Assistant Design Engineer

Location: Whitton

Assistant Design Engineer

Your duties & responsibilities

* Developing highway maintenance schemes through identifying of defects to determining treatments and producing construction documents.

* Assist with designing a range of highway improvement and traffic engineering schemes, active travel and pedestrian improvements schemes.

* Assist in producing forward programmes of highway maintenance works.

* Assisting in the management and undertaking of highway condition inspections and surveys.

* Updating and utilising Asset management systems.

* Produce technical reports and other technical output to achieve project outcomes.

* Undertake site visits, surveys and investigations.

* Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with QSE standards and processes.

* Technical training/supervision of Technicians.

* Working collaboratively with customers to understand and develop project objectives.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

* A relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, or Foundation Degree/HNC/HND together with sufficient post qualification experience.

* Experience in highway maintenance techniques and in identifying pavement treatments and solutions.

* Asset management and construction experience within the highway sector (ideally at least 5 years).

* Experience in undertaking asset condition surveys.

* Commercial awareness in the delivery of projects.

* Knowledge of Highways England standards including DMRB, etc.

* Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety & Environment in design and construction.

* Computer literate on Design software and Microsoft packages.

* Competent user of AutoCAD & Civils 3D (desirable).

* UK/EEC driving licence