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Senior Engineer – Roads
January 12, 2018 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer – Roads
Location: Stafford Park, Telford
Kier Strategic Highways are currently recruiting for a Senior Engineer to join the Area 9 Asset Support Contract.
Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group with 88 UK offices and over 22,000 employees. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Kier Highways design roads, bridges and intelligent transport systems (ITS), covering strategic and nationally important roads, as well as local roads serving local communities. Our projects range from major improvements to complete renewals of roads and structures. With specialist teams, we manage complex works from conception through to handover at the end of maintenance periods.
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for all activities relating to the value management, detailed design and contract preparation of highway schemes delegated to you by the Team Leader.
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing and overseeing Road Renewal and/or Improvement designs
- Preparing technical reports
- Dealing with project related correspondence
- Maintaining high technical standards, consistent with the project brief
- Undertake site surveys when required
- Assisting in project administration and control including monitoring of costs and programme
- Work in collaboration with the other divisions including Commercial and Delivery
- Mentoring, supervising and co-ordinating the work of others
- Ensure compliance with the ASC9 Quality Plan and Design Procedures
- Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
- Actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of and compliance with general Health and Safety responsibilities as set out in the Health and Safety Management System.
- Perform other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- Significant experience in the detailed design of highway maintenance and improvement schemes, preferably on the Highways England Road Network.
- HNC/HND/Degree in Civil Engineering
- Knowledge of highway's assets and the appropriate solutions for renewal or improvement
- A thorough knowledge of Highways England Design Manuals and Specifications
- Experience using quality, environmental and health and safety legislation and management systems, particularly CDM 2015
- Project and programme management, with ability to use MS Project advantageous
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