Senior Highways Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Shape a faster, smarter, safer future.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Senior Engineer in our Transportation team, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of how people and communities move. You’ll work across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment projects—ranging from our most high‑profile schemes to innovative, specialised programmes.

As part of our Midlands Highways and Active Travel team, you’ll contribute to nationally significant highways and infrastructure projects such as M42 West Coast Main Line (WCML) and M25 junction 10, alongside a diverse portfolio of local authority schemes. Our clients include Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Herefordshire Council, and Telford & Wrekin Council, delivering highways, active travel and development‑led infrastructure across the region.

With a strong pipeline of impactful work, we offer exciting opportunities to grow your career and help deliver projects that make a real difference.

Your role

• Leading technical delivery of highways and/or active travel engineering projects and key technical input into multi-disciplinary projects.
• Maintaining and developing excellent client relationships.
• Development of a team of engineers, technicians and apprentices.
• Checking, reviewing and overseeing the work of others.
• Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary global team, for delivery of projects.
• Support the business in winning work including representing the business at networking events, inputting into bids and tenders and establish, maintain and develop relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.

About you

• BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or Professionally Qualified, or near qualified at Chartered or Incorporated Engineer Level.
• Experience/knowledge of the design and design process involved in highways and/or active travel schemes.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
• A willingness to work flexibly to deliver projects to time and budget.
• Self‑motivated and able to work both single‑handedly as well as within a larger multi‑discipline team in directing and managing packages of work to completion.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.