Development management Engineer
Contract: Essex Highways
Location: Chelmsford
Contract Type: Permanent
Ringway Jacobs is looking for an enthusiastic and talented engineer to join our Development Management team, working on the Essex Highways Integrated Services contract in partnership with Essex County Council. The key purpose of the role is to apply your skills to lead and undertake Technical Assurance of developer-designed schemes, providing a first-class service delivering the planned works and ensuring that the challenges of delivering the vision and priorities of the County Council/Essex Highways are met.
The key purpose of the role is to apply your skills to lead and undertake Technical Assurance of developer-designed schemes, providing a first-class service delivering the planned works and ensuring that the challenges of delivering the vision and priorities of the County Council/Essex Highways are met.
The Role
Ensure design and construction of developer’s highway infrastructure works (both new highway and improvements to the existing highway) are acceptable to the Highway Authority for adoption as public highway and maintainable at the public expense.
For all highway works associated with new developments:
1. Assist the Highway Authority with consultations with the Local Planning Authority for proposed developments.
2. Agree detailed designs and ensure planning permission conditions/obligations are met
3. Attend/Chair Meetings
4. Answer site queries / design queries in a timely manner
5. Extensive stakeholder liaison (both internal and external)
6. Ensure statutory processes are followed as required if necessary
7. Instruct legal agreements to allow developers infrastructure works to be adopted as public highway
8. To provide timely and accurate advice to County Councilors, District Members, Parish Councils and the general public on all highway-related matters as required.
9. Provide assistance to the team leader or Senior Engineer in relation to all aspects covered within the group and deputise in their absence.
About You
10. Degree, HNC, or equivalent high-level qualification, or experience in highways.
11. Knowledge of, and experience in, managing the design and implementation of highway aspects of major development proposals including statutory processes involved with these activities.
12. Demonstrable knowledge of national guidance, legislation and regulations relating to design and implementation of highway schemes. In particular, expertise in the Highway Act 1980 and CDM 2015 is required
13. Knowledge and application of Health and Safety legislation
14. Conversant with Microsoft applications – Word, Excel and Power Point
15. Full driving licence is desirable as a proportion of the role will involve visits to developer sites for surveys, meetings and inspections.
Benefits
At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.
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.