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Senior Highways & Traffic Engineer

Cardiff, CALLAGHAN SQUARE, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-08 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and deliver Active Travel, local highways, and traffic engineering schemes from concept to detailed design for local authorities in South Wales.

Role type

Senior IC highways and traffic engineer

Builds

Active travel networks, junction improvements, and local highway infrastructure

Domain

Civil engineering, transportation infrastructure, urban planning

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Highways design, traffic engineering, drainage design, junction design, AutoCAD, project coordination, technical reporting, Health & Safety compliance, CDM regulations

Preferred skills

Design standards knowledge (TSRGD, Manual for Streets, DMRB, Traffic Signs Manual), mentoring junior staff

Technologies

AutoCAD, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Coordinate design and delivery under Design Lead and Project Manager; Prepare and review technical outputs (drawings, reports, specifications); Liaise with clients and external stakeholders; Mentor junior staff; Champion Health & Safety best practices.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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