About the Job

Are you an experienced Engineer looking for the next step within your career? National Highways has a role for you based in Birmingham or Nottingham. Lead and coordinate the activities and resources involved in the facilitation of Technical Surveys. Hybrid working: typically 2 days in the office and 3 days from home. You will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points on your license to be considered for this position.

Location: Birmingham or Nottingham. Working pattern: hybrid (2 days in the office, 3 days remote).

Responsibilities

• Ensure the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
• Collaborate with Engineering colleagues, SDF Contractors, TST Contractors, Project Managers, Service Delivery Managers and Route Managers to ensure the technical surveys programmes supports the regional capital programmes.
• Process survey packages, facilitate the delivery of survey works that support the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Support the capture and maintenance of roads asset data and condition information in the relevant database(s) / GIS Mapping systems, in line with agreed standards and timescales.
• Ensure correct cost capture across all contracts, support preparation of survey forecasts, associated risk profile and processing of payment applications.
• Develop the technical survey briefs provided to the design and construction contractors for improvement and renewals work.

About You (Qualifications & Experience)

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 and their application on the highways network.
• Experience in highways construction and delivery methods (high-speed road / Trunk Road / Motorway Networks).
• Good knowledge of CDM 2015, CSCS Card Holder, SSSTS or SMSTS Certificate essential.
• Experience in AutoCAD / ArcGIS (desirable).

About Us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders, plus access to a wellbeing app
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in career development through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on‑the‑job experience

Pre-employment Checks

• Right to work check
• Three-year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

Note: We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertisement expires.