Highway Engineer

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About You

  • Enthusiastic to deliver a range of schemes and guide junior team members.
  • Produce drawings & designs that adhere to the latest highway & transportation standards and our processes.
  • Strong technical design knowledge and develop to lead in meetings with technical queries.
  • Produce documents and reports in relation to design stages and analyse traffic data and propose interventions.
  • Awareness of Technical Highway design processes, such as Utilities C2, C3, CDM Regulations, Road Safety Audits, design stages and commissioning surveys.
  • Previous experience of working at a Local Authority and / or Consultancy is beneficial.
  • Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton highway network.

About the Role

To support the Senior Engineer and Principal Engineer to manage the design team and deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.

Our Offer to You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills.

Benefits

  • A generous annual leave entitlement of 25–32 days, plus bank holidays (pro‑rata if part‑time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
  • Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
  • Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
  • Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
  • Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
  • Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
  • Interest free season ticket loans.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
  • Zip car scheme.
  • Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

About Us

Shape the future of our streets and communities. This is an exciting opportunity for a Highway Engineer to take an instrumental role within a progressive local authority delivering meaningful, highway schemes from concept to completion.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We are also a disability confident employer and guarantee interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. All our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage, regardless of contract type.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from all able and qualified people, seeking a democratic, inclusive workplace.

These opportunities are closed to applications.

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Company: London Borough of Sutton
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Location: Kingston upon Thames
Job Description:

About You

  • Enthusiastic to deliver a range of schemes and guide junior team members.
  • Produce drawings & designs that adhere to the latest highway & transportation standards and our processes.
  • Strong technical design knowledge and develop to lead in meetings with technical queries.
  • Produce documents and reports in relation to design stages and analyse traffic data and propose interventions.
  • Awareness of Technical Highway design processes, such as Utilities C2, C3, CDM Regulations, Road Safety Audits, design stages and commissioning surveys.
  • Previous experience of working at a Local Authority and / or Consultancy is beneficial.
  • Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton highway network.

About the Role

To support the Senior Engineer and Principal Engineer to manage the design team and deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.

Our Offer to You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills.

Benefits

  • A generous annual leave entitlement of 25–32 days, plus bank holidays (pro‑rata if part‑time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
  • Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
  • Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
  • Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
  • Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
  • Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
  • Interest free season ticket loans.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
  • Zip car scheme.
  • Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

About Us

Shape the future of our streets and communities. This is an exciting opportunity for a Highway Engineer to take an instrumental role within a progressive local authority delivering meaningful, highway schemes from concept to completion.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We are also a disability confident employer and guarantee interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. All our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage, regardless of contract type.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from all able and qualified people, seeking a democratic, inclusive workplace.

These opportunities are closed to applications.

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Posted: May 6th, 2026