Senior Adoptions Engineer

Location: Bilsthorpe

Senior Adoptions Engineer
 
My client is seeking an experienced Senior Adoptions Engineer to join their Preconstruction team based in Nottinghamshire. This is an excellent opportunity for a highways professional who enjoys working at the heart of development infrastructure projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring new highway schemes are delivered to the highest standards.
 
In this role, you will play a key part in delivering safer, more sustainable, and better-connected communities. You'll help bring new developments into the highway network, ensuring critical infrastructure is designed, constructed, and adopted in line with the required standards.
 
The Opportunity
As a Senior Adoptions Engineer, you will take a leading role in managing highway adoption and agreement works, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with all relevant legislation and standards.
 
You will be responsible for:

· Leading site inspections associated with Section 38 and Section 278 highway works.

· Monitoring construction progress and providing technical guidance to developers, contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders.

· Ensuring works comply with legal agreements, specifications, industry standards, and adopted highway requirements.

· Managing communication and consultation with clients, developers, elected members, members of the public, and internal teams to support successful project delivery.

· Building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships while protecting and enhancing the organisation's reputation.

· Supporting the delivery of highway infrastructure projects that contribute to safer and more connected communities.

· Ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation, policies, and best practice.

· Safeguarding the wellbeing of staff, contractors, and the public throughout project delivery.
 
About You
To be successful as a Senior Adoptions Engineer, you will ideally have:

· An HNC in Civil Engineering or a related discipline, together with relevant post-qualification experience, or equivalent knowledge and experience.

· Strong ICT skills, including experience with engineering design software, CAD systems, and data management environments.

· A solid understanding of current highway and civil engineering design standards.

· Knowledge of highways legislation, traffic management requirements, construction standards, and health and safety best practice.

· Experience working with highway development agreements, including Section 38 and Section 278 works.

· A full UK Driving Licence.

· A valid CSCS card.
 
What's In It For You?

· The opportunity to work on high-profile infrastructure and development projects.

· A varied role combining technical expertise, site inspections, and stakeholder engagement.

· The chance to contribute to projects that have a visible and lasting impact on local communities.

· Ongoing professional development and support towards further career progression.

· A collaborative and supportive working environment.
 
Location & Working Pattern

· Based in Nottinghamshire.

· Office and site-based role with travel across project locations as required.
 
Apply Now
If you're a motivated Adoptions Engineer looking to take the next step in your career and work on projects that genuinely improve local infrastructure and connectivity, we'd love to hear from you.
 
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
 
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Adam Butler at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information.

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