Senior Engineer
Senior Engineer
Who we are
Momentum is an integrated consultancy, based in London and with offices in Houston and Montréal. Our team brings together leading engineers, planners and modellers in a collaborative, supportive environment.
We back each other, share knowledge and constantly look for better ways to do great work. Our culture is fun-loving, diverse, and inclusive.
We’re guided by a strong ethical code and ESG principles. Recent recognition includes: Best workplaces for small employers by Great places to work(2026); listing in the Top 100 Great Places to Work for Women (2024); NCE SME Best Place to Work (shortlisted, 2023); CIHT Employer of the Year (2022); and CIHT Team of the Year (2021).
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and a Level 1 Disability Confident organisation, fostering an environment free from discrimination. If you meet the essential criteria, we’ll guarantee you an interview. If you need reasonable adjustments during the process, tell us and we’ll make it happen.
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What we do
We are working on some of the most exciting and challenging development and transport infrastructure projects in London, Europe and across the world, from large commercial skyscrapers to sport stadiums; London’s cycle networks to HS2; from removing traffic gyratories to leading the debate on smart servicing, autonomous vehicles and e-mobility. We are redesigning roads and streets that look to the future of transport.
Our ability to design and create public spaces, roads and streets, parks and plazas for people and communities sets us out as one of the UK’s most highly regarded transport engineering consultancies.
Momentum’s engineers take the lead in all aspects of transport infrastructure design and construction – we support our clients across the project lifecycle, from ideas generation at inception and planning stages, through to detailed design and working on site overseeing construction.
Our opportunity
Our established civil and highway engineering offer is continuing to evolve, and we are looking for a talented individual with excellent technical engineering skills seeking a new role in our busy and fast paced engineering team alongside our engineers and technicians.
Your role will include taking ownership of the engineering design, technical analysis, research, forecasting, modelling and calculations, and reporting as required to support our clients in delivering highways, streets and transport infrastructure schemes.
You will reinforce the excellent technical reputation our team currently enjoys, whilst having a voice in its future direction based on your own experience, ideas and perspectives.
You will develop efficient and high quality engineering services, in compliance with relevant design standards and codes.
You will manage projects with autonomy, and be the primary point of contact with clients.
In your role as a personal supervisor, you will support the development and progression of junior members of our team, and be a part of ensuring they have the training, responsibility and opportunities they need to develop and thrive at Momentum.
You will be encouraged to attend and support relevant conferences, seminars and networking events.
You will take a proactive role in developing our business in line with our business strategy. This will include building existing client relationships, and helping to developing new ones.
Perks and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive package of benefits that reflect how we value our people.
- 25 days annual leave, with flexibility to purchase additional days, plus birthday leave, early finishes before bank holidays and half day finishes on Fridays during August.
- Annual personal and company performance bonus.
- Private medical insurance through Vitality and free wellbeing resources.
- We will pay 6% into your private Scottish Widows pension regardless of your personal contributions beyond the minimum 2%.
- Paid subscriptions to two professional institutions.
- Access to both internal and external professional training and development.
- Internal mentoring programmes.
- In-house massages.
- Friendly competition through our sports teams.
- Fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions (free lunch included!).
- Regular company social events.
- Early Friday finishes during the summer.
Who you are
You will be a self-starter, love working in a hardworking team and have a passion for the urban built environment, transport and highway infrastructure engineering and its challenges.
You will be able to demonstrate the following (or show a keen desire to develop):
- You have a Civil Engineering degree or equivalent in a similar technical discipline.
- Will be a Chartered Engineer (with the ICE/CIHT/ similar), or close to achieving that status.
- Ability to work with autonomy and act on your own initiative.
- Excellent numeracy and analytical skills.
- Good written and verbal skills, allowing effective communication.
- Ability to work in Civils3D, AutoCAD, and the AutoDesk ecosystem.
- From concept through to detailed design, show your experience in developing transport and highway infrastructure in the urban environment, which may include S278 schemes, urban street, and public realm schemes.
- Ability to successfully manage your own workload.
- Experience in overseeing and checking the work of others in accordance with relevant design standards and codes.
- Experience in project management and successful control of budget and programme.
- Ability to work in a dedicated and collaborative team.
- Ability to keep control in pressured situations, deliver work within set timeframes, and create a well-motivated team.
Desirable skills and experience:
- Experience in construction logistics and traffic management design support.
- Experience in surface and sub-surface drainage design.
- Experience to review designs in OpenRoads, MicroStation and the Bentley ecosystem.
- Experience working in BIM environments.
- On site experience, knowledge of scheme implementation, inspections, resident engineer duties.
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