Highways/Senior Highways Engineer

Job Description

The role presents an excellent opportunity to progress your career and work within a successful team whilst at the same time growing the highways capability in the Noida/Bangalore office to support the multi region projects. You will be a proficient user of 12D and CIVIL 3D with some practical experience in AutoCAD and OpenRoads Designer software is a plus. Your role involves guiding team members and clients through approval processes, ensuring compliance with design standards, and resolving any issues that may arise. Utilising your communication skills, you will support and develop staff members through mentoring and guiding team members in their technical and continued professional development. Additionally, you’ll promote our health, safety and well-being policies and ensure these are adhered to within the team as well as ensuring design outputs meet our quality obligations and requirements set out in our Business Management System (BMS).

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Technical competence in detailed highways geometry design and able to independently deliver work and integrate with larger project team with minimal supervision from senior staff.
• Preparation of concept and detailed design of 2D and 3D Roundabouts, junctions, interchanges, generating earthwork quantities.
• A thorough understanding and/or experience with the 3D highway design software 12D is essential, and having hands-on experience with CIVIL 3D and Open Roads is beneficial.
• AutoTurn, and Signs and Line design software would be a distinct advantage.
• Must have good understanding of working in ProjectWise.
• Interacting and coordinating with other teams on various multi-disciplinary projects and contributing to project implementation of multidisciplinary schemes.
• Delivery to timescales, budget and technical quality.
• Handling task programme and budgets.
• Responding to client queries resulting from client reviews.
• Working within financial and program constraints.
• Preparing client presentations and supporting documentation
• Self-learner, motivated and team player.
• Adhering to Mott Macdonald safety, ethical and standard procedures. Understanding and implementing Mott Macdonald Quality Assurance procedures.
• Competent to check the work of more junior team members.
• The role will include, Technical guidance, project management and work brief preparation to enable the team to produce detailed design for technical approval.
• Communicating with counterpart in lead office/Client.
• Shows flexibility in work tasks and locations.
• Willingness to skill transfer and share information and knowledge with team members; and work to a high technical standard.

You will also be able to demonstrate the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 4-12 years working experience in design of Highways /Motorways/ Freeways.
• Good written and spoken communication skills and be fluent in English.
• Be aware of current and emerging technical guidance for highways and drainage.
• An ability to provide hands on mentoring and training of staff to ensure quality of output and continuous technical improvement.
• To produce designs based on planning strategies and construction specifications for drainage and highways.
• Must have a significant knowledge of engineering design, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for the provision of highways, drainage, and
utilities for new developments and regeneration projects.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments at one time.
• Proficiency in 12D design software.
• Experience in AutoCAD/AutoDesk and their suite of packages.
• Having expertise in Australian highway geometric design standards, specifically Austroads. Familiarity with other international design standards like DMRB, AASHTO, and Middle
Eastern design specifications/guidelines would be a distinct advantage.
• Experience / knowledge of various Design techniques in Highways projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills .
• Committed team player.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer with a relevant professional institution such as MIEAust or ICE or CIHT (or equivalent) or near chartered status with suitable relevant experience.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Good time management skills with the ability to prioritise your workload effectively; and Capability to work autonomously as well as collaborating within a team environment.


Job Profile

Mott MacDonald’s Highways Division delivers services across the entire project lifecycle. Whether we are planning, designing and implementing new roads, or maintaining, managing, improving and operating existing highway networks, we deliver innovation, cost certainty and added value through collaborative working with clients and a culture of continuous improvement. Our Highways Design Services is primarily delivering projects to clients across various regions such as UK, Australia, Middle east. We specialise in design and construction, progressing schemes from option identification and appraisal through preliminary detail design to supervision of works on site. We also provide advice on procurement options and administer contracts from tender assessment through interim valuations to settlement of final accounts.

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Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.