Highway Engineer - Road & Transportation

Location: Chennai, TN, India
Department: Engineering

Job Description

Job Description – Highway Design Engineer (5 to 10 Years)

1. Key Responsibilities

Highway Geometry Design

• Prepare horizontal and vertical alignment designs for highways, expressways, and urban roads.
• Design cross sections, super elevation, widening, and junction layouts.
• Ensure designs comply with **Indian Roads Congress standards and **Ministry of Road Transport and Highways guidelines.

Detailed Project Reports (DPR)

• Lead preparation of DPR for highway projects.
• Conduct feasibility studies, alignment studies, and route selection.
• Review survey data including topographic survey, traffic data, and geotechnical reports.

Design Coordination

• Coordinate with bridge, drainage, traffic, pavement, and utility engineers.
• Ensure proper integration of highway alignment with structures and drainage.

Software-Based Design

• Use highway design software such as
  • **AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • **Bentley OpenRoads Designer
  • **MX Road
  • **AutoCAD

Design Review & Quality Control

• Review drawings, reports, and calculations prepared by junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with IRC standards, safety requirements, and project specifications.

Client & Authority Coordination

• Coordinate with clients such as
  • National Highways Authority of India
  • State PWD departments
  • Consultants and EPC contractors.

Tender & Bid Support

• Assist in technical proposals, bid documents, and design reports.
• Provide design inputs during pre-bid and project planning stages.

2. Required Skills

Technical Skills

• Highway geometric design
• Interchanges & junction design
• Corridor modeling
• Quantity estimation and BOQ preparation
• Drainage and grading design
• Understanding of pavement basics

Software Skills

• AutoCAD Civil 3D / Bentley OpenRoads Designer
• AutoCAD
• Excel and design calculation tools

Knowledge of Standards

• Indian Roads Congress codes (IRC) and other international Codes
• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways specifications
• Highway safety standards

3. Leadership Responsibilities

• Designing and Leading design teams of junior engineers/drafters
• Guide junior engineers on design methodology and standards
• Review and approve highway design drawings

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Civil Engineering (mandatory)

• M.Tech in Transportation Engineering  (preferred)

Additional Information

10-15 years experience

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Company Description

Company Description

Assystem provides engineering, project management and digital services to optimise the performance and safety of critical infrastructure throughout its lifecycle.

The company first came to India having acquired Stup Consultants Pvt Ltd in 2021 and L&TIEL in 2024. The company combines its globally recognised expertise in complex project management, with deep-rooted local experience cross full spectrum of infrastructure – from energy, transportation and urban development to water. Today, Assystem has a strong community of 1,500+ multidiscipline engineering experts connected across 8 offices in India.

The Assystem Group is one of the world’s leading independent nuclear engineering companies, ranked among the top three globally, with 60 years of experience in complex and highly regulated environments. With 8,000 experts across 13 countries, Assystem supports the development of low-carbon energy.

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