Senior Highways Design Engineer

Job title:

Senior Highways Design Engineer

Type:
Contract

Location:

Ipswich

Salary:
Dependent on experience, skills, and location

Waterman Aspen welcomes engineers and technical specialists to make their mark by working on some of the biggest infrastructure projects or in delivering professional services across the UK. We specialise in secondment services, providing the right people, with the right skills for the job, at the right time. Our diverse client base includes local authorities, consultancies, public bodies, and construction companies.

We take pride in supporting our colleagues throughout their careers. We’re a people‑centric organisation, placing mutual respect and dignity in the highest regard. This is reflected in our approach to issues such as mental health and wellbeing, family‑friendly policies, social value, and net zero. We’re a Disability Confident Employer and an accredited Real Living Wage Employer.

We have big ambitions for the future, and we’d love for you to be part of it.

Joining Waterman Aspen as Senior Highways Design Engineer will see you as a key member of the London North team and you can expect:

• A varied client base where you can apply and develop your skills
• Buy‑in from clients to assist in your technical progression
• Further exposure to your chosen industry – increasing your awareness, knowledge and sharpening your skills
• The flexibility to broaden your horizons with each new secondment, without changing your employer
• Career development and training to reach your professional or academic qualification goals supported by our own network of mentors and managers
• Paid subscription to a professional body of your choice
• Regular social events and volunteering opportunities

• Evidence of leading multi‑disciplinary projects to achieve client programme, cost, and quality expectations
• Extensive design and construction experience in highways
• Strong commercial awareness
• Strong working knowledge of Local Authority and national design standards and contracts
• Evidence of developing and mentoring staff
• Experience of design resource planning and programme management
• Evidence of managing H&S in design and construction
• Good understanding of CDM (Construction Design Management) regulations
• Ability to carry out engineering projects with values exceeding £1m from initiation through to completion without continual direction.
• Computer literate particularly Microsoft Excel and Word
• Experience of the NEC suite of contract documents and administration
• Knowledge of highway design guidance and standards including DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20, TSRGD, MCHW and other relevant codes of practice and design standards
• Ability to compile specifications and Bills of Quantities (BoQ)
• Proficient in AutoCAD (Civil 3D experience would be advantageous)
• Full UK/EEC driving licence

Essential:

• Educated to degree level in civil engineering BEng/MEng (or equivalent)
• An appropriate professional qualification e.g. Chartered or a highly experienced Engineer working towards professional accreditation