Opportunity: Senior Engineer (Highway development)
Location: Greater Manchester
Rate: Negotiable and Competitive
Duration: 8-12 months
IR35: Inside
We are seeking a Senior Highways Engineer to support a busy Highway development team in assessing planning applications, as well as pre-application enquiries for a range of developments.
Responsibilities:
- Examining planning applications, pre-applications including drawings, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Road Safety Audits and Environmental Impact Assessments and report on highways and transport matters.
- Provide written feedback on submitted applications and documents in a timely manner and to stated deadlines.
- Manage own workload to ensure that deadlines are adhered to.
- Reviewing outputs from transport modelling
- Carrying out site visits
- Discussing highways / transport issues with developers and their consultants
- Negotiating mitigation measures with developers and their consultants
- Suitable professional qualification (degree or equivalent experience)
- Experience assessing highway and transport impacts of development on behalf of a Highway Authority
- Strong experience reviewing Transport Assessments (TAs)
- Ability to critically review transport modelling outputs (e.g. Junctions 11, LinSig 3)
- Working knowledge of the TRICS database and trip generation analysis
- Experience reviewing: Highway / junction layouts, Travel Plans, Road Safety Audits and Environmental Impact Assessments (transport chapters)
- Understanding of: Local and national planning policy and Highway design standards
- Experience negotiating with developers and their transport consultants
- Ability to produce clear, robust written consultation responses and reports suitable for Planning Committee
- Ability to work independently and manage workload to deadlines
- Experience liaising with partner organisations (e.g. National Highways, TfGM)
To apply for this position please submit your CV supported by a written application to:
Wilde Consulting Engineers are an Equal Opportunities employer.