Technical Specialist – Roads & Highway Engineering

About the role

The Technical Specialist provides independent professional engineering services for multidisciplinary road and highway projects, supporting planning, design, delivery and close‑out while ensuring quality, client engagement and commercial objectives are met.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality civil and road infrastructure designs, drawings, models and technical solutions using Autodesk Civil 3D, CAD and BIM workflows.
• Prepare clear technical reports and documentation, and review the work of engineers and technicians.
• Supervise inspections of constructed works, ensure compliance with designs, specifications and standards, and recommend remedial actions.
• Support project budgets, resourcing, contract administration, variation orders and claim assessments.
• Manage and coordinate sub‑consultants, assign tasks to engineers and technicians, and mentor junior staff.
• Communicate technical matters with clients, present work internally and externally, and contribute to bid and proposal preparation.

Required profile

• Demonstrated technical specialisation in civil infrastructure structural design and construction (excluding buildings) and/or road infrastructure engineering, including transportation, geometric design, pavement engineering and road construction.
• Ability to supervise engineers, technicians and small project teams, and to manage sub‑consultants.
• Experience working across multiple projects and contracts concurrently.

Required skills

• Proficiency with Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Strong skills in CAD platforms.
• Working knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for design coordination and project delivery.