What's involved with this role: Interim Highway Engineer - Engineering Design Team Reference no: Bristol 5248895 Pay Rate: £25.13 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 This opening assignment is for 4 months City: BRISTOL Office requirement 2x per week, 3 days site supervision at remote locations in Bristol as required. Manage the design & delivery of engineering projects from inception to construction/completion, working with all stakeholders and where required, to lead an allocated team engaged in engineering design, construction and maintenance projects, taking Principal Designer (under CDM regulations) responsibility for the work within the team. To identify and develop innovative design solutions to allocated projects and work to deliver these within time and budget. The majority of the work of the Engineering Design Team is supporting the City Council’s predominantly Urban Transport objectives and may include: Highways, Civil, Structural, Drainage, Contract Administration & Surveying work. Post holders would be expected to work in any field as required by the individual project briefs. Key responsibilities: Initial, interim and final surveys and investigations. Completion of designs, calculations, specification, plan & drawings, estimates, reports and bills of quantities using Computer Aided Design and other specialist Software. Site visits to ensure the Contractor is undertaking the work in accordance with the specification and programme. To ensure that the construction site is being operated in a safe manner and to record and report any concerns. Ensuring that statutory and other notices are prepared and issued, updated and closed in accordance with legal requirements. Liaising with statutory undertakers and other BCC departments to manage conflicts and coordinate delivery. Responsible for the financial and contract management of projects, with particular emphasis on delivery within time and budget. Supervise resources and direct staff engaged in the execution of projects. Interpret and communicate a range of technical information for clients, other agencies, members of the public, and stakeholders, to ensure effective service delivery. Interpret current technical standards and specifications to identify and implement cost effective solutions to engineering problems NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Qualifications: A-Levels/OND/ONC/BTEC in civil engineering or related subject. Willingness to train towards membership of relevant professional body. Knowledge: Wide-ranging knowledge of current UK highways and traffic design guidance Working knowledge of CDM regulations and risk assessments. Understanding of the role and responsibilities of the Highway Authority and of Local Government. Experience: Experience in design and delivery of active travel schemes, highway drainage design (including SUDS), the preparation of contract documents Proven experience of general highway engineering experience and the use of relevant computer applications Some experience of target costing and asset management techniques Have a track record of project managing NEC4 construction contracts. Skills & Abilities: Excellent communication and inter personal skills, with ability to deal with the public in difficult circumstances An aptitude for the use of various computer systems. Familiar with specialist software Need to be proficient in the use of digital methods for design, document preparation and project programming and able to guide others in their use. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please