Requisition/Vacancy No\. 115462BR
**Position Title** Highways Engineer
**Job Category** Engineering \- Civil
**Business Line** Transportation
**Office Region** United Kingdom
**Office Location** UK \- Chelmsford
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Transportation**
We provide professional services in areas such as aviation, transit, freight rail, highways and bridges, planning, and ports and marine\. Our global network of top\-tier specialists delivers comprehensive services over the full life cycle of a project to benefit clients in government and private industries\.
**Job Summary** We have a vacancy for a Highways Engineer with good technical experience, to work on local, national and international schemes from our offices in the South East based in Chelmsford, Essex\. The successful candidate will join AECOM’s established South East highways business which continues to expand following several major project wins\.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable highways experience on either highways maintenance schemes or new build schemes in one or more areas of technical capability such as alignment, drainage, pavement, signs and road markings\. Some of our work consists of design on the London Highways Alliance Contract \(LoHAC\) in the North West and Central areas for Transport for London\. As an engineer on this project you would have the opportunity to be involved in small schemes from concept to completion on site\.
Other recent and current projects in the UK include;
+ A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme\.
+ Suffolk County Council; engaged on major projects which we have taken to planning and are now undertaking detailed design\. Design for other local highways improvement schemes\.
+ A1 Elkesley Bypass, Notts\. D&B detailed design for Carillion\.
+ HS2; highways support to the high profile rail project \(Lichfield to Crewe
Overseas projects include highways schemes in Russia and the Expressways project in Qatar\.
Services offered to our clients include the full range and scope of highways work from inception to completions across all key discipline areas\. We work on schemes from feasibility stage through the development phase, planning and DCO process, preliminary design, detailed design and site supervision\. We have considerable experience of working with contractors on Design & Build schemes as well as working directly for clients\. Our client list includes Transport for London \(TfL\), Highways England \(HE\), Suffolk County Council, Dubai Ports World, and contractors Jacksons and Carillion\.
**Job responsibilities:**
+ The appropriate level of technical expertise is required in order that the Job /Project Accountabilities listed below can be carried out to the expected standards\.
+ Provide technical input in the field of highway engineering\.
+ Reporting to a senior engineer you will undertake a variety of tasks providing as an individual or through team effort, a range of design and written deliverables\.
+ Show competence while undertaking computer based applications and tasks including use of software such as MX, WinDES, AutoCAD and the Microsoft Office Suite of programs including MS Project\.
+ Undertake project and team activities in line with Company Policy, including technical and commercial aspects as appropriate to your grade\.
+ Undertake site visits competently and safely\.
+ Attend meetings – internal and external, as required\.
+ Participate as a team member on a number of levels, including; office, discipline and project\.
+ Able to offer basic skills in one or more of the key areas of; alignment design, drainage design, pavement design and refurbishment, signs and road markings, safety barriers, asset inspection, design and delivery of highway maintenance schemes\.
+ Produce detailed design information including design calculations and design sketches\.
+ Liaise with CAD technicians for production of drawings\.
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment, operating across a matrix of projects• Experience of preparing written work, including technical reports
+ Good verbal communication skills
+ Experience of preparing for and attending meetings with client and/or statutory consultees
+ Able to work from other offices as required from time to time
+ Experience of carrying out stakeholder liaison desirable
+ Understanding of traffic management design in accordance with TSM Chapter 8 desirable
+ Experience of working with HE \(HA\) processes desirable
+ Experience of working with TfL processes desirable
**Preferred Qualifications**
A degree qualified \(or equivalent\) civil engineer with some experience working in a highways design environment, either or both of new build and maintenance\.
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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