Highways Engineer (Drainage Engineer/Flood Risk Engineer)

Temporary contracts - Inside IR35

Swindon

Job Purpose

To lead the team responsible for the delivery of highway asset management, programming, planning and valuation functions, including the drafting and updating of strategic Asset Management policy, strategy and plan documentation as required. To support the delivery of the Council's responsibilities as Highways Authority and Lead Local Flood authority.

Responsibility

• To lead in the day-to-day management of a broad team of Highway Asset and Lead Local Flood Authority professionals, encompassing the following complex engineering disciplines: carriageways; footways; footpaths and cycle paths; surface-level car parks; drainage; flood risk; street lighting and traffic signals.
• Prepare grant applications and bid documentation to obtain additional internal and external funding in support of asset maintenance or improvement schemes.
• Manage team to prepare and present business cases and project summary reports to Project Boards to seek approval to spend funding.
• Allocate and monitor both capital and revenue budgets within area of responsibility.
• Provision of monitoring, management and technical reports to the Senior Highways Management Team to support the allocation of medium term budget and programmes.
• Identify and make recommendations to the development and maintenance of the Business Unit as an efficient, effective and economic service (including, when required, championing various areas of best practice)
• Lead in the recruitment; selection; training and discipline of staff including undertaking staff appraisals and staff meetings; manage sickness absence; leave; capability and performance.
• Create and maintain an appropriate working culture within the team by inspiring; developing; mentoring; coaching; persuading and motivating team members in order to deliver a high quality and cohesive service.
• Represent the team, department and the authority at internal; local; regional and national level including liaising with other professionals; stakeholders and working parties in connection with the post holder's field of work.
• When required, deputise for the Service Manager.

Knowledge

• Level 6 Qualification in Civil Engineering or similar relevant subject or equivalent and extensive compensatory experience.
• The job requires continual professional development to ensure an awareness of the development of new professional and industry practices and to maintain competence.
• Membership of relevant professional institution such as CIHT, IHT, ICE (or equivalent).
• Ability to make site visits and attend meetings across the Borough.

If interested in the role, please contact me at moeez.muhammed@servicecare.org.uk