Highways Senior Engineer

2 weeks ago

Manchester England, United Kingdom STRABAG Full time £45,000 - £65,000 per year

Tasks
We have a new opportunity join a landmark clean-water infrastructure scheme that also involves significant highway and access infrastructure works to support the permanent scheme and temporary construction logistics. This presents a significant opportunity to deliver highway construction within a nationally significant infrastructure programme under a Tier 1 design-and-build contractor.As a Highways Senior Engineer, you'll support delivery for a defined package of work, leading technical conformance of subcontractor, QA/ITPs, temporary works coordination including day-to-day supervision of engineers and supply chain to safely achieve programme, quality and cost targets on a live public-highway interface.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan and sequence your section of work (method statements, RAMS, permits), ensuring programme certainty.
  • Oversee subcontractor setting-out and survey control, providing assurance checks; manage as-builts, red-lines, and test/inspection records against ITPs.
  • Ensure subcontractor safe systems of work are implemented, and support the team in ensuring compliance.
  • Take accountability for ensuring the subcontractor quality documentation is implemented and adhered to. Ensure accurate record keeping and establish processes to provide certainty on construction compliance.
  • Coordinate temporary works design and permits on the highway, maintaining safe systems and public protection. Deliver all works in line with permanent and temporary designs.
  • Support with the management of subcontractors, daily briefings, progress tracking, and short-term lookaheads.
  • Interface with utilities teams for crossings/diversions; embed HSG47 controls and Permit-to-Dig.
  • Collate files for quality records for relevant works.
  • Assist with the development and preparation of any documentation – produce ITPS, RAMs and VTS as needed.
  • Support with the ordering of any material and equipment needed to deliver the works.
  • Support the Engineering team by raising any required RFIs, change requests, or non-conformances for sign-off.
  • Support with the development and maintenance of 4-week lookahead programmes, and monitor progress.
  • Support with the preparation of any documentation required for consents.
  • Maintain daily records, progress measures and handover documentation; support commercial change with clear evidence.

Qualifications

  • Section Engineer experience on UK infrastructure. Highway experience is desirable, but a proven record in civil construction on infrastructure schemes is acceptable.
  • Strong working knowledge of surveying/setting-out, QA/ITPs, and temporary works coordination.
  • Efficient with digital record-keeping and stakeholder communication.
  • Working knowledge of DMRB, Chapter 8 and local authority standards is desirable.
  • Working towards accreditation, such as IENG for the ICE.
  • CSCS.
  • Knowledge of NRSWA.
  • SSSTS.
  • Temporary Works Supervisor.
  • First Aid at Work.

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