Senior Pavement Engineer

Overview

In this Senior Engineer role, you will take technical ownership within our multidisciplinary pavement engineering and construction materials team, supporting airports, ports, highways and related transport infrastructure. You will lead tasks, evaluate designs and materials, and provide expert input on scope and resourcing. You’ll work with clients and project teams to shape robust solutions, with opportunities to mentor others and advance toward Chartership. This role offers exposure to diverse projects, a supportive environment, and a clear path to technical and professional growth.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working
• core and personalised benefits
• Charity & Community Activities
• Wellbeing Events
• Sports & Social Clubs
• Annual Celebrations

Responsibilities

• Leading technical tasks or small work packages within larger projects
• Delivering pavement design, assessment, back analysis, and materials related work with limited supervision
• Independently interrogating standards, specifications, and guidance, forming a technical view before seeking peer input where appropriate
• Reviewing and checking technical work produced by Engineers and, where appropriate, other Senior Engineers
• Providing technical input to scope definition, fee estimates, and resourcing discussions
• Supporting site based activities where required, including leading inspections or resolving technical issues
• Applying engineering judgement when information is incomplete or constrained by programme or budget
• Contributing to the improvement and consistency of technical tools, workflows, and data outputs

Key requirements

• An engineering related degree or equivalent or demonstrable progress towards Chartership is highly valued
• Established professional experience in a related engineering field, with demonstrated capability to operate independently at Senior Engineer level
• Professional experience in pavement engineering and construction materials (e.g. asphalt, aggregates, concrete hydraulically bound materials, soils) across airports, ports, highways or related infrastructure – (either strong generalist capability across services or a recognised technical specialism in one area)
• Comfortable engaging in technical discussions with clients and project teams

• Communication with clients and project teams
• Technical judgement under constraints
• Mentorship and collaboration
• Pavement engineering
• Construction materials (asphalt, aggregates, concrete, soils)
• Design assessment and back analysis

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