Your future team

Are you an experienced highways engineer looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a Senior CS&A Engineer (Highways) to lead the design development and delivery of highway engineering work packages for a major client programme.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, you will act as a key interface with the design house, evaluating designs, suggesting modifications, and ensuring high-quality outputs in line with scope, schedule, and cost. You will also play a vital role in maintaining quality and risk management standards while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

🎯 Manage the design development of one or more technical highway engineering packages, ensuring project objectives are met.

🎯 Evaluate and interface with design houses, suggesting modifications as needed.

🎯 Ensure design documentation meets agreed standards, schedules, and budgets.

🎯 Assist in maintaining compliance with Quality Management Arrangements and Technical Manuals.

🎯 Communicate risks effectively and ensure contractors understand associated hazards.

🎯 Support the justification of engineering activities within the Facility Safety Case.

🎯 Liaise with the Engineering Services Technical Authority to ensure best practices are followed.

Why join the community of Switchers?

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

💥25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
💥8% company pension contributions
💥Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care
💥Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more
💥Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

Qualifications/Skills to be successful:

💡 A degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant engineering discipline.

💡 Chartered Engineer status (or actively working toward it).

💡 Strong experience managing design packages within civil engineering or highways projects.

💡 Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.

💡 Membership of a relevant professional institute.

💡 Experience in both commercial and defence projects.

💡 Expertise in traffic design/management and human factors.

🔹 Umbrella contractor or staff position.

🔹 Hybrid working with visits once a week to the Client site in Plymouth.

🔹 Sole UK Nationals required, capable of securing SC status. Can commence work with BPSS.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.