At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage exciting highway maintenance projects and ensure quality standards are met.
- Company: Join a Local Authority in Doncaster with a growing highways team.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, long-term opportunity, and immediate start available.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Be part of a major investment programme that improves local roads.
- Qualifications: Strong civil engineering knowledge and experience in highway maintenance required.
The predicted salary is between 34.35 - 34.35 £ per hour.
Highways Engineer
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for an experienced Highways Engineer to join a Local Authority in Doncaster on a temporary basis.
With a significant increase in capital investment over the next five years, this is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding Highways team and play a key role in delivering a programme of preventative highway maintenance projects that will improve the local road network.
Location: Doncaster Contract: Temporary Hours: 37 Hours per Week Pay: £34.35 per hour (PAYE, ex Holiday) | £45.00 per hour (Umbrella)
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver a programme of preventative highway maintenance schemes across the borough.
- Manage multiple highway projects simultaneously from design through to completion.
- Supervise Clerks of Works and provide technical guidance and support.
- Oversee contractors, ensuring compliance with specifications, quality standards and programme requirements.
- Carry out site inspections and monitor the quality of completed works.
- Make sound civil engineering decisions throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure works are delivered safely and in accordance with health and safety legislation.
- Monitor project progress, budgets and programme performance.
- Liaise with contractors, consultants, internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Prepare technical reports and provide project updates to senior management.
Essential Requirements
- Strong civil engineering knowledge with the ability to make sound engineering decisions.
- Experience delivering preventative highway maintenance schemes including Surface Dressing, Micro-Asphalt, Slurry Surfacing and other preventative highway treatments.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
- Proven experience supervising contractors and ensuring specification compliance.
- Experience undertaking quality inspections and monitoring highway works.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Level 3 Qualification in Civil Engineering or substantial experience within highway maintenance.
- Previous Local Authority experience.
- Experience working with elected members and councillors.
- Familiarity with GIS systems.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Why Apply?
- Opportunity to support a major highways investment programme.
- Work on a diverse portfolio of highway maintenance projects.
- Competitive hourly rates.
- Long‑term temporary opportunity within a growing highways team.
- Immediate start available.
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Highways Engineer in Doncaster employer: Service Care Solutions Ltd
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Contact Details:
Service Care Solutions Ltd Recruitment Team
