Senior Engineer (Restoration)

*** Contract: Initial 12-month fixed term or secondment contract ***Location & coverage: The role will be based working from home with the allocation of a nearby Hub for collaborative working. This is a national role and there will be an expectation that the successful candidate will be able travel to attend meetings or fieldwork throughout the waterway network ofEngland and Wales. The concentration of works meansour relevant regional hubs include:Leeds Newark Milton Keynes. See our networkhere ( team and opportunityThe Trust owns and manages 2000 miles of waterway and the vast majority of this is open to navigation and used and enjoyed by many thousands of people on boats every day. A small part of the network is not currently open to navigation and these sections are generally classed as unrestored. The financial position of the Trust is such that it is not in a position to restore these sections back to a full navigable standard although their towpaths remain open to walkers and the canals in general provide a habitat for unrestored sections of canal have a restoration society associated with them and these societies aspire to restore their section of canal back to a full navigable standard. These societies generally comprise a good number of volunteers who between them have much knowledge and experience in a wide variety of roles from engineering to fundraising and ecology to construction. From time to time they approach the Trust with their restoration plans and in partnership over the past few decades a number of sections of canal have been restored back to a full navigable works vary in terms of their scale and scope and some can be quite significant civil engineering projects which require a significant amount of time for the Trust. The challenge of maintaining our already open network means that we do not have the spare resource to provide this support from our existing team and are proposing an alternative way of working. Going forward restoration societies wanting to deliver restoration on Trust property which is often undertaken using volunteers will need to cover the cost of our time. The majority of the support required by restoration groups will require an engineer with their associated costs being recoverable; this is the role that we are now recruiting the roleThis Senior Engineer (Restoration) will act as the Trust point of contact for restorations and will specifically:Carry out the role of Client under CDM the resources needed to deliver the tasks the Trust needs to the appointment of designers contractors and other specialists as design standards pre-design information and environmental on design development and construction designs put Construction Phase over the site carry out site audits and accept the sites youThe Senior Engineer (Restoration) in addition to the technical parts of the role described above will need to be a great communicator and able to establish and maintain relationships with both external parties to help them fulfil their visions guiding them to deliver achievable plans and also internal teams to gather support all whilst protecting the interests of the Trust and promoting our is a full-time role however if the works associated with restoration dwindles then there will be a need to support wider engineering colleagues at the Trust delivering other projects. Technical:Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional qualification (ICE).Membership of relevant professional body at an appropriate level e.g. qualification in a relevant technical discipline i.e. Degree in Civil EngineeringDemonstrable experience of the Construction Design & Management RegulationsExtensive experience of civil engineering design and construction preferably in the water experience of concept and feasibility design together with diagnostic (root cause) analysis and problem solvingSubstantial relevant experience of delivering complex engineering or working with the ability to proactively engage and reach agreement with stakeholders including Asset Managers Sponsors Operations Heritage & Environment Water Management Contractors and supply chain and where necessary external and understanding of historic infrastructure and the natural experience in cross-functional working delivering performance across range of to negotiate with internal and external contacts and support other areas of the business in an appropriate manner taking account of overall business priorities and resources as to review conflicting (and cross-functional) risks making appropriate judgements to establish and communicate appropriate of Continuous Professional :Experience or working within a diverse and multi-disciplined project to negotiate with internal and external contacts and support other areas of the business in an appropriate manner taking account of overall business priorities and resources as to review conflicting (and cross-functional) risks making appropriate judgements to establish and communicate appropriate to effectively communicate with internal and external standard of written and verbal communication and proven ability to present technical data to non-technical in the use of a personal computer and business applications software e.g. MS Office. Experience of GIS or mapping driving licence as your work will require you to reach locations not easily reached by public transport. Access to a vehicle is of working with volunteers / as a volunteer / with charitiesIf you have any questions about the role please contact reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as we offerIn addition to your annual base salary of 44750 - 47000 (depending on experience) we also offerCar Cash Allowance (425 per month)a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement and numerous other employee benefits including several salary sacrifice benefits we are also open to flexible working arrangements. These include:Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%.25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays) increasing to 30 days after 5 working status with hub facilities available should you need the flexibility to work outside of 200 personal learning & growth award to spend on any learning related access to specialist counselling on a range of issues e.g. health financial well-being and domestic to a range of employee benefits including store discounts boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme.2 days paid volunteering leave per annum allowing you to volunteer for a local community project fishing facilities across our canal