Location
Dartford, Leatherhead, South Mimms – M25 Network

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
At Connect Plus Services, we manage and maintain the strategic infrastructure of the M25 motorway, one of the busiest and most complex road networks in Europe. Working in partnership with National Highways, our teams ensure the network operates safely, efficiently and reliably for millions of users every day. We are seeking a Senior Structures Engineer / Design Coordinator to join our Engineering Design Team, supporting the management and improvement of critical structures across the M25 network.

This role will primarily focus on the Dartford Crossing, including the two Dartford tunnels and the QEII Bridge, some of the most strategically important assets on the UK road network. It is a highly varied role combining design coordination, engineering assurance and site engagement.

You will coordinate design and construction activities across multiple schemes, working closely with project teams, external consultants and framework contractors to deliver safe, practical and cost-effective engineering solutions within a live operational highway environment. Operating within the complex environment of the Dartford assets, you will challenge and develop design proposals, review construction methodologies and ensure engineering solutions improve safety, performance and long-term asset resilience.

Key responsibilities include managing design activities across structures and mechanical and electrical improvement schemes, ensuring outputs align with programme requirements and operational constraints. You will review and challenge design proposals to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, specifications and CPS engineering standards before submission to National Highways. Managing external design consultants to deliver agreed scope, programme and budget outcomes will also be part of your role.

Working closely with project and construction teams, you will act as the key engineering interface between site operations and wider design teams. This includes attending regular site visits, supporting construction activities, reviewing control plans, ensuring specification compliance and resolving technical queries during delivery.

You will support engineering optioneering and feasibility studies to identify innovative solutions that enhance safety, constructability and whole-life asset performance. Additionally, you will contribute to contract documentation preparation and review, support asset management planning and ensure lessons learned and best practices are captured and shared across the business.

Experience
Proven experience as an engineer in highways structures, infrastructure or complex civil engineering environments. Comfortable coordinating design activities while maintaining close engagement with site operations. Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to review and challenge design proposals, manage consultants and coordinate engineering outputs across multiple stakeholders.

Experience working within live operational highway environments and knowledge of design assurance processes, construction methodologies and safety requirements are essential.

About you
Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to work closely with project managers, asset teams, construction teams and external partners including National Highways. Strong understanding of CDM regulations and health and safety legislation. Commitment to safety by design principles and delivery of Zero Harm across the network.

Proactive, collaborative and solution-focused with the ability to work effectively in a complex and dynamic environment.

Qualifications
Relevant engineering qualification such as BEng, MEng, HNC or HND in civil, structural or related discipline. Membership of a relevant professional institution such as ICE, IET or IMechE is advantageous.