Highway Engineer in West Midlands

Location: West Midlands - 1 day per week in the office
Rate: £45-£55 per hour (Umbrella PAYE)
Contract: Initial 2-year contract with potential for a further 12-month extension
Working Arrangements: Hybrid - 4 days working from home

Exciting Opportunity for a Highway Engineer in the West Midlands

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Highway Engineer to join a Local Authority in the West Midlands on an initial 2-year contract, with the potential for a further 12-month extension.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering a range of highway and transport improvement schemes, including Transport Safety Schemes, Safer Routes to School and Healthy Streets projects.

You will work closely with local councillors, internal teams and other stakeholders to develop practical highway improvement schemes, taking projects from initial design through to procurement and delivery.

The main duties of the Highway Engineer include:

·Designing and developing highway and transport safety improvement schemes.
·Producing designs for Safer Routes to School and Healthy Streets projects.
·Preparing highway engineering drawings and scheme layouts using AutoCAD.
·Engaging with local councillors, residents and other stakeholders throughout scheme development.
·Developing practical and cost-effective highway improvement solutions.
·Working closely with the procurement team to progress schemes through to delivery.
·Ensuring designs comply with relevant highway design standards and local authority requirements.
·Managing multiple highway improvement schemes and ensuring projects progress within agreed timescales.

The Highway Engineer will have key experience in:

·Previous experience in highway engineering and scheme design, ideally within a Local Authority.
·Experience designing highway safety improvements, traffic calming or similar transport schemes.
·Knowledge of Safer Routes to School schemes and Healthy Streets principles.
·Experience using AutoCAD to produce highway engineering drawings and designs.
·Understanding of relevant highway design standards and guidance.
·Experience engaging with local councillors, stakeholders and internal project teams.
·Ability to manage schemes independently from initial design through to procurement.
·HNC, HND or degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline would be advantageous, although relevant experience is more important.
·Ability to work independently and make an immediate contribution to the team.

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:

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