Assistant Design Engineer

Assistant Design Engineer

Your duties & responsibilities

• Developing highway maintenance schemes through identifying of defects to determining treatments and producing construction documents.
• Assist with designing a range of highway improvement and traffic engineering schemes, active travel and pedestrian improvements schemes.
• Assist in producing forward programmes of highway maintenance works.
• Assisting in the management and undertaking of highway condition inspections and surveys.
• Updating and utilising Asset management systems.
• Produce technical reports and other technical output to achieve project outcomes.
• Undertake site visits, surveys and investigations.
• Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with QSE standards and processes.
• Technical training/supervision of Technicians.
• Working collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

• A relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, or Foundation Degree/HNC/HND together with sufficient post qualification experience.
• Experience in highway maintenance techniques and in identifying pavement treatments and solutions.
• Asset management and construction experience within the highway sector (ideally at least 5 years).
• Experience in undertaking asset condition surveys.
• Commercial awareness in the delivery of projects.
• Knowledge of Highways England standards including DMRB, etc.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction.
• Computer literate on Design software and Microsoft packages.
• Competent user of AutoCAD & Civils 3D (desirable).
• UK/EEC driving licence