Engineer - Highways

Responsibilities:

As a member of the Highways team you will be responsible for:

·         Ability to supervise a small team undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications, including monitoring and proposing remedial actions

·         Look after budgets, resourcing and outsourcing of work within the office or within the team.

·         Able to author competent technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality.

·         Able to check work of all those in the project team.

·         Able to realistically estimate pricing/timing associated with projects within their area of expertise.

·         Clear knowledge of work procedures, and ability to brief project team on them.

·         Increase knowledge, and use, of Atkins’ capabilities outside business units.

·         Able to present / represent their technical work and that of their colleagues on the project (presentations / meetings).

·         Ability to develop / improve niche technical capability in response to business opportunity.

·         Ability to market technical capability internally and possibly externally.

·         Apply Atkins Quality, Safety & Environmental (QSE) standards and Business Management System (BMS)

Mandatory Requirements:

·         A team player

·         Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an institute of repute.

·         Minimum 6 years of experience in design of Highways.

·         Working experience to DMRB/ AASHTO

·         Good written and verbal English language communication skills.

·         Ability to work effectively with colleagues, seniors, team members and clients.

·         Extensive working knowledge of MX Inroads and/or Civil 3D.

·         Experience in leading a team of engineers and CAD technicians.

·         Experience of technical leadership for major highway projects at feasibility and detailed design stages.

·         Ability to give others confidence in their technical and professional ability, and develop understanding in relation to their own discipline.

·         Ability to fully understand, explain, present and solve complex technical problems for technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable Requirements:

·         Master’s Degree in Highway Engineering or similar.

·         Experience of working abroad

·         Affiliation with professional bodies or professional accreditation.

·         Working knowledge of pavement design

·         Knowledge of AutoCAD or Microstation.

·         Experience of working on construction sites.

·         Experience in working on international projects