Pavement Engineer 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to join our Pavement Team within the Operations Directorate in the South East region. Working alongside other professional engineers, you will lead in the development and delivery of a wide range of pavement renewal schemes, to ensure that the strategic road network (SRN) safely meets the requirements of our customers now and into the future.

Throughout the planning and development stage of a project, you will support with the activities and resources involved in the identification and development of early solutions for the pavement asset. Working with key stakeholders including project teams and third parties, you will help coordinate works across the region, providing technical support and ensuring adherence to our defined asset class strategies, policies and standards.

This role can be based at either our Basingstoke or Maidstone office. Please note that the role may also require unsociable working hours.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment

You will

• Ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of customers and employees is fully considered throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
• Support the identification and management of asset studies and survey works; including prioritisation of needs to ensure assets remain in serviceable condition and meet the requirements of our standards.
• Conduct and lead development of early solutions for renewals and/or improvements, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
• Develop the technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractor for improvement and renewals work.
• Provide technical support to Project Managers by assisting with materials approvals, vetting of contractors’ compliance, inspection support on site, and reviewing of Health and Safety Files.

About you

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent.
• Membership of professional Body (desirable) or working towards Membership.
• Good knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highway network.
• Experience in highway infrastructure design, construction and delivery methods.
• Good knowledge of CDM 2015.

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.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.