Lead Engineer Bridges Design and Construction-Bridge Engineering Preston Full time
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Salaryper annum Permanent Full Time37 hours per week Preston
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Lead Engineer (Bridges)
We are recruiting a Lead Engineer to play a key role in managing the design assessment and construction of highway structures across Lancashire.
This senior role will provide you with the opportunity to work on a wide range of structures projects from the inspection and assessment of bridges to leading on the design and preparation of projects in delivery of the capital programme or providing design support for externally funding projects.
With around 7000km of highway as well as a county wide public footway network Lancashire County Council manages and maintains a significant number of bridges retaining walls and other highway structures. With substantial investment in infrastructure there is a high demand for our services.
Managing other engineers within a wider team you will provide professional and technical leadership to ensure that our varied programme is delivered to budget and meets demanding timescales.
You will have a good working knowledge of current standards relating to the design assessment and construction of highway structures. You will have experience of managing a team in delivering projects to budget and programme and supporting contractors in the delivery of the construction phase of projects.
If you have excellent communication and management skills and a customer focused approach to service delivery then we would be delighted to hear from you.
We offer an attractive benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave allocation25 days (rising to 32 days after five years service) plus eight bank holidays and two extra statutory days)
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working opportunities and relocation expenses (where appropriate)
This is a permanent fulltime post at grade 10
This post is open to those candidates who have an established right to work in the UK and is not open to international sponsorship.
If youre already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion. You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me Current Jobs.
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early before the closing date if we receive sufficient applications.
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