Senior Engineer (Highways) United Kingdom Application Deadline 29 August 2026

Do you want to be a part of a growing Highways Design team? Can you collaborate on projects? Are you experienced in geometrical design? Then, read on. This could be the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

To further expand our Highways team, we are looking for a Senior Engineer to join us in Bristol. Working closely with your peers, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate on a variety of Highway schemes and Access roads design.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Overseeing and participating in the production and delivery of the geometrical design
• Checking of design and drawings prepared by other engineers
• Undertaking traffic signs and road markings design
• Carrying out RRRAP assessments
• Defining Road Safety Audit briefs and responses
• Technical leadership and guidance to junior Engineers

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• A degree in Civil Engineering
• Achieved Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or be working towards it
• A range of experience working in a design environment on Highways projects in the UK
• Demonstrable skills in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridge (DMRB)
• Experience in Civil3D and Autodesk products
• A sound understanding of CDM Regulations
• Preferable experience in Project Wise

A place to work and so much more.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarilylocatedin the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering, architecture,energyand environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

• 28days' holiday plus all UKbank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you anda contribution from you foryour immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Maternity Leave: 1-20weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39
  
  Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include:

• Electric vehicle lease
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at  .

Experienced in Drainage but not as a Senior Engineer? We are happy to hear from engineers at all levels of experience as our Highways and Drainage discipline continues to expand. Please contact Laura if you'd like a chat about what a career and life at COWI could look like.
Get to know us even better at our website,  , where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer
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COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.