Darren Atkins
About Darren Atkins
Darren Atkins is a Senior Highways Engineer at Arup with extensive experience in highways design and project management.
Title
Darren Atkins holds the title of Senior Highways Engineer. He has been working in this capacity at Arup since 2021.
Current Position at Arup
Since 2021, Darren Atkins has been working as a Senior Highways Engineer at Arup, based in West Midlands, England. His current role involves leading multidisciplinary design coordination in preparation for DCO submission for the Gatwick Airport expansion project.
Previous Roles at Arup
Prior to his current position, Darren Atkins worked at Arup as a Highways Engineer from 2018 to 2021. During these years, he developed his skills in highways design and managed various engineering projects in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Experience at Fulton Hogan
Darren Atkins accumulated extensive experience at Fulton Hogan in various roles. He served as a Highways Design Engineer in Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand, in 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he was the Road Marking Department Manager in Christchurch, New Zealand. Earlier, he worked as a Graduate Civil Engineer from 2014 to 2015, also based in Christchurch.
Early Career and Internships
In the earlier stages of his career, Darren Atkins had internships at Crowe Horwath International as a Wealth Management Intern from 2013 to 2014 in Dublin, Ireland, and at Hilti as a Product Management Intern in Schaan, Liechtenstein, in 2012.
Educational Background
Darren Atkins pursued his higher education at Trinity College, Dublin, where he completed a Masters (MAI) in Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering from 2012 to 2013. He also earned a Bachelors (BAI(Hons) & BA) in the same field from 2008 to 2012. Moreover, he was a part of the UNITECH International Exchange Programme from 2011 to 2012, where he gained the UNITECH Fellow title.
Key Projects
Darren Atkins served as the Highways Design Technical Lead for the preliminary design of highway upgrades for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Project. He is actively involved in applying sustainable design principles and utilizes data-based decision-making in his approach to highways design.