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Senior Engineer Highway Design

Salford City Council • Salford, Greater Manchester

Salary

£40k – £50k

Posted

15 July 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Salford City Council is hiring a Senior Engineer Highway Design in Salford, a full-time engineering role. The advertised salary is £40k – £50k. Salford City Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

This role is an opportunity to advance your leadership career in a role that will help transform transport and travel in Salford. You will be supporting Group Leaders with delivering a large, varied programme of schemes – you can make a key contribution to achieving Salford’s vision of a truly integrated transport system within our city, linking seamlessly into the wider Greater Manchester network. The number and variety of projects in our pipeline provide huge potential to build your track rec…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Salford City Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £40k – £50k
How this salary compares: about 6% above the £47,000 median across 882 engineering roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Salford, Greater Manchester · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 5 other live engineering roles in Salford — browse them
Posted: 15 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Engineering roles spanning civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and chemical disciplines are regularly sponsored by UK employers. Demand is strongest in infrastructure, construction, defence, and advanced manufacturing. Sponsored engineering vacancies frequently appear at Tier 1 contractors, consultancy firms, and utilities companies that recruit internationally to fill technical skills gaps.