Road & Bridge Design Technician

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Falkirk Council

Our Council of the Future builds on the fact that Falkirk Council is well respected, has a culture of efficiency and continuous improvement and we take our community leadership role very seriously.

The Role

This is an opportunity for an ambitious individual, early on in their career, to play a key role in the delivery of Bridge design and maintenance projects across the Falkirk Council area. 

You will carry out feasibility, design, contract preparation, site supervision and project management of relevant schemes. You will be involved in supporting other teams internally with Engineering solutions and reports, along with undertaking inspections of Council owned and adopted structural assets such as bridges, footbridges, culverts, underpasses and other structures. The role also includes liaising with internal & external stakeholders & clients throughout projects. As a technician, you will assist other members of the team with workloads while gaining invaluable experience.

 This role will involve a mixture of office and site works, along with undertaking inspections outdoors.  This offers a broad base of experience to any successful applicant to allow them to take their career forward. As such, a Full UK driving licence is desirable.

You will hold at minimum an HNC in Civil Engineering (or equivalent discipline) and preferably will be a member of a relevant institution with knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, design, procurement and implementation of Bridge Maintenance.

You will be enthusiastic, ambitious and keen to develop your Engineering knowledge, site experience, organisational and presentation ability and to learn key project management skills. You will be IT literate, have good interpersonal and report writing skills, with an overall professionalism.

You are required to be flexible, innovative and reactive to public demands and pressures including communicating with support with Councillor & public enquiries. You will undertake duties for the Roads, Bridges & Flooding Co-ordinator as required, commensurate to your experience.

Benefits

• We understand the need to work flexibly, with hybrid working offered.
• This role includes flexi-time to allow for flexibility in working time.
• Development Programmes for career development.
• Local Authority pension scheme.
• 27 days annual leave (increasing up to 34 with time) & 8 public holidays.
• Benefits portal with a range from local to national businesses.