Engineer (Band 2) Highways

Job title: Engineer (Band 2) – Highways (2899)

Salary: From £37,250 plus excellent benefits     Grade: Pay Band 2

Contract type: TfL     Reference: 2899

Team: Highways Engineering     Directorate: Engineering

Contract details: Permanent     Location: Southwark / Remote (hybrid)

Application closing date: Sunday 7th December at 23:59

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in our Highways & Traffic Engineering team and, as well as helping to maintain legacy assets, you’ll help deliver new projects and programmes. There’s more to it than roads, earthworks and bridges, we are about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.

As a developing highway engineer, you will already have a solid grounding in developing and implementing engineering solutions safely, within time and cost limitations. Highway Engineering is the knowledge of what our highway assets are made from, and how to ensure they will remain fit for the future. Whilst some Traffic Engineering knowledge is helpful, our bread and butter is aggregates and binder. Love a bit of asphalt and pavement design? We’d love to hear from you!

You will have an understanding of and a passion for highways specification (SHW), highway design standards (DMRB as well as British and European standards), and relevant legislation. You will be supported in working alongside colleagues with other expertise including Traffic Engineering and Traffic Control Engineering to produce holistic, cost-effective, and pragmatic proposals, assist in reactive operational queries, as well as technically assure the work of third parties. You will be committed to your own professional development and strive to become a subject matter expert in your field.

Your skills and experience should demonstrate the following:

• Experience of undertaking pavement investigations and design including footway and carriageway renewals schemes (Desirable)
• An understanding of Health & Safety and CDM regulations (Essential)
• Awareness of the environmental implications of design decisions (Essential)
• An appreciation for, and active interest in the principles of Inclusive Design (Desirable)
• Knowledge and some experience of developing feasibility, concept and detailed design solutions to highways and traffic engineering problems (Desirable)
• Experience of highway geometric design and the departures from standard process (Desirable)
• Knowledge and experience of design of road markings and traffic sign to Traffic Signs Manuals and TSRGD 2016 (Desirable)
• Experience of junction improvement, urban realm /streetscape improvement, safety improvement schemes, cycling design, bus priority scheme (Desirable)
• Construction site experience and buildability awareness (Desirable)
• Awareness of intrusive and non-intrusive surveys related to highway engineering (Desirable)

It’s important you bring a passion for TfL’s strategies too. That’s because, wherever you join us, you’ll explore work of unparalleled scale, scope and variety across a unique range of projects, as you build your career and expertise. So come and help us deliver tomorrow, as a Highway Engineer at TfL.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process

Please apply using your most recent CV and Cover Letter. (Word format only)

We encourage you to apply for the position that is most relevant to your existing skills, knowledge and experience as shortlisting is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the criteria for the role.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7th December 2025 @ 23:59

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.

Our benefit package includes;

• Final Salary Pension Scheme

• Free travel for you on the TfL network

• A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan

• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays

• Private Healthcare discounted scheme

• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers through the MyTfL rewards programme

• Discounted Eurostar travel