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Highway Maintenance Engineer
| Posting date: | 23 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £20.70 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 February 2025 |
| Location: | WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 2PU |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Richmond & Wandsworth 7675-1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Pay rate negotiable depending on experience
Initially for 3 months with a scope to extend this up to a year, subject to contract and performance.
Interim Highway Maintenance Engineer
Reference no: Richmond & Wandsworth 7675-1
Pay Rate: £23.76 per hour PAYE
36 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: WANDSWORTH, LONDON
WFH is an option by agreement depending on the programme of works/workload.
We are looking for a sound Highway Maintenance Engineer or Clerk of Works Order with loads of Highway maintenance experience such as site supervision, planning and delivery of programme of planned highway maintenance and improvement works programme (i.e carriageway and footway resurfacing/reconstruction works)
You will be responsible for the selection, design, management, implementation and delivery of Capital Planned Highway Maintenance Schemes and minor engineering projects. The role will also require assistance with Highways Asset Management, Drainage and Traffic Management.
Key Responsibilities:
Line manage Assistant Engineers/Engineers and Technical Assistant staff as required.
Carry out detailed estimates, to plan and implement both Carriageway and Footway maintenance schemes from inception, through site supervision inspections, ensuring works are completed to a high standard, to specification,on time and budget to finalise accounts/sign off.
Ensure that the services for both Councils are dealt with on an equitable basis to deliver the standards required for each, as agreed annually by the Executives of both Councils.
Provide operational and motivational leadership of staff, providing a visible presence to the workforce and promoting a good working environment with the primary aim of delivering high quality services.
Provide operational line management to staff including a visible presence to employees, promoting a good working environment with the primary aim of delivering a high-quality service.
Ensure all Member queries about service delivery are dealt with promptly and effectively.
Advise and support senior managers on relevant service and operational matters.
Key requirements:
Appropriate professional qualification and at least 1 year’s post qualification experience or Degree or HND and at least 2 year’s post qualification experience
or Minimum of 5 year’s relevant highways and traffic management experience.
Sound practical knowledge and experience of all types of Planned HighwayMaintenance work, such as, carriageway resurfacing, carriageway patch repairs, footway reconstruction, minor footway repairs and drainage system repairs, within a Local Government environment.
Working knowledge of Highway Asset Management and prioritising and programming of schemes.
Be fully conversant with Streetwork’s, Highways and other relevant legislation, procedures and associated Health and Safety requirements.
Engineering project and service delivery management to time, budget and specification.
Experience of budget and financial management in relation to engineering schemes.
Experience of supervising highway works and a small team of Engineers and Assistant Engineers.
Proven contract management skills including bills of quantities, use of methods of measurement.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
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Job Ref: Richmond & Wandsworth 7675-1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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