Highways Design Engineer
Dunstable
28 days' annual leave plus 8 days' Bank Holiday
Generous Pension Scheme / Life Assurance
Employee Benefits Portal inc. cycle to work scheme and shopping discounts
Professional body membership fees
Group wide career development opportunities
Hybrid working
Milestone Infrastructure are the leading provider of highways infrastructure in the UK and look after in excess of 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.
Recently Milestone Infrastructure have been awarded a 7-year contract to provide a broad range of highway services to Central Bedfordshire Council covering design, construction and maintenance. As a result we are seeking to recruit highway design engineer to join the team to help us deliver a wide range of road safety, active travel and other highway projects.
The Design Engineer will work as part of a close-knit team of engineers and technicians to develop and deliver a wide range of highway and transport infrastructure projects, contributing to improving the way people move around Central Bedfordshire. These range from small scale city centre cycling & pedestrian improvements aimed at promoting active travel, through to major new highway infrastructure and sustainable transport projects.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Develop designs for a wide range of highway improvement and traffic engineering schemes located in both urban and rural settings
- Work closely with project managers, our commercial and construction teams to plan and implement these schemes from ‘start to finish’ within budget and to programme, and in compliance with quality, safety and environmental objectives
- Consult with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all stages of scheme development
- Ensure that relevant standards are applied in accordance with national & local criteria and sound engineering practice, to deliver appropriate solutions which offer best value
- Assist in the mentoring of our trainee and graduate engineers
Skills & Experience Required:
- Track record of delivering highways and transport design projects, as part of a team of professional engineers
- Working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges/Specification for Highway Works relating to the design and maintenance of local authority highway and transport schemes
- Experience of working on active travel projects (with an understanding of the principles of Local Transport Note 1/20)
- Working knowledge of the design & delivery of highway infrastructure projects using BIM/Digital Engineering software, systems and data
- Site based highways experience to provide sufficient understanding of buildability, traffic management and construction programming (desirable)
- A relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, or Foundation Degree/HNC/HND together with sufficient post qualification experience
- Actively working towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status of the Institution of Civil Engineers or equivalent professional body
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player with a ‘can do’ approach
