Principal Highway Technician

 

About the Role 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Highway Technician to join Mayer Brown Limited in our Woking Head Office.

Mayer Brown is a leading independent consultancy specialising in Transport Planning, Highway Infrastructure Design and Environmental Assessment across the UK. We work on a wide range of development-related infrastructure projects, supporting schemes from early feasibility and planning through to detailed design, technical approval and construction.

This role would suit an experienced highway technician with strong technical drawing, CAD and Civil 3D skills, who is confident producing high-quality highway design packages and supporting the delivery of development infrastructure schemes. You will play a key role within our highway infrastructure design team, working closely with engineers, transport planners, clients, architects, local authorities and other members of the project team.

The successful candidate will be technically capable, well organised and proactive, with the ability to work independently, support junior members of the team and help maintain consistently high standards in our design outputs.

 

Key Responsibilities

As Principal Highway Technician, your responsibilities will include:

• Producing, reviewing and coordinating highway and civil engineering drawings for development infrastructure projects.
• Preparing detailed technical drawings for Section 278, Section 38 and related highway approval submissions.
• Developing highway layouts, general arrangements, setting-out drawings, long sections, cross sections, construction details and associated technical plans.
• Using AutoCAD and Civil 3D to produce accurate, buildable and well-coordinated design information.
• Supporting engineers with highway design development from feasibility and planning stages through to detailed design, technical approval and construction.
• Preparing and developing 3D models including surfaces, alignments, corridors, grading, earthworks and related design outputs.
• Undertaking or supporting vehicle tracking, junction layouts, access arrangements, servicing layouts, car park design and external works drawings.
• Assisting with responses to technical comments from highway authorities, clients and approving bodies.
• Working collaboratively with internal design teams and external consultants to ensure coordinated and practical design solutions.
• Managing assigned drawing packages and technical tasks to agreed programmes and quality standards.
• Supporting the preparation of drawing issue sheets, document control information and submissions through Common Data Environments where required.
• Helping to maintain and improve CAD standards, drawing templates, workflows and quality procedures.
• Providing guidance, checking support and mentoring to junior technicians and graduates.
• Contributing to internal technical discussions, lessons learnt and continual improvement across the design team.

 

About You

We are looking for someone with strong experience in highway design and technical drawing production, ideally gained within a UK consultancy, local authority or development infrastructure environment.

You should be comfortable taking responsibility for drawing packages, working with engineers to develop design solutions and helping to ensure outputs are technically accurate, coordinated and delivered on time.

You will ideally have:

• Significant experience in a Highway Technician, Senior Highway Technician, Civil Engineering Technician or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in AutoCAD.
• Good working knowledge of Civil 3D, including surfaces, alignments, corridors, long sections, cross sections, grading and earthworks.
• Experience preparing highway design drawings for residential, commercial, mixed-use or major development schemes.
• Experience producing Section 278 and Section 38 drawing packages.
• Knowledge of UK highway design standards and guidance, including Manual for Streets, DMRB, local authority standards and relevant technical approval processes.
• Experience with junction design, access layouts, swept path analysis and vehicle tracking.
• A good understanding of drawing production across feasibility, planning, technical approval and construction stages.
• Experience working with BIM principles, Common Data Environments and document control procedures would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of drainage, external works or early-stage pipe networks would be beneficial.
• Experience with software such as Signplot, Causeway Flow, AutoTrack Vehicle Tracking or similar platforms would be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and pride in producing clear, accurate and well-presented technical drawings.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• The ability to mentor junior staff and contribute positively to team development.
• Competence in Microsoft Office.

A full UK driving licence would be beneficial, as the role may require occasional site visits.

 

What We Offer

We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with the opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of highway and infrastructure projects across the UK.

Our benefits include:

• A role based in our established Woking Head Office.
• Flexible and hybrid working options.
• A supportive, inclusive and collaborative team culture.
• Varied project work across different sectors and scales.
• Structured professional development and CPD opportunities.
• Support towards professional qualification where applicable.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with length of service.
• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Group income protection.
• Payment of professional institution subscriptions.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee mentoring programme.
• Annual appraisal.
• Company Sports & Social Club.
• Paid volunteer time.

 

Job Particulars

Job Title: Principal Highway Technician
Location: Woking, Surrey
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Dependent on experience
Work Authorisation: United Kingdom required

 

How to Apply

Please submit your application by email to our Recruitment team.

recruit@mayerbrown.co.uk

We value openness and transparency in ensuring a good fit for our team and would welcome applications from candidates who are enthusiastic about high-quality highway design, technical delivery and contributing to the continued growth of Mayer Brown Limited.