Job Description

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent

Graduate Engineer - Structures Team, Chelmsford

Ringway Jacobs is seeking a motivated and talented Graduate Engineer to join our Chelmsford structures team. With strong analytical skills and, ideally, some design office experience, you'll help deliver highway structure refurbishment and replacement schemes while conducting periodic inspections.

Working closely with senior engineers and teammates, you'll ensure projects meet deadlines and budgets. Excellent communication skills are key, as you'll prepare reports, draft contracts, and deliver progress updates.

The Role

Preparation of design, plan, programme highway structures works and services.

For own health, safety and welfare

Support Health and Safety, Environmental Management System, Quality Management System and Construction Design Management in a positive and constructive manner, with the aim of minimising work related injuries by implementing Essex Highways policies and procedures.

Understands the overall functions, aims and directions of Essex Highways, and how the structures service fits into those objectives.

To carry out any other reasonable duties that may be directed or implied from time to time commensurate to the post and/or organisational requirements.

About You

Familiarity with Eurocodes and ideally with modern standards, DMRB, MCHW. (Essential)

Basic knowledge and application of Health and Safety legislation including Construction (Design & Management) Regulations. (Essential)

Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills (including report writing). (Essential)

Ability to prioritise own work to support business priorities. Manages own performance and seeks feedback to improve where identified. (Essential)

Hold a valid driving licence and be competent at and able to drive in the UK. (Essential)

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.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0330 311 2502 or e-mail them on

careers@ringwayjacobs.com

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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.

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To find out more about what we do click here -

www.ringway-jacobs.co.uk