Job Description

Take the Lead on Highways and Active Travel Projects That Matter

Are you ready to step up and take ownership of project delivery while helping shape the future of transport infrastructure? We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Highways and part of Travel team within the UK&I Transportation Practice.

This role offers a great opportunity to work on a wide range of impactful projects across the Midlands and beyond from local authority improvements to nationally significant frameworks. You'll work closely with our office lead to keep day-to-day operations running smoothly, while taking a hands-on role in delivering projects, mentoring junior staff, and contributing to business growth.

Your Purpose:

• To delivery of highways and part of travel projects, ensuring quality, budget, and programme targets are met.
• Support the office in day-to-day management of the team, helping to balance workload and maintain a positive team culture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and early-career professionals.
• Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive environment where everyone's voice is valued.

What you can bring:

• A civil engineering background with demonstrable experience delivering highways or local infrastructure projects.
• Solid technical knowledge and a reliable, hands-on approach to project management.
• A team player with strong communication skills and a proactive attitude toward supporting colleagues and developing others.
• Experience working with local authorities or on framework-led programmes is highly desirable.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or working towards it) is preferred.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community- a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.