Engineer (Band 3) Surface & Highway Structures

Job title: Engineer (Band 3) Surface & Highway Structures

Grade: Payband 3     Salary: Circa £55k

Contract type: TfL     Reference: 3052

Team: Surface & Highway Structures     Directorate: Engineering

Contract details: Permanent    Location: Southwark / Hybrid

Application closing date: Sunday 25th January 2026

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) manage more than 1800 highway structures on their strategic highway network including bridges, retaining walls, road tunnels, bus station infrastructure and 9 marine piers across London. The Surface and Highway Structures (S&HS) Team is based in the TfL Engineering Directorate and provides trusted support and advice to highway and marine related teams in the organisation about structures assets. This support is a critical part of ensuring that TfL builds and maintains safe, functional and compliant structures assets and that existing structures are not adversely impacted by other internal or external works.

TfL is currently looking for a Band 3 (B3) Engineer to join this established team. A technical expert in your field of highway or marine structures, you will be required to provide technical assurance for structures schemes and support colleagues across TfL in a wide variety of challenges and projects. You will be comfortable liaising and working collaboratively with TfL colleagues, framework contractors, third party developers and external stakeholders, in providing technical assurance and getting the best outcomes for the organisation. 

You will be educated to a minimum of Degree level or have equivalent structural experience in the highway and/or marine structures environment.  You will ideally be a Technician or Graduate Member working towards Chartered or Incorporated Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers or other relevant internationally recognised institution.  You will have an understanding of national technical standards, legislation, health, safety and environmental considerations, sustainability, design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, assessment, and industry best practices related to highway and/or marine structures.  You will provide structural technical advice in the highway and/or marine environments, in support of operations, strategy, asset and risk management and projects related to highway or marine structures.

It’s important you bring a passion for the TfL Vision and strategy 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 bring on tomorrow, as an 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. (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 25th January 2026 @ 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