What's involved with this role: Temporary Site Inspector/Engineer - Highway Agreements Team Job Ref: Oxfordshire 5255433 Pay Rate: Up to £19.81 per hour PAYE depending on experience Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 8am to 4pm Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months City: Oxford, Oxfordshire Pay rate negotiable for the right candidate The purpose of the role is to ensure that new roads and works to existing highway asset (subject to County Council legal agreement) are laid out and constructed in accordance with approved drawings, and to OCC and national design/construction standards and specifications. Key Responsibilities: Undertake inspection of construction works associated with new developments subject to Section 38, Section 278 and Private Street Agreements and to ensure that works are in compliance with both County Council and national design standards. Autonomously carry out all aspects of construction site inspection of works in progress, including checking of setting out, checking compliance of both materials and workmanship with technically approved drawings and specifications. Provide sound technical advice on site to the contractors, developers, and consultants in relation to Highway infrastructure construction techniques and standards, such that Oxfordshire County Council requirements are met, including reviewing, and commenting on construction details and ensuring any proposed changes are fed back to the allocated engineer. Make decisions on site that will directly reflect the legal position of Oxfordshire County Council in relation to enforcing Section 278 agreements. This is in relation of formal notification to the developer of errors and defects, suspension of works and variation & additions. Have an understanding of all relevant Highway agreements in accordance with the Highways Act 1980, Section 38, Section 278 and Private Street Agreements. Respond to correspondence received by the Highway Agreements Team, giving excellent customer service. Carry out inspections in relation to APC notices and to ensure information and photographic evidence is saved in the required format and reverted to the engineer accordingly. Respond to the changing priorities of individual construction sites, resulting in re-programming of workload plan, without recourse to line manager. Identify when construction material testing is required and ensure the contractor carries out independent testing to the appropriate national standards. To check material test certificates to ensure they meet national standards. Plan and independently manage own site inspection programme to ensure that all construction sites are monitored to the appropriate standard. Plan and co-ordinate county wide site inspection programme to ensure balanced workload of both Site Engineers in Highway Agreements Team. Maintain effective site records electronically, to record measurements taken, photographs and relevant diary entries for each site. Qualifications: City & Guilds Street Works Excavation & Reinstatement (supervisor level) (New Roads & Streetworks Act 1991). Construction Skills Certification Scheme (minimum of Operative Level). Skills & Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Civil engineering construction site experience including sound understanding of highway infrastructure. Proven, broad experience of construction site supervision and inspection. Experience of all forms of highway infrastructure construction techniques. Demonstrates a sound understanding of the properties and performance of all highway infrastructure construction materials. Proven experience of liaising and negotiating with developers/civil engineering contractors and dealing with complex construction related problems. Proven experience of the installation of and materials employed in sustainable urban drainage systems. Sound understanding and experience in use and interpretation of technical drawings including plans and sections. Experience and understanding of NRSWA in relation to highway infrastructure works. Basic understanding of Section 38, 278 and 219 of the Highways Act and how they apply to construction site supervision. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic). 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. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not 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 at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than 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, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. 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