Highways Principal Engineer (UK Wide)

Jacobs

Full-time IT & Technology
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Location
manchester, england, United-Kingdom
Posted
June 28, 2026

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical excellence and ensure safety in design within team deliverables.
  • Champion opportunities for automation and process efficiencies in all aspects of our work.
  • Lead and mentor a small team of designers on projects.
  • Generate bottom-up forecasts of project hours for your team or discipline by project, and escalate any scope changes impacting delivery.
  • Coordinate the delivery of Civils highways design solutions within programme and budget constraints.
  • Collaborate with discipline leads globally to provide an integrated and best practice service to our clients, challenging the status quo to innovate for the future.
  • Line Management While line management is not required for career progression at Jacobs, opportunities exist for those interested in people leadership to supervise staff locally and become a valued part of our team.

Qualifications

  • Attained a relevant p...