We have an excellent opportunity for a Highways Engineer to join our thriving Infrastructure and Environment division within our Manchester office. This is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer with 2 - 4 years’ experience looking for a supportive environment in which to further their career.
Infrastructure and Environment Division
Our national I&E Division incorporates geotechnical, transport, highway design, water environment, and air quality services and has offices throughout the UK. The Highways team, while providing coverage nationally, is located in our Bristol and Manchester offices. The highways work undertaken by the team is predominantly in the residential and commercial sectors to support private developments and ranges from dealing with Local and County Councils to National Highways.
You can expect exceptional colleagues to work with, collaborate, and learn from, as well as an interesting variety of challenging projects.
Overview of the role
You will be responsible for delivering technical support to the development of highway and general infrastructure projects. Working as part of a team within a growing multi-disciplinary consultancy and operating across a variety of projects, you will undertake scheme development, preliminary and detailed designs, and project coordination.
You will be expected to work in a design office environment but will also play an active role in design and site meetings, site inspections, and progress reporting. Good communication and effective liaison with clients, architects, contractors, and regulatory/statutory authorities are key attributes.
Requirements
* Candidates with a BEng or higher technical qualification, or an HNC/HND with relevant knowledge gained in a design office environment are encouraged to apply.
* An ability to assist with the preparation of section 278 and 38 highway agreement schemes is required.
* The ability to use relevant software including Micro Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and/or PDS.
* Knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, and Local Authority Design Guidance, and well-versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals.
* Awareness of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, technical consents process, adoption, and contract procedures for the provision of SuDS, highways, drainage, and utilities to new developments and how, if applied effectively, these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.
What's great about Hydrock, now Stantec
We are an integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a ‘Force for Good’, as it is our aim to improve the quality of people’s lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do.
From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities, and society that we live in through meeting our client’s needs.
Named as Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2023, we’re known for delivering outstanding sustainable projects for our communities, planet, and society.
Some of these projects have recently received industry accolades, including Cleveland Pools winning the Conservation and Regeneration category at the Construction Excellence South West Awards 2023; Bay Technology Centre named Commercial Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2022; and YGG Tan-y-Lan picked out in the Integration and Collaborative Working category at Construction Excellence Wales Awards 2022.
* An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well as your technical skills.
* Excellent health benefits, including 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accrue 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
* An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!).
* An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday).
* A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme.
A place to feel included
We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim.
We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the protected characteristics. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment, and employment experience, so we ask to be made aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.
Looking for the next steps?
Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we aim to review and respond to you as soon as your application has been reviewed.
If shortlisted, a member of our Talent Acquisition Team will call you for an initial pre-screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) to help us assess your motivations and interest in the position and Hydrock, now Stantec.
If you progress following this telephone pre-screen, you will be invited to attend a formal interview by video conference (Microsoft Teams) or in our offices.
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