Location
Wakefield, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Highway Engineer to come and work on highway maintenance/improvement schemes in the west Yorkshire area.
As the experienced Senior Highway Engineer you will:
- To design and deliver highways projects or ongoing areas of work within the Traffic, Engineering and Design Team.
- Formulate design solutions for schemes and provide expert support for the management of external suppliers designs and proposals for highway projects
- To undertake and manage the investigation, consultation, evaluation, design, programming, contract preparation, implementation of highway improvement proposals.
- Carry out site inspections, including setting out, ensuring compliance with drawings and specification, preparation and issue of orders. Undertake site measurement and checking / recommending contractual payments.
- Responsible for the project management of construction schemes.
- Responsible for design reviews, checking and processing of Highways Act 1980 - Section 278 procedures with respect to the Council's responsibility for new developments.
- Co-ordinate stakeholder consultation during the design and construction of highway major projects
- To deputise for the Engineering and Design Team Leader as required
For a full description and further information on the role, please call Harriet Simmonds at Carrington West on 02393 876051. FOOTNOTE: If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 40+ years' experience in this market. Please call Harriet at Carrington West on 02393 876051 for more information.
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Job tags
Salary
£45 - £50 per hour
