Pavement Engineer at Highways

Maidstone, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Aug, 26

Salary

44970.0

Posted On

01 Jun, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Pavement Engineering, Asset Condition Assessment, Degradation Modelling, DMRB Standards, Highway Infrastructure Design, CDM 2015, Technical Brief Development, Project Coordination, Stakeholder Management, Value Management, Health And Safety Planning, Site Inspection

Industry

Civil Engineering

Description

Here at National Highways, we manage one of the world’s most advanced road networks. We care about the journeys our customers make, we want them to get home safe and well, and we want to connect our country to benefit our economy, business and our customers.  About the Job. We have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to join our Pavement Team within the Operations Directorate in the South East Region region. Working alongside other professional engineers, you will lead in the development and delivery of a wide range of pavement renewal schemes, to ensure that the strategic road network (SRN) safely meets the requirements of our customers now and into the future.  Throughout the planning and development stage of a project, you will support with the activities and resources involved in the identification and development of early solutions for the pavement asset. Working with key stakeholders including project teams and third parties you will help coordinate works across the region, providing technical support and ensuring adherence to our defined asset class strategies, policies and standards    As a flexible working organisation we offer this role from either our Maidstone or Basingstoke office. From time to time there will be a requirement to travel between our offices and those of our stakeholders and partners. Please note that the role may also require work during unsociable hours.  You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full clean UK driving license to be considered for this position and during employment.   * Ensure the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.  * Provide support in the identification and management of asset studies and survey works, including prioritisation of needs to ensure assets remain in serviceable condition and meet the requirements of our standards.  * Conduct and lead the development of early solutions for renewals and/or improvements, including the compiling and checking of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.  * develop the technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractor for improvement and renewals work. * To provide technical support to Project Managers by assisting with materials approvals, vetting of contractors’ compliance, inspection support on site, and reviewing of Health and Safety Files. About you. * Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience, or equivalent * Knowledge of asset condition assessment and degradation modelling * Good knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highway network.  * Experience in highway infrastructure design, construction and delivery methods.  * Good knowledge of CDM 2015  About us.  Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.  Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.  We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.  External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. Why you should join us At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation. A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible. Our benefits package * Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus * Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10% * Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays) * Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working * Life assurance of 4 times annual salary * Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines * A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel * Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience And we are * Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities * Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme * Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include: * Right to work check * 3 year employment history references * DBS criminal record check * Social media and adverse journalism check * Driving licence check (if applicable) * Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable) * Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable) And finally We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and delivery of pavement renewal schemes to ensure the strategic road network meets safety and customer requirements. Provide technical support for asset studies, survey works, and the creation of technical briefs for contractors.