Highway Development Control Engineer

Location: Nottinghamshire
Rate: £40-£45 per hour (Umbrella PAYE)
Contract: Initial 6-month contract with a strong likelihood of extension
Working Arrangements: Predominantly remote, with office attendance approximately once per fortnight

Exciting Opportunity for a Highways Development Control Project Engineer in Nottinghamshire

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Engineer to join a Local Authority Highways Development Control team. The role will focus on assessing planning applications, providing highways and transport advice, negotiating with developers and ensuring the Highway Authority's position is represented throughout the planning process.

You will work on a range of developments, including larger residential schemes of more than 150 dwellings, and provide technical advice from the pre-application stage through to planning approval, appeals and the delivery of associated highway improvements.

The main duties of the Highways Development Control Engineer include:

·Assessing planning applications and providing highways and transport consultation responses within statutory timescales.
·Reviewing transport assessments, access proposals, highway layouts and mitigation measures.
·Negotiating highway improvements and developer contributions with developers, consultants and planning authorities.
·Providing advice on larger developments, including schemes of more than 150 dwellings.
·Representing the Highway Authority at planning committees, appeal hearings, public inquiries and stakeholder meetings.
·Preparing technical reports, recommendations, evidence and committee documentation.
·Engaging in pre-application discussions with developers, planning officers and consultants.
·Advising elected members, senior officers, district councils and members of the public.
·Supporting highway improvement, adoption and development-related infrastructure projects.
·Managing projects and supporting the mentoring and development of junior members of the team.

The Highways Development Control Engineer will have key experience in:

·Highways Development Control, Development Management or the assessment of planning applications.
·Providing highways consultation responses on minor and major developments.
·Negotiating with developers, transport consultants, planning officers and other industry professionals.
·Reviewing transport assessments, technical drawings and highway improvement proposals.
·Preparing and presenting technical reports to senior officers, elected members or planning committees.
·Understanding the statutory planning process, Local Plans and Local Authority decision-making.
·Managing multiple applications and projects within tight statutory deadlines.
·Representing a Highway Authority or similar organisation in a senior or delegated capacity.
·Strong written communication, negotiation, stakeholder-management and problem-solving skills.
·A higher technical engineering qualification or membership of a relevant professional engineering institution.
·Experience of appeal hearings or public inquiries would be advantageous.

For more details and to apply for the role, please call James Allbon at Carrington West on (phone number removed) or email (url removed).

FOOTNOTE:

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location, or seniority does not suit you specifically, please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for similar roles at all levels across the UK and are always keen to speak discreetly about your employment situation.
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