Job Description

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Principal Structures Engineer to join our team in the North West region on a permanent basis. The Principal Structures Engineer will provide technical expertise in the Asset Management and maintenance of Highway structures assets. As a Structures Engineer, you will lead on the development of structures (Bridges and other structures) asset management documents such as management of substandard structures, management of post tensioned structures.

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.

Develop asset specific management plans and ensure asset management decisions adhere to policies, provide value for money, and maximise contribution to the delivery of business objectives. Identify and commission survey works to support the improvement and/or renewal of assets; to check and approve technical briefs, reports, specifications, drawings and supporting information. Provide specialist technical expertise and assurance in the development of early solutions for asset renewals and improvement schemes through the value management process and evaluation of options studies. Continuously monitor and analyse asset data, to champion asset data quality, integrity and adherence to data standards and guidelines. Develop and recommend best practice methods for the identification and evaluation of asset condition and future needs to support the ongoing development of asset maintenance strategies.

About you.

A Chartered or Incorporated Engineer with extensive experience. Expert knowledge of asset condition assessment and degradation modelling. Understanding of value management processes, asset decision making and development asset management plans. Experience in highways infrastructure design, highway construction and delivery methods (Desirable) Knowledge of relevant technical standards, asset policies and strategies.

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.