Civil Engineer
Posted 4 days ago by 1774541279
Negotiable
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Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Summary: The Principal Engineer Highways Engineer role at Kirklees Council involves managing and delivering a variety of engineering projects, focusing on planning, feasibility, procurement, and financial management. The position requires leading teams within the StreetScene Service or Strategic Investment & Regeneration, ensuring effective operational delivery across multiple sectors. The role demands a strong technical background and the ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Candidates will be responsible for overseeing project delivery from minor works to large-scale transportation schemes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver engineering projects efficiently, ensuring value-for-money, innovation, and adherence to technical and project requirements.
- Manage operational service delivery through periods of change and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Lead and manage site-based teams across planned, reactive, drainage, and street lighting works, including evening, night, and flexible working models.
- Attend progress meetings, public consultations, and meetings with Councillors.
- Motivate, support, and develop junior staff.
- Oversee financial accounts and resource management for allocated projects, applying project management methodologies to ensure delivery to programme, budget, and quality standards.
- Manage responses to adverse weather, particularly winter operations.
- Produce high-quality technical reports and engage with internal directorates, partner organisations, statutory undertakers, and the community.
Key Skills:
- Degree or Master's in Civil Engineering (or equivalent professional competency).
- Extensive experience across all stages of scheme planning and construction.
- Strong understanding of Health & Safety, CDM, IEE Regulations, and BS7671.
- Experience managing engineering teams, including performance and absence management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and GIS mapping systems, with an understanding of AutoCAD and engineering design workflows.
- Strong engineering judgement and problem-solving capability.
Salary (Rate): £99.00 Hourly
City: Huddersfield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Principal Engineer Highways Engineer
- Location: Kirklees
- Job Type: Full-time
Join Kirklees Council as a Principal Engineer, where you will leverage your technical expertise and practical experience to manage and deliver a wide range of engineering projects. This role is pivotal in planning, feasibility, procurement, resourcing, and financial management of projects from minor works to large-scale, multi-agency transportation schemes. You will lead teams within the StreetScene Service or Strategic Investment & Regeneration, ensuring operational delivery across various sectors.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Deliver engineering projects efficiently, ensuring value-for-money, innovation, and adherence to technical and project requirements.
- Manage operational service delivery through periods of change and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Lead and manage site-based teams across planned, reactive, drainage, and street lighting works, including evening, night, and flexible working models.
- Attend progress meetings, public consultations, and meetings with Councillors.
- Motivate, support, and develop junior staff.
- Oversee financial accounts and resource management for allocated projects, applying project management methodologies to ensure delivery to programme, budget, and quality standards.
- Manage responses to adverse weather, particularly winter operations.
- Produce high-quality technical reports and engage with internal directorates, partner organisations, statutory undertakers, and the community.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Degree or Master's in Civil Engineering (or equivalent professional competency).
- Extensive experience across all stages of scheme planning and construction.
- Strong understanding of Health & Safety, CDM, IEE Regulations, and BS7671.
- Experience managing engineering teams, including performance and absence management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and GIS mapping systems, with an understanding of AutoCAD and engineering design workflows.
- Strong engineering judgement and problem-solving capability.
Personal Attributes:
- Ability to work independently and make sound decisions.
- Customer-focused with excellent relationship-building skills.
- Flexible and adaptable to seasonal, evening, and night working requirements.
- Accountable for the delivery of projects and team outputs.
- Competent, hard-working, respectful, creative, and committed to achieving high standards.
