Senior Highways Advisor

Your New Role

As a Senior Highways Advisor within the Road Concept team, you will provide technical assurance, direction, and policy leadership on contemporary road layout and operating regimes, including Smart Motorways and Expressways.

You will help improve existing design standards and help develop new ones that will ensure that the network is fit for the future, balancing the evolving challenges around congestion, road safety, sustainability and connected and autonomous vehicles.

Your work will positively contribute to National Highways’ strategic objectives and will embody the company’s aim that no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the strategic road network.

As someone with a proven track record of contributing to the development of highway schemes (and preferably Smart Motorways), you will play a pivotal role in helping shape the future of the design standards that underpin them, taking account of governmentstocktake outcomes and feedback from stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.

This role is a full-time opportunity to be based out of any National Highways' office, including Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Bedford, Manchester, Leeds and Guildford.

What you’ll be leading on

Supporting colleagues, contractors and suppliers in resolving technical issues relating to schemes within the Road Concept remit such as Expressways and Smart Motorways
Contributing to the development and improvement of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges documents within the Road Concept remit
Identifying, initiating, and managing appropriate research to inform policy and standards.
Working with others to take forward innovative ideas and solutions.
To be successful

These are the criteria that selection will be based on and therefore must be clearly demonstrated in your CV:
A relevant degree, engineering qualification or extensive, relevant and demonstrable experience.
Proven experience of developing technical solutions and providing specialist advice in road layout design, and desirably, Smart Motorways.
Comprehensive knowledge of current design standards for road layout, signalling and/or traffic sign design
Ability to communicate and present outcomes effectively
Experience of working in a project delivery environment.
Membership of a relevant professional body or working towards this.
A bit about us

Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES) is an exciting place to work. SES key priorities are to support world class operational delivery and technical advice for our road network, provide support services to lead, enable and innovate in the development ofthe Strategic Road Network and provide expert advice on matters relating to health and safety. If you are looking for a challenging, exhilarating and world class organisation then join one of our dedicated, professional teams leading on technical services,health and safety, sustainability and diversity agendas for National Highways.

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 blended working between base location/home
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 plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort
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)
And finally
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