Assistant Design Engineer
Your duties & responsibilities
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Developing highway maintenance schemes through identifying of defects to determining treatments and producing construction documents.
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Assist with designing a range of highway improvement and traffic engineering schemes, active travel and pedestrian improvements schemes.
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Assist in producing forward programmes of highway maintenance works.
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Assisting in the management and undertaking of highway condition inspections and surveys.
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Updating and utilising Asset management systems.
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Produce technical reports and other technical output to achieve project outcomes.
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Undertake site visits, surveys and investigations.
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Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with QSE standards and processes.
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Technical training/supervision of Technicians.
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Working collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives.
Skills & Knowledge Requirements
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A relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, or Foundation Degree/HNC/HND together with sufficient post qualification experience.
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Experience in highway maintenance techniques and in identifying pavement treatments and solutions.
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Asset management and construction experience within the highway sector (ideally at least 5 years).
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Experience in undertaking asset condition surveys.
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Commercial awareness in the delivery of projects.
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Knowledge of Highways England standards including DMRB, etc.
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Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction.
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Computer literate on Design software and Microsoft packages.
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Competent user of AutoCAD & Civils 3D (desirable).
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UK/EEC driving licence