Chartered Civil/Structural Engineer - Area Manager/Bridge Manager | Ref: PIP0008501

Location

Scotland | United Kingdom

Job description

Chartered Civil/Structural Engineer – Area Manager/Bridge Manager - Inside 35

Contract Term: 12 Months

Contracting Authority: Transport Scotland

Location: Scotland

We are currently creating a pipeline for an upcoming opportunity for Chartered Civil Engineers on behalf of our client Transport Scotland.

Transport Scotland is the national transport agency for Scotland, seeking to deliver a safe, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable transport system for the benefit of the people of Scotland.Transport Scotland is accountable to Parliament and the public through Scottish Ministers, with a budget of around £3.5 billion per year. Transport is a vital feature of the Scottish Government's focus on increasing sustainable economic growth, and transport investments and policies have major impacts on our economy,environment, and society.

We are currently seeking applications for a Senior Civil Engineers within Transport Scotland, Roads Directorate. To help us deliver our responsibilities we are seeking suitably qualified and experienced applicants to fill a number of senior grade civil engineering posts in the Roads Directorate.

This role will see the successful candidates manage and oversee the development and delivery of trunk road maintenance schemes across Scotland, ensuring that our road or bridge assets continue to provide communities and business across the country with a safe, efficient and resilient network.

This vital role will also see you work with operational and policy colleagues to ensure that our network serves the Scottish Government’s national objectives and key policies. These include the Just Transition to NetZero (including the opportunities within the maintenance sector), climate change adaptation, road safety and active travel. As a result, you will play an important role in engaging with stakeholders, communities, elected members and colleagues on these matters, protecting the interests of Scottish Ministers.

(Confirmation of exact location and contract length)

As a Chartered Civil/Structural Engineer – Area Manager/Bridge Manageryour main responsibilities will be:

• Road or Bridge maintenance teams within the Roads Directorate’s Network Maintenance unit, responsible for managing Transport Scotland’s maintenance agents (Operating Companies and Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO) Concessionaires). This unit manages a budget of £300M in 2023/24 and you will be responsible for capital and revenue maintenance programmes and budgets within a specified region, as part of a wider team of professional Chartered Engineers.
• Developing and delivery of annual programmes of asset maintenance schemes, including management of contract performance issues and stakeholder engagement (public and political)
• Supporting colleagues across Transport Scotland with advice and technical input/approval for key policy matters or major scheme development.
• Contracted maintenance agents to ensure the effective management of assets, including programmes of inspections and management of asset risks.
• Bridges and structures, undertake the Technical Approval Authority role under the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges regarding the Approval in Principle (AIP) for bridges and structures and consideration of Departures for Standard.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DFT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on [email protected].

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

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