Development Management Engineer

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Ardleigh

Contract Type: Permanent

Ringway Jacobs is seeking a passionate and skilled engineer to join our Development Management team, contributing to the Essex Highways Integrated Services contract in partnership with Essex County Council. In this role, you will take the lead in Technical Assurance for developer-designed schemes, ensuring high-quality delivery of planned works. Your expertise will play a crucial part in meeting the challenges of implementing the County Council’s vision and priorities, while providing exceptional service and innovative solutions.

The Role

•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
• Answer site queries / design queries in a timely manner
• Extensive stakeholder liaison (both internal and external)

About You

• Degree, HNC, or equivalent high level qualification, or experience in highways. Essential
• Knowledge of, and experience in, managing the design and implementation of highway aspects of major development proposals including statutory processes involved with these activities. Essential
• 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. Essential
• Knowledge and application of Health and Safety legislation. Essential
• Conversant with Microsoft applications – Word, Excel and Power Point. Essential

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:
- Sick Pay
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
- A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.