This is the perfect role for a Senior Highways Engineer who is looking to move to a trusted consultancy in Wakefield. This client is expanding their office and are on the hunt for a Senior Highways Engineer to lead a small team.
What’s on offer:
- Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Company Pension Scheme.
- Life Assurance.
- Income Protection.
- Flexible Benefits – including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and corporate discounts.
- Early leaving at the end of the month
The role:
- Assist Director and Associate Director in establishing new business with new and existing clients.
- Training and direction of Civil staff.
- Mentoring junior colleagues within the Civil team.
- Implementing company policy.
- Implementing marketing strategy in association with the Associate Director/ Director – Business Development.
- Implement Health and Safety policies and procedures on projects and oversee team’s compliance.
- Participate in Workplace Health and Safety committee.
- Collection, preparation, and compilation of bids and fee proposals
- Assist Associate Director in compilation of Civil monthly results reports to include invoicing, fee forecasts
What you need to succeed:
- Educated to a minimum Degree level in Civil Engineering, or equivalent;
- Experience in managing and leading client relationships, reporting on progress and managing work within budget and to programme;
- Able to check and sign off technical design work
- Experience in the planning, design and construction of residential, commercial and industrial developments from conception to technical approval;
- Experience in working in collaborative teams with clients, contractors, external design team members, local authorities, statutory bodies and other third parties;
- Design and specification of civils drainage, earthworks and / or highways;
- An understanding of service utilities, drainage and external works design and modelling;
- Ability to prepare reports on technical matters;
- Use of technical design tools such as Civil 3D, MicroDrainage and AutoCAD, or equivalents.