Highway Design Engineer

Job Category : Interims
Location : Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £38.80

We at Major Projects team (Part of Highways Newham) are looking for an Interim Highway Designer who has a traffic engineering background. This person needs to assist a Principal Designer (PD) and the Project Manager (PM) for the delivery of a Multi-million Pound project. This project is a joint venture between Newham and London Legacy Development Cooperation (LLDC). The project is a highway realignment and public realm improvements project.
Overall Purpose of Job
To work alongside the PD managing the delivery of the design (both RIBA Stage 3 and 4) of a high valued major project in Newham highway. As well as being involved in the design, the candidate will also need to be involved in design changes during the construction stage, working with the project manager to answer any site queries or make alterations to the design as required to suit constraints on site. This will involve working with both internal team members and external organisations.
Job Context

• The candidate reports to the Principal Designer on a day-to-day running of the design delivery. The candidate is also expected assist a Senior Site Engineer and Project Manager as instructed by the PD during the delivery on site.

• The candidate is required to be proficient in Highways Design and the Manual Contract Document for Highways Works, to produce construction series drawings, utilising Autodesk AutoCAD software.

• The candidate is expected to attend design meetings with clients, with or without PD/PM and required to prepare technical notes and information for the PD’s review.

• The candidate has specific Health and Safety and risk management responsibilities in respect of co-ordinating service delivery

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Key tasks and responsibilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the candidate. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the candidate and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time as set out by the PD or Senior Project Manager who sits above the PD

• To arrange for and manage workshops for various stakeholders, Architects and designers

• To liaise with external organisations including other boroughs, Network Rail, TfL, departments related to approval of designs.

• To undertake research, design and evaluate the cost and value of alternative options and solutions to identified problems

• To organise own workload together with the supervision of other project members to achieve targets set in conjunction with management of the project

• To assist the Site Engineer (SE) on queries related to design on a day-to-day basis who will be managing site works and civils contractor.

• To deputise, on occasion and as required, for the PD and SE.

Personal Specifications

Qualification

Relevant academic qualifications at degree level or equivalent

Member of Professional Institution and working towards Chartered Engineer with an appropriate Institution

Skills and Abilities