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Senior Highways Design Engineer

Employer
Amey
Location
Liverpool
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
9 Jan 2020

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What is the purpose of the role?

At Amey Consulting in Liverpool, we design the highways and traffic installations that you and your family use on a daily basis. We are looking for a Senior Highways Design Engineer, who will play a central role in delivering technical design solutions to Liverpool City Council and other key local clients.


What will this role involve?

In your role as Senior Highways Design Engineer you will provide effective support and assistance to the Highways Manager; focusing on financial, technical and commercial performance of specific highways design projects. This will also include significant input into developing the business; including of financial forecasting, budgeting, marketing and relationship building.


What makes the role unique?

From Liverpool, Amey Consulting partners with Local Authorities on projects such as the A565 Northern Link Key Corridor Improvements and the Liverpool City Centre Connectivity Project Upgrade of Eberle Street. By working on local projects like these, as a Senior Highways Design Engineer you will have a unique opportunity to see your designs evolve through from inception to completion, through working in partnership with our Amey operations teams and gaining on-site experience.

Based at Matchworks we have large modern spaces to work with free on-site parking and have a progressive, flexible attitude towards accommodating work life balance and flexible working hours.

Our Liverpool team is made up of 50 professionals with a diverse experience base. We pride ourselves on mentoring engineers at all levels and can offer significant support towards Chartership or the opportunity to mentor others on their journey.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career and highways design skills by working on a varied range of highways and public realm projects.


What are we looking for?

  • Civil Engineering degree or HNC, or other relevant degree qualification of a similar status. Preferably a Chartered, or Incorporated Engineer or working towards chartered / incorporated status with the Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Project Management of multi-disciplinary projects
  • Management of staff and financial resources
  • Design and Construction Experience within a local and /or strategic highways and public realm environment.
  • Working knowledge of the DMRB and contract document preparation , including MCDHW and NEC3/4.
  • Sound commercial awareness
  • Working knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations and other relevant health and safety legislation
  • Knowledge of DDA and Road Safety Audit procedures
  • Sound knowledge of regulatory procedures
  • Understanding of highway and engineering design software packages e.g Autocad, MX, Micro-Drainage, Arcady, Linsig.
  • Understanding of the Traffic Management Act; the Highways Act and associated Highway Regulations.


What next:

Apply for our Senior Highways Design Engineer role by submitting your CV. Our recruitment team will be in touch to discuss your application further.



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About Amey

We place great value on our people and the contribution they make to our business, that’s why we aim to offer a competitive benefits package to all of our employees.

Working for Amey you will receive a competitive salary and will be able to join our contributory pension scheme. In addition you will be entitled to Company sponsored life assurance and a generous holiday entitlement. You will also be invited to join Amey Choices which offers a range of flexible benefit options and offers additional benefits available throughout the year. Amey is an equal opportunities employer.

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