Principal Highway Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Highway Engineer, you will lead the technical delivery of complex highways and public realm schemes. You will mentor engineers, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and ensure designs meet high standards. You’ll work closely with clients to shape project strategy and deliver innovative solutions across London and the UK. This role offers a pathway to influence major infrastructure and urban environments while advancing technical excellence within a growing consultancy. Your leadership will drive value, collaboration, and sustainable transport outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Workplace pension
• Performance-related bonus
• Professional membership sponsorship
• Ongoing technical and leadership development
• Hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of highways, streetscape and public realm projects from concept through to construction
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance across multiple design teams
• Develop highway designs in accordance with DMRB, TfL Streetscape Guidance, LTN 1/20, LCDS, TSRGD and other relevant standards
• Manage project programmes, resources and technical outputs
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders
• Mentor and develop engineers across the team
• Oversee statutory undertaker coordination and multidisciplinary project delivery
• Ensure compliance with CDM 2015 and industry best practice
• Identify innovative engineering solutions that deliver value for clients
• Support the continued growth and technical excellence of the highways business

Key requirements

• A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience
• Extensive highways design experience within a consultancy environment
• Excellent technical knowledge of highways design standards
• Strong project leadership and coordination experience
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers
• Strong commercial awareness and project management skills
• Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng), or working towards professional accreditation

• client-facing communication
• mentoring and developing engineers
• leadership and team coordination
• DMRB compliance
• TfL Streetscape Guidance
• LTN 1/20

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