Connecting Talent to opportunity

Connecting Talent to opportunity

Senior Engineer (Structures) (Technical)

Expired

Job Description:

IR35 status:

  • This role is INSIDE IR35 (PAYE or via Umbrella Company)

Job Description

  • The post exists to provide and apply skills and knowledge to the work undertaken in the Structures section of the Engineering Projects Group. The post holder will provide expertise in the field of culvert maintenance (typically >900mm diameter) within an engineering consultancy environment. The work undertaken includes structural inspections, the design and assessment of structures and other civil engineering projects as well as the delivery of civil and structural engineering projects and highway structures management. The role includes overseeing supervising and training junior staff in the department and providing advice and support to other sections in the department.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide expertise in the field of culvert maintenance within an engineering consultancy environment.
  • Undertake structural surveys and defect reporting.
  • Analyse and prove design solutions for a variety of situations, principally within the field of culvert maintenance but also bridge, wall and building structures if required. Checking designs prepared by others.
  • Assist, undertake and contribute to the contract preparation and procurement of projects relating principally to culvert maintenance but also bridges, culverts and building structures and other miscellaneous engineering structures as required.
  • Assist in the preparation and monitoring of fee bids and programmes in response to project briefs and the Highway Structures Service Level Agreement for Highway Structures Management.
  • Supervise and assist in the training of junior staff, particularly graduate engineers and technicians.
  • Use and interpret guidelines, standards, policies and procedures as required. Where necessary, recommend and/or produce policy, guidance and/or briefing notes.
  • Assist, undertake and contribute to the preparation of desktop, feasibility and other special studies.
  • Liaise with the Highways Operations Group, the Police and other bodies regarding temporary traffic management arrangements for projects and/or matters arising from management of highway structures.
  • Undertake all duties in accordance with the Group's Quality Assurance Systems and Performance Management Systems.
  • Assist in the operation of systems, procedures and practices to ensure the compliance with the provisions of health and safety legislation and general risk management arrangements.
  • Liaise between various stakeholders, clients and other external organisations to ensure a high standard of service delivery is achieved.
  • Filing systems - sole responsibility for individual scheme filing systems.
  • QA systems - responsible for adherence to QA system and contributing towards its improvement.
  • EXOR Customer Care - responsible for individually assigned requests.
  • Profess Time recording system.
  • Highway Structures Databases - repsonsible for updating and amending as necessary.
  • Budget Monitoring systems - responsible for providing information to update system.

Working conditions / environment:

Office based but with frequent visits to external sites for meetings and surveys, site supervision on constructions sites, inspections of highway structures in sometimes isolated and difficult circumstances, possibility of confined space inspections (with appropriate training), visits to properties for condition surveys, loneworking.

Working hours:

  • 37 hours a week
  • Monday to Friday

How to Apply or for more Information:

3 simple ways to apply or get in touch:

    • Apply directly online via the Matchtech website
    • Call Callum Laycock directly on 01489882575

Future Roles:

If you have the correct experience for this type of position but this specific role is not quite right for you, as the level, location or rates etc. is it not quite what you are looking for a present, please still feel free to get in touch with me as I continually recruit similar roles to the one above at all levels across the UK.

Alternatively if are not suitable for this role but still work within the Highways and Transportation industry and believe you will be looking for a new role in the future please give me a call for a confidential chat regarding your employment status.

To apply for these roles, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Matchtech acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc.

Gattaca Plc provides support services to Matchtech and may assist with processing your application.

  • Job Type

    Contract, Full Time

  • Work Authorisation

    No

  • Industry Sector Other