Senior Active Travel Engineer

Overview

AtkinsRéalis are at the forefront of active travel design and delivery, leading the way through standards and guidance production, research and the development of in-house tools and processes to facilitate some of the most high-quality active travel infrastructure schemes across the UK. Key clients include Department for Infrastructure, Transport for Wales, National Highways, as well as numerous local authority clients across the UK.

This role is to support the growth and development of our active travel team across Scotland and Northern Ireland, and to be a part of our wider UK team providing technical excellence in this field.

The role will focus primarily on the design and delivery of active travel infrastructure projects of varying complexity across the UK via our existing significant and recent local authority framework wins. We will expect you to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to active travel and help shape and develop our local offering with key clients.

You will play a key role in supporting the wider team to continually improve our client offering. There will also be opportunities to support other national and international high-profile projects including design standards and guidance production, innovation and research projects.

The role is to be based in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh offices, with occasional travel to other offices or sites may be required.

We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic individual with significant experience in the active travel field. An eye for detail and confidence to challenge decisions and concepts in a constructive and collaborative way are key attributes for this role. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with clients and stakeholders across the region and able to work collaboratively with an existing team of highly motivated active travel professionals.