Project Engineers and Engineering Technicians Project Engineers and Engineering Technicians

The Highway Engineering Team currently sits in the Highways, Infrastructure and Planning Directorate of Surrey County Council. The purpose of the team is to facilitate, design, deliver and project manage a variety of highway maintenance programmes for roads and footways across Surrey, to ensure safe and reliable journeys for all users of Surrey's infrastructure network. We design and deliver a large volume of highway maintenance schemes across the county of Surrey, for both roads and footways, with a total budget of between £40 million and £80 million. The work is very varied and challenging, no day is the same, and is a combination of site, office and home working. About the Role The purpose of the role is to deliver a number of highway carriageway and footway maintenance schemes, as part of the annual maintenance programme. This could include carriageway/footway patching, surface treatments, major road reconstruction, and trialling new materials/processes. You would be facilitating, designing, preparing and managing maintenance schemes for delivery through a "Walk Talk Build" process, reviewing estimates, monitor scheme progress through site visits and safety audits. You would be working closely and collaboratively with our Term Maintenance Contractors and would also be checking final accounts to ensure best value for the people of Surrey.

Don't worry if you have little experience, we are happy to coach and mentor you, and even fund your engineering qualifications if you wish to progress! Ideally you will be someone who is looking for a challenge with a thirst for knowledge, and a keen interest in engineering and problem-solving.,

• Educated to A Level, or equivalent, and/or relevant vocational qualification
• Good IT skills, including MS Office
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload and work on own initiative
Project Engineer
• Appropriate technical qualification at Degree, HND or HNC Level
• Sound understanding of subject matter, legislation, principles and practices relevant to civil engineering
• Transferrable skills are welcome
• Ability to work on own initiative, with solution-based problem-solving skills
  
  This role has a starting salary of £26,777 to £34,654 per annum, at technician level, and a salary of £32,512 to £43,735 if you already have engineering qualifications, based on a 36-hour working week.
Would you like to:
• Start or progress a career in highway/civil engineering?
• Be part of a dynamic and fun team?
• Make a difference in Surrey?
• Work in a busy, fast-paced environment, with no day the same?
We are excited to be hiring several Engineering Technicians and Project Engineers to join our fantastic award-winning Highway Engineering team. The team is based in Merrow, Guildford. Rewards and Benefits
• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Qualifications through the Government Apprenticeship Levy. We are committed to the development of our workforce.