Assistant Highways Engineer

A client within the Public Sector based in Greater Manchester is currently recruiting for an Assistant Highways Engineer to join their Highways Planned Maintenance Team as soon as possible. The client is offering a full time, temporary position on an ongoing basis, with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority within a highways maintenance / civil engineering environment.

The Role
Key purpose of the role:
To support the design, programming, and delivery of the Council’s planned maintenance of carriageways and footways. The role will involve supervising contractors, assessing sites, and ensuring works are delivered to time, cost, safety, and quality standards.

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Assess sites for inclusion in future planned maintenance programmes.
• Supervise contractors delivering resurfacing, reconstruction, and preventative treatment works.
• Monitor health & safety and ensure works are completed to specification and quality standards.
• Investigate and resolve complaints arising from works.
• Maintain site records, update engineers on progress, and escalate issues where required.
• Inspect works and identify remedial actions.
• Contribute to contract administration, KPI monitoring, and project reporting.

The Candidate
To be considered for this role you will require:

• A degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline, or an HNC/HND with relevant post-qualification experience, or full membership of a relevant professional institution.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in highway maintenance materials, techniques, and site works.

The below skills would be beneficial for the role:

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven planning and organisational ability, with experience managing multiple sites and deadlines.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills with sound judgement.
• Strong ICT skills for analysing data and producing reports.

The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such are offering £27 per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 (approx. £20 per hour PAYE).

How to Apply
If this position sounds of interest, email a copy of your up-to-date CV to megan.ford@servicecare.org.uk or call Megan at Service Care Construction on 01772 208967
to discuss the vacancy in more detail.
Also, if this role is not of interest to you, but you are looking for new opportunities, please still get in touch as we cover all construction-related vacancies across the region.

Referral Bonus
If this role is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on their details, or forward these details to them. If they are successful in applying, you will receive a £250 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.