIs, change requests, or non-conformances for sign-off.
• Maintain daily records, progress measures and handover documentation; support commercial change with clear evidence.
• Support with the preparation of any documentation required for consents.
• Collate files for quality records for relevant works.
• Support with the ordering of any material and equipment needed to deliver the works.
• Assist with the development and preparation of any documentation – produce ITPS, RAMs and VTS as needed.
• Plan and sequence your section of work (method statements, RAMS, permits), ensuring programme certainty.

Requirements

• First Aid at Work.
• Efficient with digital record-keeping and stakeholder communication.
• Knowledge of NRSWA.
• Strong working knowledge of surveying/setting-out, QA/ITPs, and temporary works coordination.
• Working knowledge of DMRB, Chapter 8 and local authority standards is desirable.
• Working towards accreditation, such as IENG for the ICE.
• Section Engineer experience on UK infrastructure. Highway experience is desirable, but a proven record in civil construction on infrastructure schemes is acceptable.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance