Requisition/Vacancy No\. 114765BR
**Position Title** Highway Technician
**Job Category** Engineering \- Transportation
**Business Line** Transportation
**Office Region** United Kingdom
**Office Location** UK \- Chesterfield
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Transportation**
We provide professional services in areas such as aviation, transit, freight rail, highways and bridges, planning, and ports and marine\. Our global network of top\-tier specialists delivers comprehensive services over the full life cycle of a project to benefit clients in government and private industries\.
**Job Summary**
Our Transportation team have a vacancy for a Highway Technician with experience in the delivery of local authority delivery, municipal highway engineering, traffic engineering, local transport and urban design/streetscape schemes in the Traffic and Local Roads team in our Chesterfield office\.
The Traffic and Local Roads team provides concept and preliminary design, network modelling, detailed design, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of projects for local authorities and contractors plus supports other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised traffic and highways interface\.
AECOM have had recent success in re\-winning the Midlands Highways Alliance \(MHA\) professional services contract\. Through this contract we provide planning, engineering and construction management services to 14 No\. local authorities within the Midlands and central core of England including:
• Derby City Council
• Derbyshire County Council
• Leicester City Council
• Leicestershire County Council
• Nottingham City Council
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Oxfordshire County Council
• Peterborough City Council
• Rutland County Council
• Sandwell MBC
• Staffordshire County Council
• Stoke City Council
• Wolverhampton City Council
The successful candidate will be joining a growing team that is actively involved in the delivery of a broad range of exciting engineering projects to both the MHA and a range of other local and national clients\. Example projects include:
• Loughborough Eastern Gateway\. Design of a 1 kilometre single carriageway link road through Loughborough, accommodating access to two residential developments and the railway station\. Works cost £4\.1M\.
• Ilkeston Railway Station\. Design of a new railway station, footbridge, car parking and associated drainage works\. Liaison with statutory utilities, the adjacent highway authority and Network Rail\. Works estimate £9M\.
• Zouch Bridge realignment\. Design of a replacement road bridge, realignment of the existing highway and demolition of the existing structure\. Liaison with statutory utilities and adjacent highway authority\.
Key Responsibilities
• Be aware of and personally comply with AECOM’s Health & Safety polices and procedures\. Prepare and maintain a personal safety plan\.
• Prepare data, reports and design calculations for checking and approval\.
• Preparation of design drawings using CAD\.
• Application of national and local standards and guidelines in the preparation of scheme designs\.
• Application of software packages to support design activities\.
• Ensure technical content and quality of output produced is in line with the project brief including adherence to agreed time inputs and timescales\.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality of work outputs adhering to AECOM quality systems and processes\.
• Take an active role in personal development including attainment of professional qualifications \(e\.g\. EngTech, IEng etc\.\)\.
• Undertake training as agreed with your line manager and maintain personal training and Continued Professional Development \(CPD\) records\.
• Keep up to date with current best practice, techniques and innovation\.
• Support senior staff members and management team within Traffic and Local Roads team\.
• Present a professional image and appearance internally and to customers, stakeholders and third parties including members of the public\.
**Minimum Requirements** Candidate Requirements
You will have:
• ideally a relevant HND or degree in engineering or related discipline \(e\.g\. sciences\)
• a keen interest in developing a career in highway engineering\.
• demonstrable experience in one or more of the following areas:
o local authority/municipal highway engineering;
o traffic engineering;
o local transport scheme;
o urban design/streetscape schemes\.
• understanding and experience in the following areas:
o preliminary and detailed design including 3D design
o application of relevant design standards including good working knowledge of DMRB
o preparation of data, reports and design calculations for checking and approval\.
o preparation of design drawings using CAD\.
o application of design software \(e\.g\. MX, AutoCAD etc\.\.\)
• good written and oral communication skills\.
• understanding of Health & Safety matters related to the design of highway and/or traffic engineering schemes\.
**Preferred Qualifications**
You will be ideally qualified to HND level with experience in the development of highway designs, design calculation, preparation of CAD drawings and general technical support in a highways design environment\. The role would suit a self motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team\.
In addition to delivering work within the local office the role will occasionally involve working with other AECOM teams in the UK and Ireland\. We are therefore seeking candidates who are able to work flexibly across other AECOM offices as projects dictate to support the wider business\.
Further, the role offers opportunities to work in AECOM’s wider UK European, Middle East, India and Africa regions\.
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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