Senior Highway Design Engineer - City of Westminster, Greater London

Senior Highway Design Engineer - City of Westminster, Greater London

FM Conway is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Highway Design Engineer to join our dynamic Consultancy team. As a Senior Highway Design Engineer , you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our urban landscapes across London and the Southeast. Reporting directly to the Senior Engineer, you will be involved in all stages of highway schemes, from initial feasibility studies, through to design, consultation, and implementation. You will have the opportunity to work on various aspects of highway engineering, such as, highway geometric design, public realm design, cycle infrastructure development, bus scheme improvements, junction design, drainage systems, including Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUD), safety enhancement schemes, implementation of 20 mph zones, parking scheme design, utility diversions (NRSWA) and Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) measures.
This is a full time, permanent position, based from our Paddington office in London.


The duties of the Senior Highway Design Engineer will include:


- Developing excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, external providers and other agencies


- Assisting with monthly programme and financial reporting


- Liaising with the client team on progress


- Preparing reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates and other documents in accordance with local procedures


- Ensuring technical reports and correspondence consider current policies and best practices and are delivered on time


- Leading small design teams and mentoring junior team members


-Undertaking designer duties tasks as required under the CDM Regulations

What skills and experience do you need?


We are seeking a qualified Senior Highway Design Engineer who has experience within the highways sector. You will be degree qualified with a BEng / BSc in Civil Engineering or equivalent and you will be working towards Incorporation or Chartership status with a relevant professional body. To be considered for this role you must have experience of designing new development related projects, particularly technical aspects of highways adoption issues, S38 and S278 and urban realm design. You will have strong communications skills and working knowledge of Civils 3D.

What benefits will you receive?


As our Senior Highway Design Engineer , we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. Our Sevenoaks head office boasts its own gym which you will have free access too, we will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.


A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division


FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.


The Consultancy Services division offer specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.
So, if you would like to join the team as our Senior Highways Engineer then please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!


So, if you would like to join the team as our Senior Highway Design Engineer then please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date: 24/10/2025

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities, and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!