Highway Design Engineer
22 hours ago
Aberdeen
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Aberdeen, is currently looking to recruit a Highways Design Engineer/Clerk of Works commencing mid-February 2026 to July 2027 on a rate of £50/hour PAYE. This role will be based onsite in Aberdeen. Responsibilities: • Act as the organisation’s Representative on site under some delegated authority from the organisation’s Representative, • Assist contract administration of road projects, • Monitor the contractors’ work and ensure they comply with their contractual obligations, drawings & specifications, • Input to a track quality processes, • Monitor contractor’s construction work and require remedial works to be carried out as necessary, • Monitor contract progress including Statutory Undertaker works and require remedial action to be carried out as necessary, • Carry out assessments and negotiations with regard to contractual claims submitted by contractors and consultants, • Monitor expenditure on road construction projects, • Carry out roads authority responsibilities relevant to the site team’s work, • Liaise with other teams, on matters relevant to the project and works contract, expedite responses., • Assist with consult with the public, landowners, businesses and elected members, • Prepare reports, • Assist with the management of DBDA contract., • Work outside in all weathers when required, • Work at height, in confined spaces and in/ near watercourses, • Work outwith normal working hours when required, • Management of works contracts, • Design and develop engineering solutions, • Developing project programmes and effectively manage tasks & resources to deliver outcomes on time, • Assessment and management of contractual claims, • Undertaking effective contractual negotiations with confidence, • Management of contractual risk, • Management of quality processes, • Use oral and written methods effectively for the communication of technical and other information to professionals, elected members and the public, • Select techniques, procedures and methods to undertake engineering tasks, • Engineering contract documentation, administration, application and law, • Contractual claims negotiation, • Deliver projects and evaluate design solutions, • Contractual disputes and resolution, • Producing estimates and checking valuations, • Works and services procurement, • Project Management and Governance, • Design and site safety, • Highway design and construction, • Traffic engineering, • Soft and hard landscaping implementation, • Land/topographical surveying/ setting out. Essential Skills: • A suitable civil engineering qualification, • Proven record at management level of delivering works contracts, • Extensive relevant civil engineering and works contract management experience, • An understanding of Roads, Traffic, Transportation, Environmental, Planning & Building related legislation, procedures, advice and best practice, • Management of/ working collaboratively with Statutory Undertakers to deliver necessary works (diversion/ protection) NRSWA, • Management of/ working collaboratively with Network Rail BAPA, • All aspects of roads/ highway works contract supervision under standard industry terms NEC & ICC, • All aspects the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.