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Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Do you have experience in highway design and are looking to make a tangible impact on local infrastructure and community safety?

We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Local Engineer to join our team and play a key role in delivering highway-related services. 

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and maintenance of essential infrastructure that supports our communities in the UK’s largest local authority as part of Local Engineering Team within Highways.

This team provides a frontline local link for the provision of Highway services and specific advice on most highway-related matters to local residents, Councillors, MPs, businesses, community forums/groups, emergency services, transport operators, neighbouring local authorities, developers and many other internal and external stakeholders. 

What you’ll do...

• Use a diverse range of project management skills to design and implement highway improvements. 
• Prepare and manage Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming measures, and pedestrian schemes. 
• Design signage and schemes associated with Section 278 Agreements.
• Utilise design software such as AutoCAD, TrafxPLAN Lines (formerly KeyLINES), and TrafxPLAN Sign (formerly KeySIGNS) for project delivery. 
• Analyse road traffic collision data using relevant databases to identify trends. 
• Develop and implement safety improvement schemes across the city based on collision analysis.

This role will provide service and programme assurance, ensuring controls are in place to mark progress, manage budgets, implementation of equality obligations, managing risks and to ensure services are delivered in line with Highways policies and design specifications.

About You

This role will require experience in general civil engineering but more specifically in traffic management and transportation engineering fields as well as delivering a more customer focus highway service.

• Demonstrate experience in relevant discipline or able to demonstrate equivalent standard.
• Demonstrate the ability to design and implement highway improvement schemes in an urban environment using CAD.
• Display experience of managing projects in a highway related discipline including supervision and administration of Contractors activities.

As a Principal Local Engineer, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software for the development and design of highway improvement schemes. 

A full UK driving licence is also required.

Closing date: 1^st June 2026

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help shape the future of our highways!

Company: Birmingham City Council

Salary: Grade D - £45,091 – £53,460

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Sector: Highways

Sector: Highways Maintenance

Sector: Traffic Management

Job Role: Engineer