Graduate Engineer

Ringway Jacobs; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading highways service provider in Chelmsford is seeking a motivated Graduate Engineer to join their Structures Team. You will help deliver highway structure refurbishment projects and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. With strong analytical skills and some design office experience, you will work closely with senior engineers and prepare reports. This role offers flexible working arrangements, competitive salary, and various employee benefits including sick pay and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

Opportunity to purchase extra leave

Employee discounts

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Eurocodes and modern standards.
• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare design and program highway structures works.
• Support health and safety management systems.
• Conduct periodic inspections of structures.

Skills

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation

Ability to prioritize work

Job description

Graduate Engineer

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent

Graduate Engineer – Structures Team, Chelmsford

Ringway Jacobs is seeking a motivated and talented Graduate Engineer to join our Chelmsford structures team. With strong analytical skills and, ideally, some design office experience, you’ll help deliver highway structure refurbishment and replacement schemes while conducting periodic inspections.

Working closely with senior engineers and teammates, you’ll ensure projects meet deadlines and budgets. Excellent communication skills are key, as you’ll prepare reports, draft contracts, and deliver progress updates.

The Role

• Preparation of design, plan, programme highway structures works and services.
• For own health, safety and welfare
• Support Health and Safety, Environmental Management System, Quality Management System and Construction Design Management in a positive and constructive manner, with the aim of minimising work related injuries by implementing Essex Highways policies and procedures.
• Understands the overall functions, aims and directions of Essex Highways, and how the structures service fits into those objectives.
• To carry out any other reasonable duties that may be directed or implied from time to time commensurate to the post and / or organisational requirements.

About You

• Familiarity with Eurocodes and ideally with modern standards, DMRB, MCHW. (Essential)
• Basic knowledge and application of Health and Safety legislation including Construction (Design & Management) Regulations. (Essential)
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills (including report writing). (Essential)
• Ability to prioritise own work to support business priorities. Manages own performance and seeks feedback to improve where identified. (Essential)
• Hold a valid driving licence and be competent at and able to drive in the UK. (Essential)

Benefits

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive :

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.