Highway Design Engineer

Job Description

Highway Design Engineer Contract | Suffolk

As the Highways Design Engineer your duties & responsibilities will be:

1. Produce design packages, reports and other deliverables to achieve project outcomes;
2. Organise and undertake site visits and surveys;
3. Deliver successful projects to agreed time and cost expectations whilst ensuring work is undertaken in compliance with internal quality standards and processes;
4. Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental legislation;
5. Resource planning and co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams, including sub consultants;
6. Staff and people management including training and development and staff performance reviews;
7. Working collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives and deliverables;
8. Managing, building and developing customer relationships.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

1. Incorporated Engineer or highly experienced engineer working towards IEng / CEng;
2. Design and construction experience in the highways sector;
3. A commercial awareness in the delivery of projects;
4. Awareness / experience of Local Highway Authority standards;
5. Evidence of developing assistant engineers, graduates and technicians;
6. Working knowledge of programming tools such as ASTA;
7. Evidence of managing Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction;
8. Working knowledge of AutoCAD and other design software including for drainage, alignment and traffic signs desirable;
9. Computer literate particularly with packages such as Microsoft Excel and Word;
10. UK/EEC driving licence.

ersg are an equal opportunities employer; we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all job applicants. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of marital status, reassignment or background; all decisions are based on merit.