Senior Engineering Manager

Overview

In this role you lead a multi-disciplinary design and engineering team to deliver integrated highway schemes, guiding development through construction while ensuring buildability. You will partner with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate delivery for National Highways and share knowledge with on-site teams. You’ll shape the engineering strategy and mentor junior engineers, driving safe, efficient project execution. This is a hands-on leadership role with a clear impact on major highway projects and safety outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• maternity/adoption leave 28 weeks full pay
• paternity/partners leave four weeks full pay
• pension
• share incentive plan
• volunteering leave

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to deliver integrated schemes
• Ensure design integration and buildability assessment across development and construction stages
• Foster strong cross-team collaboration to enable efficient project delivery
• Support and shape the engineering strategy for the business and clients
• Engage with Supply Chain, Clients, Designers and Delivery Partners to maximise knowledge sharing
• Utilise specialists to provide on-site training for new recruits/site engineers

Key requirements

• Civil Engineering Degree or HND
• CSCS and SMSTS
• Tier 1 Main Contractor or Tier 2 Regional Contractor experience
• Experience on civil highways projects (Highways preferred) with schemes £50M+
• Experience managing teams
• Strong H&S knowledge
• Experience with NEC Form of Contract
• Experience from ECI through to Handover (preferred)
• Driver’s license

• leadership and people management
• stakeholder engagement
• safety-conscious decision making
• NEC Form of Contract
• ECI to Handover process
• on-site training delivery

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