Highways Team Job Profiles

Assistant Engineer Nov 2017

Highways Team - Assistant Engineer

Salary £20,248 - £27,668

Job Summary and Person Specification

Role

To support engineers and to help with the successful design and delivery of highway schemes from
inception through to completion. Schemes will range from small junction improvements through to
multimillion pound major projects.

Main Responsibilities

Design: To help prepare designs from inception through to detailed design and subsequent
implementation in accordance with current national and local design standards and policies; giving
due consideration to health and safety, equalities and sustainability.

Project Management: To work to agreed timescales and to monitor own work and that of more
junior staff. To ensure own work is delivered to excellent standards of quality, on time and on
budget.

Financial Control: To help prepare estimates, monitor and review project costs to ensure completion
within agreed budgets.

Scheme Implementation: To help prepare, tender and assess contract documentation. To assist with
onsite construction works in the role of client representative. To help provide technical input,
undertake surveying and support more senior staff on site as necessary.

Communication: To represent the team at meetings and to help with consultations on scheme
proposals. To liaise with project client, project team, consultants and the general public. To prepare
reports, as required.

Training: To develop and keep to a planned programme of training and professional development
that will lead to a professional qualification (such as CEng or IEng) with the support of senior
management. To keep up with advancements in industry and maintain personal technical expertise
in new methods and technologies.

Qualifications

The following is an essential qualification requirement of this post:

 Educated to Bachelor or Master degree or HND level to meet the professional academic
entry requirements of an appropriate professional body such as the Institution of Civil
Engineers, such that it enables direct progression towards a professional qualification such
as IEng or CEng.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

The person in this role must:

 Have good communication and reporting skills.

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 Have a strong desire to learn and develop their own skills leading to further qualifications
and a career in Civil Engineering.
 Be able to produce good quality work including technical reports and designs.
 Be able to use computer-aided design systems.
 Be able to keep to high standards of workmanship while keeping to programme and budget.