Contract Type: Permanent
Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday
Salary - £45,000 - £52,000
About the Client:
We are seeking an engineer to work within a team developing a framework of geotechnical and drainage rail schemes across the Western Region of England. The successful applicant will be responsible for several areas of pre-construction and development of projects, inputting into buildability, commercial feasibility and long-term planning, so experience within optioneering of projects and/or early contractor involvement is preferred. The applicant should expect to be based in Bristol and occasionally travel to remote locations in order to review site conditions. We are the sole provider of Lot 3 - Western Geotechnical Off-Track and Drainage - as part of Network Rail Wales and Western region’s £2bn programme of works.
The Lot stretches from London Paddington to Penzance and involves the ongoing maintenance & renewals programme of civil engineering assets such as embankments, cuttings, scour protection, and earthworks drainage. The successful applicant will be responsible for several areas of pre-construction and development of projects, inputting into buildability, commercial feasibility and long-term planning, so experience within optioneering of projects and/or early contractor involvement is preferred. The applicant should expect to be based in Bristol and occasionally travel to remote locations in order to review site conditions.
Duties:
- Identifying constraints to the design & construction of schemes, both through desk based work and site visits and proposing appropriate mitigation
- Input into buildability reviews of proposed designs
- Working with specialists to understand ecological, historical and legislative constraints of schemes
- Identifying and liaising with stakeholders and land agents throughout project development to gain third-party approvals
- Input into proposed works methodologies, liaising with specialist suppliers
- Input into pricing & estimating for schemes
- Input into long-term planning of a work bank of schemes
- Identifying methods to utilise existing GIS, survey and client technology systems to aid pre-construction.
- Working with the client to ensure development costs are monitored against a fixed budget
- Input into assessment of viability of schemes and monitoring this as development progresses
Person Specification:
- Civil Engineering Degree
- ICE Graduate , Incorporated or Chartered Member
- Experience within an ECI/Development phase of a project
- PTS preferred but can be undertaken as part of role
- CSCS Card – Academically qualified person
If you would like to find out more about this opportunity OR are keen to apply you can do so by contacting Thomas Barber via 07710096554/ t.barber@calco.co.uk You can also apply directly via this advert.
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