About The Job

The job is for a Technology Engineer at National Highways in the North West region. The engineer will work with specialists to improve the National Highway infrastructure and drive customer safety. You will be responsible for delivering schemes, using technical and stakeholder skills to shape and coordinate asset needs and the development of roadside technology schemes to defined asset policies and standards. This position will be based in Manchester, Warrington, Penrith or Preston with a balance of remote and office-based work. You will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points on your license to be considered for this position and during employment.

Responsibilities

• The development of technology improvement schemes and/or renewals, including the compiling of relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, considering new techniques, materials, buildability and costs.
• Assisting with the collation, identification and evaluation of asset data to develop early solutions, to agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria.
• Identifying, preparing briefs and managing delivery of survey works that support the improvement and/or renewal of assets.
• Contributing to the regions asset led forward programme and initial scheme development.
• Providing technical support to Project Managers by assisting with materials approvals, vetting of contractors compliance, inspection support on site, and reviewing health and safety files.

About You

• Degree or HND in relevant discipline and appropriate experience
• Knowledge of ITS (Intelligence Technology Systems)
• Understanding of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges standards and their application on the highways network
• Experience in AutoCAD
• Experience in relevant construction and delivery methods and knowledge of CDM 2015

About Us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

Pre-employment Checks

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including right to work check, 3 year employment history references, DBS criminal record check, social media and adverse journalism check, driving licence check (if applicable), fit to work questionnaire (and medical check if applicable), and qualifications/professional membership check (if applicable).

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertisement expiration date.