Drainage Technician

National Highways; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure management company is seeking a Technician for their Midlands based Drainage team. You'll provide technical support and ensure adherence to asset standards. Candidates should have an NVQ in Civil Engineering and relevant experience in drainage works. The role may include unsociable hours. Join us in improving England's major roads for safer journeys.

Qualifications

• Experience in civil engineering related to drainage works.
• Knowledge of asset condition assessment and degradation modelling.
• Willingness to work unsociable hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to drainage and engineering teams.
• Manage data input into asset inventory systems.
• Ensure health and safety compliance in service activities.

Skills

Civil Engineering Knowledge

Data Quality Assurance

Collaboration Skills

Education

NVQ/National Certification in Civil Engineering

Tools

DMRB standards

Confirm

CEMAR

CDMT

Job description

About the job.

As a Technician within our Midlands based Drainage team, you'll provide technical support to Drainage and Fencing Engineering teams involved in the identification and evaluation of asset specific needs and early solutions. You'll assure adherence to defined asset policies and standards, and act as the technical authority for the specific asset class(es) in scope. You will manage the day-to-day input of data into the relevant asset inventory systems.

You may be required to work unsociable hours.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Ensure the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
• Support the identification of asset needs in accordance with required governance and to achieve business objectives.
• Support survey works for the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Support collaboration with engineering colleagues, Project Managers, Service Delivery Managers and Route Managers to ensure forward programme plans reflect asset needs, priorities, and strategies.
• Continuously monitor and analyse asset data, to champion asset data quality, integrity and adherence to data standards and guidelines, and provide coaching and guidance to regional colleagues involved in data entry and maintenance.

About you.

• NVQ/National Certification in a relevant discipline for Civil Engineering or working towards.
• Experience working in civil engineering relating to drainage and associated highway works.
• Knowledge of DMRB standards DDMS (Drainage Maintenance Management System), Confirm, CEMAR, CDMT.
• Knowledge of asset condition assessment and degradation modelling

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds