Senior Structures Engineer

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Job Description

About the job

National Highways has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Structures Engineer to join our Yorkshire and Northeast team on a permanent basis. This senior role will play a pivotal part in providing advanced technical leadership and strategic oversight in the asset management, maintenance, and enhancement of highway structures, including bridges and other critical infrastructure.

As a Senior Structures Engineer, you will lead multidisciplinary teams in the development and implementation of asset management strategies for substandard and critical structures, driving innovation and ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices. You will act as a key advisor on complex structural engineering challenges, collaborating closely with stakeholders to deliver sustainable, cost-effective solutions.

This role can be based from our Wakefield, Leeds or Darlington office.

Please note that this role requires regular driving; applicants must have no more than 3 penalty points on their driving licence both at the time of application and during employment.

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and resources in the identification, evaluation, and strategic planning of asset data and structural needs, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and methodologies.
• Drive the development and validation of innovative early solutions for asset improvements and renewals, including detailed value management, feasibility studies, and risk assessments that incorporate cutting-edge techniques, materials, and buildability considerations.
• Oversee the monitoring and delivery of agreed improvement plans, proactively managing risks and resolving technical or operational issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Provide senior technical guidance and quality assurance for contractors and internal teams during design and construction phases, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and performance requirements.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing.

About you

• Chartered Structural or Civil Engineer (CEng) with significant experience in managing and designing highway structures and Degree or HND in relevant discipline.
• Strong knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and highway construction practices.
• Experience leading projects and teams to deliver asset management and renewal solutions.
• Understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations and health & safety responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work well with different teams and stakeholders.

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. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

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.

About Us

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. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

• 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 to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 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)

And finally

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