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Our monthly highways jobs market report, salary and careers guides, and news from HIGHWAYSJOBS.COM.
Starting out2 min read
Highways and Transport Apprenticeships
Highways and transport apprenticeships with councils, consultancies and contractors: the levels, what employers look for and where they lead.
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Career moves2 min read
Council, Consultancy or Contractor? Highways Careers Compared
How highways work differs at councils, national bodies, consultancies and contractors, and moving between them.
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Applying and interviews2 min read
Highways CV and Application Tips
How to write a highways CV and supporting statement that gets shortlisted against the person specification.
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Applying and interviews2 min read
Highways Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
Common highways interview questions on schemes, standards, complaints, contractors, safety and senior roles, with tips on answering.
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Qualifications2 min read
Highways Qualifications Explained: EngTech, IEng, CEng and TPP
The main professional qualifications in highways and transport: Engineering Council registration, ICE, CIHT, IHE and TPP, and whether you need them.
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Roles explained2 min read
Transport Planner Careers
What transport planners do, from strategy and modelling to development and scheme work, who employs them and the routes in.
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Roles explained2 min read
What Does a Highways Engineer Do?
What highways engineers do day to day, where they work, the skills employers look for and how to become one.
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Roles explained2 min read
Highways Job Titles Explained
From assistant to director: what each highways job title means.
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Starting out2 min read
How to Get into Highways and Transport
Degrees, apprenticeships, HNCs, ICE and CIHT, and the other routes into highways work.
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Pay2 min read
Highways Salary Guide: What Highways and Transport Jobs Pay in the UK
Our salary guide: typical pay at every level, for councils and for consultancies and contractors.
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