Senior Engineer: Highway Design

About Us

Salford is a city where innovation, leadership, and partnership working are contributing significantly to the increased economic vitality, growth and competitiveness of Greater Manchester and the region as a whole.

Salford is being rebuilt and now more people than ever before are choosing it as a place to live, work, invest and visit.

Significant economic and population growth has been experienced in recent years across key strategic locations leading to new jobs and homes which is establishing Salford as the fastest growing location in Greater Manchester.

About the Highway Development Team

The Highway Development team is a key part of this growth forging successful relationships with private sector parties to deliver the ambitious place making agenda.

About the Role

The candidate will provide technical support to the team to ensure that all proposed new highways have been designed and detailed in accordance with relevant standards.

They will also undertake the role of NEC 4 Project Manager during the delivery stage and support team members with the identified role of NEC 4 Supervisor.

This will include supporting the Group Leader to ensure effective performance in the delivery of new and amended highways as well as supporting the personal development of the team.

The candidate will use their knowledge of relevant legislation and standards to liaise effectively with stakeholders, statutory bodies, elected members and the public on all projects.

About You

The candidate will have strong technical skills together with the ability to manage members of the Highway Design team.

As a minimum the candidate must possess either a Higher National Certificate/Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, or related subject, accredited by the Engineering Council.

It is preferable that the candidate be a Chartered, or Incorporated, member of a relevant institution with experience in the design, implementation and supervision of engineering projects.

The candidate's demonstratable experience will include excellent communication skills, ability to work independently across multiple schemes, capacity to make effective decisions in high pressured environments and possess commercial awareness together with a working knowledge of NEC4 ECC.

For further information regarding the role please contact Head of Engineering and Landscape Design, Stuart Molyneux on or stuart.molyneuxsalford.gov.uk.

Benefits

We offer Continuous Service commitment, allowing new employees to keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, including Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester and many others under this scheme.

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