Responsibilities
Known internally as a Principal Geotechnical Engineer, you will:
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Provide specialist technical expertise to identify risks and shape early solutions for renewals and improvement schemes, in line with agreed methodologies considering new techniques, materials, buildability and costs
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Develop asset-specific management plans, that support with making decisions that align with policy and standards while delivering value for money and supporting business goals.
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Identify, prioritise, and manage geotechnical asset needs in line with governance requirements (e.g. DMRB: CS641 and CD622) and to achieve business objectives.
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Commission and oversee survey works to support asset improvements and renewals, reviewing and approving technical briefs, reports, specifications, drawings, and supporting information.
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Champion the use of high-quality asset data by monitoring performance, driving innovation in data management, and guiding regional colleagues to maintain standards and integrity.
About you
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Degree and or Masters in relevant discipline, Higher National Diploma / Higher National Certificate with relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
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Extensive, relevant, and demonstrable experience in ground engineering and infrastructure works. You should hold Chartered or Incorporated Membership of the Geological Society, ICE (or an equivalent professional body), or be able to demonstrate extensive equivalent experience to this level.
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Demonstrable knowledge across relevant geotechnical standards, asset policies and strategies and risk management.
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Proven asset management experience and decision-making ability, including asset condition assessment; experience of degradation modelling would be beneficial but not essential.
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Proven ability to work within and develop scheme budgets
About us
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
