AtkinsRéalis

Principal Highway Design Engineer

United Kingdom · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerAtkinsRéalis
LocationUnited Kingdom
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted16 Aug 2026

Job Description

Overview

Build a reputation for high-quality delivery.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Principal Highways Engineer in our Highways and Active Travel team, you'll be pivotal in implementing ideas that shape the future of how we move. We work on a large variety of significant and challenging projects, both locally and across the UK, such as A9 Dualling, A83 Rest and Be Thankful, George Street and St. Andrew Square Regeneration, East Airdrie Link Road, Borders Greenway, Lower Thames Crossing and Eastwood Active Travel Network, alongside as a large portfolio of other local transport projects with Local Authorities and Contractors. You'll feel a great sense of pride in shaping high-quality designs across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works. Collaborate with national and international design teams, using your insight and leadership to generate positive, sustainable impacts on society and the environment.. Whilst we offer flexible working policies, this role would require you to be based from either our Glasgow or Edinburgh office a minimum of 3 days per week.

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Your role

Providing technical guidance on highways and/or active travel engineering projects.
Mentoring and coaching team members and taking responsibility for the technical development of staff.
Solving engineering problems.
Developing works cost estimates.
Checking, reviewing and overseeing the work of others.
Liaise with key clients and be capable of discussing design / technical solutions to stakeholders including technical and non-technical Clients.
Liaising with Practice Managers, ensuring that projects are sufficiently resourced.
Delegating work to team members, programming deliverables and monitoring progress.
Identify and responding to project commercial risks and opportunities.
Support the business in winning work including representing the business at networking events, preparing bids and tenders and establish, maintain and develop relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.

About you

BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or Professionally Qualified, or near qualified at Chartered or Incorporated Engineer Level.
Experience/knowledge of the design and design process involved in highways and active travel schemes.
Proven ability to advise clients on technical matters.
Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
A willingness to work flexibly to deliver projects to time and budget.
Project Management and or Highways Discipline Management experience.
Experience of pricing and bidding on tender opportunities.
Self-motivated and able to work both single-handedly as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in directing and managing packages of work to completion.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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