Lead Engineer Bridges | Design and Construction-Bridge Engineering | Preston | Full time

Lancashire County Council; Preston; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee the design and construction of highway structures. This senior role offers the chance to manage a diverse range of projects, ensuring compliance with current standards while delivering exceptional service. With a focus on team management and effective communication, you'll lead a talented group of engineers to meet demanding timelines and budgets. The position comes with a generous benefits package, including a local government pension scheme and flexible working opportunities, making it an attractive opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in infrastructure development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allocation

Local Government Pension scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Relocation expenses

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Strong knowledge of highway structures design and assessment standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and assessment of highway structures across Lancashire.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure projects are delivered on budget.

Skills

Team Management

Project Management

Communication Skills

Customer Service Focus

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering Qualification

Tools

Project Management Software

Design Software

Job description

Salary £44,711 - £49,764 per annum | Permanent |Full Time,37 hours per week | Preston

International Sponsorship– this role isnotopento international sponsorship

Lead Engineer (Bridges)

We are recruiting a Lead Engineer to play a key role in managing the design, assessment, and construction of highway structures across Lancashire.

This senior role will provide you with the opportunity to work on a wide range of structures projects from the inspection and assessment of bridges to leading on the design and preparation of projects in delivery of the capital programme or providing design support for externally funding projects.

With around 7000km of highway as well as a county wide public footway network, Lancashire County Council manages and maintains a significant number of bridges, retaining walls and other highway structures. With substantial investment in infrastructure there is a high demand for our services.

Managing other engineers within a wider team, you will provide professional and technical leadership to ensure that our varied programme is delivered to budget and meets demanding timescales.

You will have a good working knowledge of current standards relating to the design, assessment, and construction of highway structures. You will have experience of managing a team in delivering projects to budget and programme and supporting contractors in the delivery of the construction phase of projects.

If you have excellent communication and management skills and a customer focused approach to service delivery, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

We offer an attractive benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave allocation,25 days (rising to 32 days after five years' service) plus eight bank holidays and two extra statutory days)
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities and relocation expenses (where appropriate)

This is a permanent full-time post at grade 10

This post is open to those candidates who have an established right to work in the UK and is not open to international sponsorship.

If you're already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion. You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

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