Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Bridges Manager to come join a busy client in South Yorkshire.
The main duties of the Bridges Manager are:

• Manage the Council's highway structure assets, including bridges and retaining wall, including both the development of maintenance programmes and bids for funding, and the control of activities that affect these assets including supervising the inspection programme.
• To lead and manage the delivery of schemes of all values from a few thousand to multi-million-pound improvements schemes within the Transportation Capital Investment Programme, including monitoring of associated scheme budgets and liaison across the Transportation Infrastructure Service.
• Representing the Service on working groups, forums and partnerships with which the group are or may be involved
• Collect and utilise technical data in order to prepare costs estimates, specifications, drawings, contract documents, bills of quantities and schedules of work.
• Provide consultancy advice and produce comprehensive technical reports for Council representatives and clients
• Developing briefs, issuing work for detailed design and liaising with other service units, outside bodies/agencies, and partners, to help foster co-operation and consensus and the provision of customer focussed services
• Prepare complex new works and maintenance scheme designs using engineering design standards, appropriate advice, guidance and codes of practice and act as 'CDM' principal designer and/or project manager where appropriate.
• Prepare costs estimates, drawings, contract documents, bills of quantities and schedules of work.
• Manage, monitor and control scheme and works order budgets and assist with the management of the internal budget of the team.
• Provide effective project, safety, programme and performance management and coordination of resources within the team including planning and allocation of work and training
• Supervise site works including acting as project manager under the contract and ensure that the required specifications and safety standards are met.
• Manage and supervise other technical staff within the team, including planning and allocating work, checking work is done to time and quality and carrying out on-job training
• Carry out site inspections and surveys and if appropriate initiate or attend to remedial action in the event of transportation asset failure.

For a full description and further information on the role, please call Harriet Simmonds at Carrington West on 02393 876051.
FOOTNOTE:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 40+ years' experience in this market. Please call Harriet at Carrington West on 02393 876051 for more information.
By applying for this position you are agreeing for Carrington West to hold and process your personal data in accordance with our Data Protection Policy. Your data will be shared with third party clients specifically relevant to any roles you have applied for. If at any stage you wish to withdraw your consent please email.
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