Construction Technician

Contract: Cheshire East Highways

Location: Crewe

Contract Type: Permanent

To provide technical, administrative and site support to the Construction Delivery Team in the planning, coordination and delivery of a high-value highways capital programme. The postholder will assist Project Managers, Engineers and Supervisors in ensuring schemes are delivered safely, efficiently, to specification, and within agreed timescales and budgets.
The role will support the delivery of a diverse portfolio of highway improvement projects including carriageway resurfacing, footway reconstruction, drainage improvements, structures maintenance, active travel schemes and public realm enhancements.

The Role

• Assist in the coordination and delivery of highway construction and maintenance schemes across the capital programme.
• Support Project Managers and Engineers in monitoring progress against programme milestones and delivery objectives.
• Prepare and update drawings, plans, schedules and associated technical documents.
• Review construction records, inspection reports and as-built information.
• Assist with the preparation of work orders, bills of quantities and cost estimates.
• Carry out site visits to monitor works, identify issues and report findings to project teams.
• Assist in ensuring works are delivered in accordance with relevant specifications, standards, permits and health and safety requirements.
• Support programme reporting by collecting and updating project performance information.
• Assist with monitoring project costs, valuations and expenditure against allocated budgets.

Job Description

About You

• Experience working within a highways, construction, civil engineering or infrastructure environment.
• Understanding of highway construction and maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements applicable to construction projects.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications and project management systems.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications and construction information.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.

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. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0330 311 2502 or e-mail them on [email protected]. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.