Interim Agency Highway Engineer
Reference no: Bristol 5261803
Pay Rate: £27.83 per hour PAYE
Working Hours: 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
Duration: This opening assignment is for 1 month
City: BRISTOL
We are seeking an agency Highway Engineer with extensive experience of supervising highway construction works in the UK. MUST have knowledge and experience of applying DMRB/MCHW Specification for Highway Works.
The role will be mainly based on construction sites in and around Bristol city. Your role involves acting as Site Supervisor for highway engineering work on behalf of the City Council. This includes checking quality of workmanship and materials, ensuring compliance with construction drawings, monitoring progress against programme, and remeasurement of the works. The position will involve the occasional requirement to work out of hours to supervise highway carriageway surfacing works.
Key Responsibilities:
* To manage & deliver complex construction projects required by a project brief & often in a constrained urban environment, as part of a design team.
* 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.
Key Requirements:
* HNC Civil Engineering or similar B. Eng (Civil Engineering) or related Degree.
* Current Health & Safety Qualifications (e.g. IOSH, Risk Assessment, CSCS).
* Preferably be an NEC4 accredited Site Supervisor or have knowledge and experience of undertaking the NEC4 Site Supervisor contract role.
* A good working knowledge of highway design standards.
* Experience of preparing written reports.
* Experience of undertaking CDM Coordinator role.
* Experience of Winter Maintenance & Out of Hours emergency operations.
* Experience in design and implementation of highway maintenance or improvement schemes.
* Experience of computerised systems and their applications i.e. AutoCad, Microsoft, Sign/ Lineplot.
Desirable:
* Have experience of undertaking NEC4 Project Manager administration.
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