Associate - Highways

The role will involve -

• Client Liaison
• Preparing fee proposals
• Leading the HS2 Project Team
• Resource Planning and Co-ordination
• Commercial / Financial control of project

As well as -

Highway Design

• Highway Design Engineering experience - Geometric design of roads, roundabouts and junctions to DMRB and SHW
• Earthworks analysis cut/fill
• Drainage design and SuDs
• Utilities Diversions

Fee Proposals and Client / Stakeholder Management

Capability and Experience - Feasibility, Optioneering, Concept and Detailed Design

• Identify and understand constraints (above and below), topography and geology to develop design strategy in line with environmental and sustainable guidelines and considerations.
• Highway, Roundabout and Junction design (T, Staggered, grade separated junctions etc) - (DMRB + SHW)
• Drainage design and Hydraulic modelling - Sustainable Urban Design Solution (SuDs) (Manual for Streets, SUDs Manual, Sewers for Adoption). Attenuation, Balancing and Bio-diversity ponds, swales, retention basins etc…. positive / negative drainage.
• Flood Risk assessment and Hydraulic modelling
• Earthwork Design
  • Cut/Fill Analysis
  • Embankment/Cutting design to include drainage
• Pavement Design to include build ups /regulating material
• Utilities design and co-ordination. Service Diversions and provision of new services. Utility protection to service provider requirements.
• VRS ( Vehicle Restraint Systems) - Safety Fencing / Crash Barriers
• Signing and Lining Design
• Fencing Design
• Street Lighting
• Kerbing and Footways
• Traffic Management - traffic calming solutions
• Vehicle Tracking
• Stage 1, 2 and 3 Safety Audits
• CDM Regulations 2015
• Stakeholder Management - Technical Approvals and Applications (S38/278, 104, 106, 185, 247, 248 etc….)
• Service Providers ( Power, Gas, Water (Potable/Drainage), Communications)
• Government Bodies (EA, LLPA, HE, LAs etc)

Design Tools - UK industry wide standard design tools for highways and drainage

• Infraworks - concept design, VDC & Visualisations
• Civil 3D - Geometric Detailed Design, Earthworks and pavement Modelling, and 3D model clash detection
• Micro-drainage / Windes - Hydraulic Modelling & Design

Design Manuals and Specification, Government Policy and Guidelines

• In terms of design standards and specification, our bible is the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB - 14 Volumes) and Specification for Highways Works (SHW), for this type of work. Local Design standards will apply depending upon the UK region.

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