Highway Engineering Team Lead

Highway Engineering Team Lead (LH3255) Hampshire, England

Salary: GBP
50000 - GBP
70000 per annum

Highway Engineering Team Lead - Associate

Location:
Fareham, Hampshire.

Hours:

Monday to Friday, Flexible Opportunity with Core Hours Required. Salary:
Competitive (illustrative only). Holiday: 32 days including bank holidays, increasing with length of service. Sector:
Civil Engineering, Highways

Our client is a well‑established, multi‑disciplinary consultancy specialising in transport planning, travel planning, and civil and structural engineering services. The business has grown steadily in recent years and now operates across the UK, supporting both public and private sector clients on a wide range of development and infrastructure projects. They are known for delivering practical, high‑quality solutions from early feasibility through to detailed design and project delivery, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and client‑focused outcomes.

With an experienced and technically strong team, the company provides end‑to‑end support, combining commercial awareness with in‑depth knowledge of current legislation and industry standards. They are now looking to recruit a Highway Engineering Team Lead to support the management of the team and oversee fast‑paced complex schemes across a diverse range of clients.

• Managing day‑to‑day team resource
• Ensuring the team/region meets monthly invoicing targets
• Writing fee letters and developing budgets
• Managing live project budgets and ensuring appropriate out‑of‑scope fees are identified and secured
• Following up opportunities presented by the transport planning teams; supporting them with highway engineering advice
• Writing team updates for collation into the Board Report
• Identifying ways of working and processes to work more efficiently on highways schemes
• Ensuring quality of drawing outputs on highway schemes
• Line managing and mentoring highways team members; advising on opportunities for direction of the team based on business demand/need
• Being responsible for the team’s business development, including attending client meetings when required with Directors, adhering to the agreed company business plan and identifying business opportunities relating to highways

• Membership of an appropriate institution, such as the ICE or CIHT. Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered (CEng) is preferable
• A degree or HND in Civil Engineering
• Substantial experience in a similar role, in a consultancy setting
• Experience in leading an Engineering team delivering S278s, S38s, S184s, pre‑planning highway advice
• Demonstrate a proactive and enthusiastic approach to all aspects of the role
• Ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure, maintaining high standards of delivery
• Maintain a disciplined, well‑organised, and conscientious approach to work
• Apply an agile and adaptable mindset to problem‑solving
• Ensure deadlines and project timescales are consistently met
• Promote a positive, forward‑thinking attitude within the team and wider business

• 5‑hour workdays with flexible working hours, with a core hour requirement allowing for lifestyle and work‑life balance
• 24 days annual leave, increasing with length of service plus 8 bank holidays
• Day off on your birthday if it falls on a working day
• One community or charity day a year to allow you to support the projects you love
• Salary sacrifice scheme with the opportunity to purchase or sell annual leave days
• Christmas shut down
• Quarterly and yearly bonus schemes, offering the potential to earn more
• Private healthcare upon completion of probation period
• Bike to work scheme