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Agency Highway Engineer

Job details
Posting date: 24 January 2025
Salary: £27.83 per hour
Additional salary information: per hour PAYE
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 February 2025
Location: BRISTOL, BS1 6AG
Company: Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: Bristol 5261803

Summary



What's involved with this role:

Interim Agency Highway Engineer

Reference no: Bristol 5261803

Pay Rate: £27.83 per hour PAYE

37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 1 month

City: BRISTOL

We are seeking an agency Highway Engineer with extensive experience of supervising highway construction works in the UK. MUST have knowledge and experience of applying DMRB/MCHW Specification for Highway Works.

The role will be mainly based on construction sites in and around Bristol city. Your role involves acting as Site Supervisor for highway engineering work on behalf of the City Council. This includes checking quality of workmanship and materials, ensuring compliance with constructions drawings, monitoring progress against programme, remeasurement of the works. The position will involve the occasional requirement to work out of hours to supervise highway carriageway surfacing works.

Key Responsibilities:

To manage & deliver complex construction projects required by a project brief & often in a constrained urban environment, as part of a design team.
Initial, interim and final surveys and investigations.
Completion of designs, calculations, specification, plan & drawings, estimates, reports and bills of quantities using Computer Aided Design and other specialist Software.
Site visits to ensure the Contractor is undertaking the work in accordance with the specification and programme. To ensure that the construction site is being operated in a safe manner and to record and report any concerns.
Ensuring that statutory and other notices are prepared and issued, updated and closed in accordance with legal requirements.
Liaising with statutory undertakers and other BCC departments to manage conflicts and coordinate delivery.
Responsible for the financial and contract management of projects, with particular emphasis on delivery within time and budget.



Key requirements:

HNC Civil Engineering or similar B. Eng (Civil Engineering) or related Degree.
Current Health & Safety Qualifications (e.g. IOSH, Risk Assessment, CSCS).
Preferably be an NEC4 accredited Site Supervisor or have knowledge and experience of undertaking the NEC4 Site Supervisor contract role.
A good working knowledge of highway design standards.
Experience of preparing written reports.
Experience of undertaking CDM Coordinator role.
Experience of Winter Maintenance & Out of Hours emergency operations.
Experience in design and implementation of highway maintenance or improvement schemes.
Experience of computerised systems and their applications ie AutoCad, Microsoft, Sign/ Lineplot.

Desirable:

Have experience of undertaking NEC4 Project Manager administration.


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: Bristol 5261803


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