Highways Engineer

Location

Romford, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Category : Engineering & Surveying
Location : Mercury House, London Borough of Havering
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £161.98 per day

Due to excessive workloads and ongoing restructure, there is an ongoing urgent requirement within the Highways, Traffic and Parking service area for a short-term engineer to progress with high profile schemes. These schemes include Moving Traffic Contraventions which is funded from the council’s Capital budget and the implementation of Electric Vehicle charging bays which the council has recently been awarded £170k from Central Government funding to implement charging points borough wide.

Job Context:

1. The post holder reports to a Senior Engineer
2. The post holder has no direct line management responsibility but will be expected to lead and coordinate projects as required and on occasion deputise for a Senior Engineer as necessary.
3. The post holder will occasionally be required to work outside ‘normal’ office hours, and as required by the line manager to 36 hours per week which may include monitoring works and Council and community meetings.
4. The post holder has a responsibility to contribute towards a variety of projects. They will assist in the execution of commissioned work including the preparation of certificates, account payments, final accounts, final costs statements and accounts for services.

Experience
⦁ Experience leading and coordinating projects.
⦁ Experience of successfully assisting with budgets.
⦁ Able to demonstrate an innovative approach to problem solving with a successful outcome.
⦁ Proven experience of working with staff at all levels of the organisation and developing effective relationships with relevant people, groups, departments and companies.
⦁ Experience of assisting other staff for improved and sustained delivery.
⦁ Experience of engineering in a highways, traffic and parking service.

Qualifications
⦁ To have a recognised professional qualification in engineering or acceptable proven technical ability.
⦁ To have experience in the public or private sector to successfully operate at engineering level.

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Salary

£170k per annum