Highway Design Engineer

FM Conway is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Highway Design Engineer to join our dynamic Consultancy team. As a Senior Highway Design Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our urban landscapes across London and the Southeast. Reporting directly to the Senior Engineer, you will be involved in all stages of highway schemes, from initial feasibility studies, through to design, consultation, and implementation. You will have the opportunity to work on various aspects of highway engineering, such as highway geometric design, public realm design, cycle infrastructure development, bus scheme improvements, junction design, drainage systems, including Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUD), safety enhancement schemes, implementation of 20 mph zones, parking scheme design, utility diversions (NRSWA), Section 38/278 works and Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) measures. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with our implementation teams, supporting projects
through to construction and completion.

This is a full time, permanent position, based from our Paddington office in London.

The duties of the Senior Highway Design Engineer will include:

Developing excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, external providers, clients and other agencies

Assisting with monthly programme and financial reporting, ensuring projects are delivered in line with forecast budgets and resource allocations

Liaising with the client team on progress, providing clear and timely updates

Preparing reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates and other documents in accordance with local procedures

Ensuring technical reports and correspondence consider current policies, standards and best practices and are delivered on time

Leading small design teams and mentoring junior team members

Undertaking designer duties as required under the CDM Regulations

Liaising effectively with other designers and key stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery

Supporting risk management activities, including risk identification, mitigation and reporting

Supporting the delivery of highway engineering solutions from feasibility through to implementation

Preparing and reviewing road safety audit briefs and designer responses

Supporting project management and monitoring financial performance

Working collaboratively across FM Conway's Consultancy and wider business to provide an integrated service to clients

Ensuring day-to-day correspondence and communications are handled professionally, efficiently and effectively

We are seeking a qualified Senior Highway Design Engineer who has experience within the highways sector. You will be degree qualified with a BEng / BSc in Civil Engineering or equivalent and you will be working towards Incorporation or Chartership status with a relevant professional body. To be considered for this role you must have experience of designing new development related projects, particularly technical aspects of highways adoption issues, S38 and S278 and urban realm design. You will have experience of highway engineering, urban design and highway geometric design within a consultancy environment, together with strong knowledge of relevant highway standards and guidance.

You will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to operate collaboratively and effectively with clients, stakeholders and other project team members. You will be commercially aware, with an understanding of project budgets, resource allocation and financial performance. Experience of working in a busy environment and under pressure, while maintaining a strong focus on quality and attention to detail, is essential.

As our Senior Highway Design Engineer, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years' experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

The Consultancy Services division offers specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. We have established term contracts with organisations across London, including Westminster City Council, the City of London and Transport for London, providing a continuous stream of new and engaging projects from design through to implementation.

As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.

What distinguishes FM Conway Consultancy from other consultancies is our ability to self-deliver projects. You will have the opportunity to work closely with our implementation teams and see projects through to the completion of the construction stage, giving you valuable exposure to the full project lifecycle.