Job Description

Design Engineer

Contract: Cheshire East Highways

Location: Crewe

Contract Type: Permanent

Our client, a market leader in the highways industry, are seeking a motivated individual for the role of Streetworks Inspector in Cheshire East.

Cheshire East Highways oversees the maintenance and management of over 2,700 kilometres of roadways, ensuring top-tier service standards across the Cheshire East area.

Reporting to the Design Team Leader, you will design and deliver a variety of highway, civil engineering, and traffic management projects.

The successful candidate will be joining an innovative market leader within the industry, who can offer good career progression and technical development.

With a solid structure in place, there are clear progression routes within the team, with professional development very much encouraged and supported.

The Team currently has a healthy pipeline of projects with individual value up to 5 million. These cover a range of programmes including cycle improvements schemes, junction improvements, public realm and local highway works.

You will be responsible for managing a project from feasibility through to delivery on site including the Traffic Regulation process.

The Role

Undertake feasibility and design work on a wide range of highways and civil engineering schemes using existing best practice, guidance and within the current legislative framework Analyse engineering problems, apply technical expertise and engineering judgement and produce solutions to meet legal and management objectives Identify, prepare, design, plan, programme and order works and services Assist in the management and monitoring of works programmes or services to ensure that schemes are delivered on time and within budget Liaising as required directly with Elected Members, Parish Councils, public and stakeholders

About You

Educated to HNC/HND or Degree level in Civil Engineering is desirable Membership of a relevant professional institution at Eng Tech level or actively working towards IEng level is desirable Experience with Highway / Traffic Legislation, relevant design procedures and standards and good practice is essential Proficient in the use of AutoCAD 2D is essential Ability to use MS packages - Word, Excel and Outlook is essential
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Company pension Life insurance Sick pay
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 132807