Civil/Highways Technician
Cambridge
Salary: £28,000 – £38,000 - Depends On Experience
A independent highways & transport planning consultancy that have three offices and 9 staff in their Cambridge office are looking for a civil/highways technician to join them.
You will be joining the infrastructure team which comprise of an experienced senior engineer, engineer and another technician.
As the technician you will be getting stuck into a range of S278 schemes, and plenty of preliminary design work.
They have projects ranging from small vehicular crossover projects to larger £6.5m access junctions, across a range of disciplines, retail residential, and industrial.
This consultancy work on public and private sector projects.
Benefits:
- There is opportunity to work on a wide range of planning design and detail design projects – being involved with all aspects of the detail design process.
- The candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from experienced staff in order to progress their career.
- They offer hybrid working dependant on experience and the ability to undertake work with minimal guidance, staff are issued with a laptop and mobile phone.
- The Cambridge office has free parking on site, based at the recently redeveloped Chesterton Mill, and walking distance to the city centre.
- They offer 25 days annual leave for full time staff, with long term service recognition of an extra day of leave for every 3 years’ service up to a maximum of 30 days leave. They also have opportunity to buy/sell leave.
- Pension contributions 3%, with employee matched contributions up to a further 3%.
- Option to join the group healthcare scheme.
- Reimbursement of professional membership fees.
- You will have the opportunity to network with peers and personnel from all areas of the business during initiatives such as graduate networking events and company social events.
Role/Responsibilities & Experience :
- Preparing preliminary and detail design drawing packages including, drainage and level design, to support S278 and S38 applications.
- Using AutoCAD, AutoTRACK.
- An understanding and experience preparing designs using the DMRB, MfS, TSM, TSRGD and local authority design guidance.
- Supporting more senior staff as required and a good team player.
- Site 3D would be beneficial but not absolutely necessary.