Senior Engineer

  • Wilde Consulting Engineers
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • Mar 28, 2026
Full time Engineering

Job Description

Opportunity: Senior Engineer (Highway development)
Location: Greater Manchester
Rate: Negotiable and Competitive
Duration: 8-12 months
IR35: Inside

We are seeking a Senior Highways Engineer to support a busy Highway development team in assessing planning applications, as well as pre-application enquiries for a range of developments.

Responsibilities:

  • Examining planning applications, pre-applications including drawings, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Road Safety Audits and Environmental Impact Assessments and report on highways and transport matters.
  • Provide written feedback on submitted applications and documents in a timely manner and to stated deadlines.
  • Manage own workload to ensure that deadlines are adhered to.
  • Reviewing outputs from transport modelling
  • Carrying out site visits
  • Discussing highways / transport issues with developers and their consultants
  • Negotiating mitigation measures with developers and their consultants
  • Suitable professional qualification (degree or equivalent experience)
  • Experience assessing highway and transport impacts of development on behalf of a Highway Authority
  • Strong experience reviewing Transport Assessments (TAs)
  • Ability to critically review transport modelling outputs (e.g. Junctions 11, LinSig 3)
  • Working knowledge of the TRICS database and trip generation analysis
  • Experience reviewing: Highway / junction layouts, Travel Plans, Road Safety Audits and Environmental Impact Assessments (transport chapters)
  • Understanding of: Local and national planning policy and Highway design standards
  • Experience negotiating with developers and their transport consultants
  • Ability to produce clear, robust written consultation responses and reports suitable for Planning Committee
  • Ability to work independently and manage workload to deadlines
  • Experience liaising with partner organisations (e.g. National Highways, TfGM)

To apply for this position please submit your CV supported by a written application to:

Wilde Consulting Engineers are an Equal Opportunities employer.