Assistant Engineer

The job itself

Are you a passionate and skilled engineer eager to help improve highway infrastructure?

Join our dedicated team and play an important role in the design, development, and delivery of essential highway construction and maintenance projects that strengthen and improve our community. This is your opportunity to make an impactful contribution and help shape a better future.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who:

• Has expertise in highway construction and maintenance.
• Has knowledge of contract and project management techniques, including cost and quality control.
• Is proficient in relevant computer software, such as AutoCAD and Key Systems.
• Has an understanding of national and local standards, such as Standards for Highways (SFH), and legislation including the Highways Act and CDM Regulations.
• Possesses excellent communication skills and the ability to support in  providing technical knowledge and recommendations on complex highway engineering problems.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in preparation of drawings, specifications, contract documents and designs for highway maintenance and improvement schemes
• Support in supervision of highway related works, under appropriate direction, to ensure compliance with design standard, health and safety requirements, contract conditions, quality, cost and programme
• Liaise with contractors, utility companies, consultants and internal colleagues to support the coordinated delivery of Highway works and minimise disruption to the network.
• Provide support in undertaking site inspections, surveys, measurements, risk assessments and data collection relating to highway assets, carriageways, footways, drainage, structures, signs and road markings.
• Attend meetings and site visits where appropriate to assist with the exchange of technical information and to support the work of the Highway and Road Safety Engineering Team.
• Provide technical input to reports, briefing notes and correspondence to support decision making, scheme approval and progress reporting .

This is your chance to join a talented team improving highway infrastructure and delivering impactful solutions to shape our community.

Examples of some our recent projects:

• £2m Town Centre Improvement Scheme in Pocklington
• The award winning A161 Crowe to Goole scheme

It is not essential that you have worked for a Council or the public sector previously, as appropriate mentoring and training will be provided.

The Council offers several benefits, including a generous pension scheme and leave allowance, various flexible working options and access to appropriate further training and education. This includes a training agreement with the Institution of Civil Engineers to coordinate both the academic and practical training leading to a professional qualification: either EngTech MICE, or IEng MICE, or CEng MICE.