Senior Structures Advisor

Job Overview

National Highways has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Structures Advisor to join our Engineering Division within Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES). As a Senior Advisor, you will provide specialist and complex technical advice and guidance to support the safe and efficient operation, maintenance, and modernisation of the Strategic Road Network. The Senior Advisor will also develop and implement policies, standards, operating procedures, and best practices, and provide specialist technical advice and guidance to support the development, renewal, and maintenance of National Highways assets.

The role will be based in our Birmingham office with travel to regional offices required. Our priorities are safety, customers, and delivery, and at the core are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork, and ownership.

• Act as a source of specialist subject matter expertise on structural engineering and solve a range of bridge and other highway structure engineering problems.
• Ownership and development of standards, contributing to the development of structures policy and providing technical advice internally and externally to users of the standards.
• Providing authoritative technical advice and guidance to Operations and Major Projects Directorates and representing the interests of National Highways to external stakeholders.
• Representing the Technical Approval Authority and ensuring the application of CG 300 technical governance to highway structures.
• High level review of design, assessment and strengthening principles of new and existing structures.
• Contributing to the effective management of complex structural risks.

• A Chartered qualified Engineer (CEng, MICE, AMIStructE, MIStructE or equivalent) or Incorporated Engineer (or equivalent) with relevant experience.
• Extensive knowledge within the discipline with technical expertise and experience in delivery or policy development of design, assessment, and development of technical solutions for the management of structures.
• Extensive knowledge of the DMRB, Eurocodes and their application.
• Experience of working independently and taking responsibility for the delivery of complex bridge structures projects.
• Evidence of managing internal and external stakeholder relationships to achieve desired outcomes.

• Our total reward package includes basic salary and the potential for a performance‑related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%.
• Annual leave starting at 26 days plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days.
• Flexible hours and hybrid working approach.
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary.
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 access, a wellbeing app, occupational health service and flu vaccines.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme for purchase of bicycle and equipment.
• Significant investment in career development, learning, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on‑job experience.
• Family‑friendly benefits: enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave 15 days, shared parental leave, adoption leave and access to financial support for holiday.
• Money‑friendly: discounts platform with over 3000 discounts and a financial wellbeing programme.
• Community‑friendly: paid leave to volunteer (3 days basic per year).

• Right to work check.
• 3‑year employment history references.
• DBS criminal record check.
• Social media and adverse journalism check.
• Driving licence check (if applicable).
• Fit‑to‑work questionnaire, followed by a medical check (if applicable).
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable).

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.