Senior Engineer (Technical Business Analyst)

Senior Engineer (Technical Business Analyst)

Permanent, Full Time

£42,679 to £50,211 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 1st December 2024

The Role

Working on the Essex Highways Integrated Services contract in partnership
with Essex County Council. The key purpose of the role is to ensure design
and construction of developer’s highway infrastructure works (both new
highway construction and improvements to the existing highway network) are
acceptable to the Highway Authority for adoption as public highway,
maintainable at the public expense.

The role requires the ability to manage the implementation of highway works
(developer funded) associated with approved planning consents to ensure
they are designed and implemented in accordance with planning obligations
and the policies of the County Council.

With extensive knowledge and application of Highway legislation, including
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and experience of a wide
range of relevant engineering techniques and procedures. The successful
candidate will be required to liaise as required directly with internal and
external stakeholders, strategic partners and other providers through
detailed design to end of Maintenance Period.

Accountabilities

· Contributes to the development of policies, plans, procedures and
practices to deliver economic and wider community goals, identifying and
introducing new practices and procedures to deliver efficiencies and
respond to technological advances.

· Contributes to the delivery of the programme of works ensuring it
is within budget, programme and specified quality.

· Responsible for budgetary control of specific programmes of work,
to ensure value for money.

· Assist the Highway Authority with consultations with the Local
Planning Authority for proposed developments.

· Agree detailed designs and ensure planning permission
conditions/obligations are met.

· Attend/Chair Meetings and answer site queries/design queries in a
timely manner.

· Undertake extensive stakeholder liaison (both internal and
external).

· Ensure statutory processes are followed as required if necessary

· Instruct legal agreements to allow developers infrastructure works
to be adopted as public highway

· Provide timely and accurate advice to County Councillors, District
Members, Parish Councils and the general public on all highway-related
matters as required.

· Manage and provide technical direction for team members dealing
with all aspects of the highway service.

· Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined
annually within the performance management framework.

Skills and Knowledge

· Educated to degree level or equivalent in related subject or
equivalent proven experience in the field of highways and/or
transportation.

· Evidence of continuing professional development and expert
knowledge in relevant professional area, membership of a professional
institution such as CIHT is desirable.

· Detailed knowledge of Highway Legislation, relevant design
procedures, standards and good practice and a wide range of relevant
engineering or service techniques and procedures.

· Demonstrable knowledge of national guidance, legislation and
regulations relating to design and implementation of highway schemes. In
particular, expertise in the Highway Act 1980 and CDM 2015 is required

· Detailed knowledge and experience in the application of all
relevant Health and Safety legislation.

· Ability to build strong networks and partnerships which are
collaborative and influential in their nature and engender joint delivery.

· Able to demonstrate good project management experience and
conversant with project management tools and Microsoft applications.

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Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud
of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames
Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts
of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its
newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of
Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It
means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read
more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under
our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet
the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will
be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates
are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of
your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be
responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on
the DBS update service please go to

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and
volunteers to share this commitment.

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