Principal Highways Engineer

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About the Role:

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of project team leadership in highways design projects.
You will be expected to combine technical responsibilities and project management, promoting a collaborative approach to deliver projects to quality, budget and timescales.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Manage a project team within the major project’s subdivision
• Aid the project manager in managing the resources to deliver the agreed outcomes for the project
• Assist the project manager in ensuring that the team have adequate training and resources
• Support the project manager in managing external resources used by the Highways Team
• Agree the briefs, programmes and budgets with the project manager
• Prepare designs, reports, specifications and other deliverables for highways schemes
• Allocate tasks to other members of the team and monitor progress
• Monitor the designs produced to ensure they meet the design briefs
• Ensure designs are appropriate and meet the expected levels of technical excellence
• Seek innovation in the delivery of schemes and techniques used to design and construct them
• Ensure that the quality system is actively applied to all highways schemes
• Leading Road Safety Audits: Leading a team of professionals in conducting road safety audits to identify potential safety hazards and risks on roads and highways.
• Analyzing Data: Analyzing data and information collected during the audit to identify potential safety issues and hazards.
• Presenting Findings: Presenting the findings of the road safety audit to stakeholders, including clients, government agencies, and other interested parties.
• Preparing Audit Reports: Preparing detailed reports outlining the findings of the road safety audit, including recommendations for safety improvements.
• Collaborating with Stakeholders: Collaborating with stakeholders, including road designers, engineers, and government agencies, to ensure that safety recommendations are implemented.
• Extensive knowledge of RSA stages submission and ITC procedures

Candidate Specification

• BEng or MEng in Civil engineering
• Experience of Road Safety Audit
• Able to demonstrate Technical (Design) skills
• Ability to demonstrate experience of supporting Traffic impact studies
• Experience of undertaking Highway design for major master-planning in the GCC
• Outward facing with good interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated with good organisational capability
• Effective in both verbal and written communication
• Experience within a Commercial Engineering environment

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance