Senior Civil Engineer - Highways

Do you have a passion for transport and the roads that link our cities?  Are you up to the challenges we face to balance the social benefits roads provide with our commitments to reducing our impact on our environment?  Can you lead, motivate and engage with everyone as we innovate to solve these challenges?  Then come join our team!

We are seeking a Senior Highways Engineer to join our growing Scottish Roads and Highways team.  As a Senior Highways Engineer you will be responsible for delivery of a wide range of different projects as part of a close-knit and supportive team.  Working in collaboration with multiple different discipline experts across the business, you will help to deliver solutions for our clients.

You will play a key role in delivering a high-quality service to our clients, including Local Authorities and Design and Build Contractors.  Our portfolio includes a variety of roads and highways projects from smaller scale local improvements to large national strategic schemes and frameworks.  You will contribute to the technical delivery of projects while working closely with our clients to influence the development of highways scheme's in the region. We also work with and support teams across the UK to deliver schemes for clients, both big and small.

As a Senior Highways Engineer you will oversee the work of others.  You will lead and mentor some of our more junior engineers and technicians ensuring high quality output.  As a growing team you will have the opportunity to help shape and build the team.  As we grow, you will have opportunities to progress and develop your own career within Stantec.
We have Scottish offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, situated in the heart of both cities. We offer a welcoming environment to work in and offer hybrid and flexible working options. 

Stantec’s integrated transport team spans the whole of the UK. Our workload is strong and our increasing portfolio of highways projects means that we are looking to expand.  With exciting growth plans in place for both the Transport team and for the wider business, there has never been a better time to consider joining us. 

About You

You’ll be BSc/BEng/MEng qualified and Incorporated or Chartered (or on route to Chartership). You will have expertise in highway infrastructure design to deliver multi-disciplinary projects for the entire lifecycle – from concept, feasibility and planning through to detailed design and delivery.  Ideally, you will have knowledge of CDM, BIM and DMRB and experience of Civil 3D. It is anticipated that the ideal candidate will have a broad knowledge across highway engineering disciplines.  

Your passion and experience of delivering quality infrastructure design solutions is key to your success in this role. You will understand engineering principals, have an eye for detail and be pragmatic.  You will be ambitious, forward thinking and have a desire to better your career.  You will be keen to keep learning and share knowledge through the teaching of others.

The friendly and collaborative culture within the team and at Stantec is something we are proud of.  We have many other reasons for you to be excited about joining us so why not apply to speak to the team in more detail. We offer a competitive salary, agile and flexible working arrangements, industry leading training, great projects and lots more!

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. 

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

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