Senior Highways Engineer

**Senior Highways Engineer - £45,000 + Benefits - North West England**

**The Role
Are you looking to find a business that genuinely cares about their people?

Vextrix was founded with the intention and commitment to treat their people exceptionally.

Empathy and compassion form the basis of the culture at Vextrix with enhanced maternity and compassionate leave and a true understanding that we all have lives outside of work so you’ll never feel pressured to work at unreasonable hours, to feign illness,or to take holidays for medical appointments. We that life happens.

Having recently won an award for inclusivity, from the National Centre for Diversity, Vextrix have much more than a desire for an inclusive culture, they embed fairness, respect, equality, diversity and inclusivity into every day. Put simply they look forpeople with the same values to join their team.

Careers at Vextrix are much more than qualifications or experience, they’re about the whole person_._

**The Company
Vextrix was established in 2009 by an experienced team of professionals who wanted to achieve exceptional client satisfaction while providing a high quality, cost effective and professional service. We provide project management, quantity surveying, engineeringdesign and health and safety consultancy, professional services to the built environment.

We offer a range of services tailored to our clients’ specific needs specialising in services complimentary to the Construction Industry. We believe the way we work can help to reduce stress, trouble and worry by bringing calm and control through our delivery.We take pride in what we do, deliver with professionalism and passion and provide an industry leading customer experience.

With three offices across the UK in Liverpool, Manchester and London, we’re able to deliver national projects from a local base.

**Key Responsibilities
**T**he key responsibilities of a Senior Highways Engineer, but are not limited to:

- Significant experience in the development and detailed design of highway maintenance and improvement scheme designs in accordance with the DMRB using AutoCAD, Civils 3D, Flow and PDS.
- Proven ability to be able to produce highways 3D Engineering designs from 2D layouts including existing and proposed models, cross section, long section and contours.
- Knowledge of highway assets and the appropriate solutions for renewal or improvement.
- The design and documentation of civil infrastructure components of the projects, including but not limited to, Highway design (S38/S278) both preliminary and detailed & Drainage design both strategic and detailed.
- Conduct any liaison or consultation with statutory authorities or undertakers as necessary to implement the construction of the project.
- To provide support within the Highways Team in the management and delivery of the service to our clients.
- Production and checking of drawings (AutoCAD).
- Support other employees with technical advice on Highway Engineering projects.
- To lead on projects ensuring Vextrix and the Highways team deliver the agreed commissions and that Client expectations are met or exceeded.
- To lead the engineering input at all stages of a project from conceptual design, through the project cycle to site monitoring.
- Check output produced by other staff in terms of reports/drawings etc.

**The Person
The key skills and qualities of a Senior Highways Engineer are:

- Accredited degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering
- Consideration given to significant relevant experience in lieu of specified education and professional qualification.
- In depth understanding of Highway Design and design standards.
- Knowledge of engineering design, related legislation, contract procurement and contract administration.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of developing feasibility, and preliminary design to traffic/local roads problems which include Alignment, Drainage, Pavement, Road Restraint System, Road Signs & Markings.
- Knowledge or awareness of walking & cycling design, traffic calming, Healthy Streets, junction design, and carriageway renewal design.
- Demonstrate understanding of Health and Safety including CDM responsibilities.
- Comprehensive knowledge of relevant technical / industry / TFL standards.
- Good project management skills and financial management.

**The Benefits
- £4,800 travel allowance.
- 28 days + bank holidays annual leave.
- 10% Pension contribution.
- Vitality Healthcare
- Bespoke Employee Assistance Package.
- Work for a company with an award-winning inclusive culture.

**No usual recruitment process