About The Job

Here at National Highways, we're looking for a Senior Highways Engineer to join our Operations team in the South East region. As part of our multi-skilled Asset Needs Team, you'll lead on maintaining the Vehicle Restraint System (VRS) asset across the South East. From overseeing inspections to shaping renewal strategies, you'll play a key role in safeguarding millions of journeys every year. You'll collaborate with project teams, supply chain partners, and stakeholders across the region - bringing your technical knowledge and leadership to ensure projects are delivered to the highest standards, aligned with our policies and strategies. This is an exciting opportunity to apply and expand your highways and VRS knowledge within a forward-thinking organisation investing billions into the Strategic Road Network (SRN).

You Will

• Conduct and lead development of early solutions for renewals and/or improvements, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Develop technical works briefs to enable procurement of external design resources and survey works.
• Support technical reviews and approvals for preliminary and detailed design solutions.
• 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.
• Support identification and management of asset studies and survey works, including prioritisation of needs to ensure assets remain in serviceable condition and meet the requirements of our standards.

This role can be based at either our Maidstone or Basingstoke offices on a hybrid working basis. The role may also require working during unsociable hours.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

About You

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer and a member of a relevant professional Body (or working towards) with appropriate experience.
• Understanding of VRS (Vehicle Restraint Systems) design and systems.
• Experience in highway infrastructure design, construction and delivery methods.
• Good knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highway network; including use of the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Procedure (RRRAP).
• Good knowledge of CDM 2015.

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.

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.

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation. A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways, including hybrid working up to 60% remote. We offer flexible working options and are open to discuss part-time, job shares, and flexible start/finish times. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our Benefits Package

• Basic salary with 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 up to 31 days
• Flexible hours and hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and mental health resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Significant investment in career development, including learning and mentoring

Pre-employment Checks

All offers are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks including right to work, references, criminal record check, driving licence check (if applicable), fitness to work, and professional membership verification.

And finally, we reserve the right to close the advertisement before the expiry date.