Senior Highway/Infrastructure Design Engineer

Overview

In this role, you lead highway and infrastructure design delivery for ITP clients across complex UK contexts. You will work within a multidisciplinary, employee-owned consultancy that prioritises sustainable mobility and societal impact. You’ll guide projects from concept through detailed design, ensuring safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate vision into construction-ready designs, contributing to a culture of expertise and growth.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive base salary
• pension with 7% employer contribution
• annual profit sharing (40% of profit distributed to employees)
• employee share purchase option
• hybrid work model and home office allowance
• 25 vacation days plus 10 additional days option; public holiday exchange optionly meaningful days off? to clarify text shows 25 days + 10 optional; home workspace provided with fully equipped setup

Responsibilities

• Guide concept, planning and preliminary design to feasibility and alignment with client goals
• Advise on design standards, environmental concerns, and stakeholder requirements to deliver precise layouts and cost-effective solutions
• Develop approved concepts into construction-ready detailed designs meeting safety and compliance standards
• Prepare detailed drainage designs, profiles, and schedules for culverts, channels, manholes and pipe networks
• Provide hands-on management and clear communication across project phases to ensure precise execution
• Conduct road safety audits and inspections to identify hazards and recommend improvements

Key requirements

• Proven experience delivering highway/infrastructure design projects with familiarity of local authority standards
• Experience taking designs from concept to detailed construction-ready plans
• Experience with Section 278/38 Highway approval submissions
• Experience in active travel/road space reallocation design from preliminary to concept design
• Proficiency in producing 3D vertical highway designs using Civil 3D
• Familiarity with BIM and CDE working environments
• Experience leading, mentoring, and providing technical guidance
• Membership of CIHT, ICE, or equivalent; Chartered Engineer status desirable

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities
• Stakeholder management and collaboration
• Civil 3D 3D vertical highway design
• BIM
• CDE working environments

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