Job Title: Engineering Manager - Major Highways & Infrastructure
Location: Flexible / Hybrid (Norwich, London, or Cambridge 2-3 days/week & Home) during initial design stage, moving to Site-based in King's Lynn, Norfolk for construction.
Hours: 45 hours per week
Salary: £85,000 - £95,000
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Engineering Manager looking to lead technical delivery on a flagship, multi-stage highways and infrastructure scheme?
We are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading Tier 1 Civil Engineering contractor who has been appointed to design and construct a major new housing access road and strategic road network (SRN) enhancement project in Norfolk.
Reporting directly to the Project Director as a key member of the Senior Management Team, you will take full accountability for all engineering aspects across the entire project lifecycle-from Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and detailed design right through to construction and operational handover.
The Project
This complex, 3-stage infrastructure scheme includes:
- New Infrastructure: Construction of 2.5km of new single carriageway, active travel routes, and roundabouts connecting key local routes to new developments.
- Strategic Road Upgrades: 800m of dualling on a major trunk road, a new connecting roundabout, and the reconfiguration of a major existing interchange.
- Structures & Utilities: Construction of a new overbridge structure, modification of an existing highway structure, complex utility diversions, and comprehensive groundwater management to facilitate drainage installation.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical & Design Leadership: Lead the detailed design process to ensure timely, "Right First Time" delivery that meets stakeholder approval and is fully buildable and adoptable.
- Site Engineering Management: Provide technical leadership on-site to ensure works are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in strict compliance with highway specifications and planning constraints.
- Team Leadership: Manage a multidisciplinary team of technical leads covering design compliance, temporary works coordination, digital modelling (BIM), materials management, quality assurance, and handover.
- Stakeholder & Subcontractor Alignment: Align main designers with subcontractor-designed elements, and build strong relationships with the client's technical advisors, NEC Supervisors, and statutory bodies to ensure smooth consents and handover.
- Safety First: Champion health and safety across all engineering activities, ensuring temporary works are properly designed, checked, and implemented.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Essential:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Relevant CSCS Card.
- 10+ years of experience in construction delivery, including at least 3 years in a management position (e.g., Agent / Senior Agent).
- Strong working knowledge of highways construction techniques, Temporary Works procedures, and relevant standards (such as the Specification for Highways Works).
- Proven experience operating within a Principal Designer and Principal Contractor environment.
Desirable:
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status and membership of a relevant professional institution.
- SMSTS (or equivalent H&S qualification) and Temporary Works Coordinator certification.
- Experience working within both Local Authority and Strategic Road Network (SRN) environments, including familiarity with major highway handover processes.
- Track record of securing design approvals and discharging consents from Statutory Environmental Bodies.
How to Apply: For more information in regards to the role please contact Daniel Stepney by email on or over the phone on 07441919706.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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