Structural Engineer
Location: County Hall, PR1 8RE
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 12+ Months
Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 09:00 – 17:00, 37 Hours per week
Pay Rate: £ 23.17 per hour
Job Ref: (phone number removed)
Responsibilities
Deliver and manage a full range of professional assignments and activities within engineering to meet service requirements and to ensure council compliance with statutory, regulatory, and professional requirements.
Provide specialist advice and guidance to internal/external customers, making technical/professional recommendations about a course of action appropriate to the situation.
Provide technical assistance and specialist training to more junior colleagues or external parties to ensure they are equipped to deliver their responsibilities.
Identify opportunities for improvements to policies and procedures within engineering to improve professional practice and customer service. This may include periodically providing analysis of management information to more senior professionals regarding possible improvements.
Plan, control, and manage small/medium projects to meet a well-defined brief, and provide input to larger projects to resolve specific issues. This may include analyzing complex data and producing ad hoc reports using professional expertise.
Develop and maintain effective relationships and communications with other agencies and service providers to share information, build working relationships, and ensure joined-up service provision.
Person Specification
All the following requirements are essential unless otherwise indicated by *
Formal professional qualification within engineering.
Several years' experience within a similar role or significant vocational experience at a demonstrably professional level.
Up-to-date and thorough knowledge and understanding of the work practices, systems, processes, and procedures and a good understanding of the council policies and services.
Detailed understanding of the professional, regulatory, statutory, and corporate frameworks/standards within engineering.
Sound analytical and problem-solving capability.
Able to formally train and mentor other professional staff.
Ability to influence others' behavior through effective relationship building.
Commitment to equality and diversity.
Commitment to health and safety.
Display the LCC values and behaviors at all times and actively promote them in others.
This is an essential car user post*
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. In certain circumstances, consideration may be given to applicants who, as a consequence of a disability, are unable to drive.
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