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Engineer: Highways & Traffic

Ref no. BHN573512
Location London, England
Start date ASAP
Job type Contract 9 Months
Job status Closed

Job summary

Our client requires an experienced highway and traffic design engineer.

Key skills required for this role

Traffic, Highway, Design, Engineering, AutoCAD

Important

Traffic and Highway Design experience using AutoCAD

Job description

Provides specialist technical services within an organisation unit by producing designs, associated drawings, information, calculations and enabling improvement of transport system operational performance in line with policies, technical strategies and local procedures as required

1. Ensures the safety, functionality or compliance of low to medium risk newly implemented or altered assets, engineering processes, procedures or systems

2. Leads the development and implementation of low complexity engineering solutions within their stated discipline or functional specialism, through the application of defined engineering standards and governance

3. Provides internal stakeholders with appropriate challenge and professional advice to ensure the development or delivery of high quality, tested engineering solutions

4. Undertakes on-site risk-based monitoring and surveillance of works as required, resolving and or escalating risks and issues as appropriate

5. Maintains working knowledge of applicable standards, design codes and legislation applicable to their discipline or functional specialism

6. Evaluates, selects and applies appropriate solutions to low risk/value/complexity engineering problems that improve efficiency or effectiveness, while improving safety and reducing operating costs.

7. Makes technical recommendations for own discipline or functional specialism to customers or senior management to inform technical decision making

8. Supports continuous improvement through the use of best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis

Heads of Engineering Delivery - Accountable to delivering engineering services through to the Customer Senior Engineering Leader - Escalation of Technical issues requiring their Authority or for further escalation. Principle Engineers/Senior Engineers - Providing engineering services as part of an engineering team. Suppliers - Managing the deliverables from engineering consultancies Operational units - Providing advice and support to improve the safety, reliability and performance of the Transport Network Sponsors - Working with Sponsors to scope, define and undertake engineering feasibility based on their outcome requirements for medium complexity projects. Project Managers - on behalf of the Head of Engineering Delivery, providing engineering services to a project manager.

1. Incorporated Engineer, recognised international equivalent or possesses equivalent knowledge and experience

2. Basic understanding of the challenges of introducing new assets or changes in practice into the transport system and the necessary trade off between cost, time and quality

3. Basic level knowledge of a relevant engineering discipline or functional specialism

4. Basic understanding of the interfaces between own discipline / functional specialism and the wider transport system

5. Basic understanding of the principles of risk management and value engineering

6. Basic knowledge of applicable health & safety legislation, industry best practice, standards and guidance

7. Basic knowledge of the company Vision, Mayoral Transport Strategy, Business priorities and financial constraints

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