Senior Highways Engineer

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

Jacobs has an enviable reputation in the UK Transportation consultancy sector due to our market leading portfolio of high profile major projects with international, national and local clients that include: National Highways, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, the Welsh Government and National Contractors. We work for many of the councils and transport authorities running the UK’s largest cities including London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Dublin, Leeds, Manchester and have long standing client relationships and ambitious growth plans.

As we prepare for a more automated, digital and decarbonised future, we will provide the training and transferable skills to take your knowledge to different markets. As an experienced highways design engineer and project lead you will support the continued growth of our talent and capability and the delivery leadership of our long term pipeline of infrastructure design work.

As a Senior Engineer you will be responsible for project delivery and undertake the role of technical lead on a range of highway and transportation related projects. Reporting to the Project Manager, you will lead and mentor a small team of engineers, technicians and apprentices in delivering project design solutions

• You will be responsible for the preparation of feasibility studies, technical reports, detailed designs and production of contract documents across a variety of projects.
• Working together with the team and other disciplines in providing an integrated service to clients.
• Help seek innovative solutions in achieving best value in delivering our services.
• Providing technical support and leadership where required.
• You will assist with the technical development of more junior staff.

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• A Civil Engineering degree (or equivalent experience / alternative professional qualification)
• Technical design experience gained in the transportation sector (Highways, Rail or Aviation).
• Experience of working to client or National Highways design standards
• A focus on professional development towards Chartered Engineer or similar

Our Culture

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We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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