Senior Highways/Traffic Engineer

JOB TITLE: Senior Highways/Traffic Engineer

LOCATION: Hybrid (1-2 days office in Twickenham)

PAY RATE: £35 paye / £47.59 umbrella (per hour)

START DATE: ASAP

DURATION/Hours: 3-month initial contract/ 36 hours a week (Mon-Fri, 9-5)

Role purpose:

Responsible for the design, management and delivery of engineering services and projects which may include traffic management, highways, highways asset management, street lighting, drainage and flood prevention and cycling.

Key responsibilities:

• To line manage Assistant Engineer/Engineer and Technical Assistant staff as required.

• To ensure that the services for both Councils are dealt with on an equitable basis to deliver the standards required for each, as agreed annually by the Executives of both Councils.

• To provide operational and motivational leadership of staff, providing a visible presence to the workforce and promoting a good working environment with the primary aim of delivering high quality services.

• To provide operational line management to staff including a visible presence to employees, promoting a good working environment with the primary aim of delivering a high quality service.

• To ensure all Member queries about service delivery are dealt with promptly and effectively.

• To advise and support senior managers on relevant service and operational matters.

• To assist as required with the management of budgets, including ensuring that all necessary processes and procedures are carried out in a timely and effective way.

• To assist as required with performance review and improvement measures on an ongoing basis, helping to ensure that a customer focus is embedded within the function and innovative and creative solutions are evaluated to securing the highest quality and value for money function.

• To contribute as required to change programmes within the service.

• To support ways of working that ensure residents and stakeholders are actively engaged in the future of the function and are able to influence decision making.
• To contribute as required to the commissioning, market testing and contract management of services.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Sound practical highway/traffic engineering knowledge.
• Streetworks, highways and other relevant legislation and associated health and safety requirements.
• Working knowledge of asset management and prioritising and programming of schemes.
• Local government processes and procedures.
• Engineering experience in the range of functions covered by this post.
• Engineering project and service delivery management to time, budget and specification.
• Experience of budget and financial management in relation to engineering schemes.
• Proven contract management skills including bills of quantities, use of methods of measurement.
• Appropriate professional qualification and at least 1 year's post qualification experience
• Degree or HND and at least 2 year's post qualification experience
• Minimum of 5 year's relevant highways and traffic management experience.

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