Senior engineer

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our team within Northwest Operations. The Senior Engineer will lead and coordinate the activities and resources involved in the investigation of traffic collisions, analysis of congestion problems, identification of active travel needs and the design of engineering improvements to the network, while ensuring adherence to defined policies and standards; the role may be required to work unsociable hours.

You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving license with no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

Please note that this is a hybrid position and can be based from any of our offices within the North West to include Warrington, Penrith or Preston.

* Lead and coordinate the activities and resources involved in the investigation of road traffic collisions and the development of mitigating measures.
* Lead on the analysis of traffic congestion problems and development of engineering solutions.
* Undertaking Road Safety Audits on highway improvement schemes.
* Developing the technical briefs provided to design contractors for improvement works.
* Reviewing third-party improvement schemes for safety, capacity and compliance to standards.