Reactive Maintenance Engineer - Highway Drainage

Reactive Maintenance Engineer - Highway Drainage

• Location: Manchester
• Job Type: 1-year contract, Hybrid
• Rate: £40 per hour PAYE

We are seeking a Reactive Maintenance Engineer for Highway Drainage to lead initiatives in resolving long-standing access issues that have hindered highway maintenance. This role involves coordinating with multiple contractors to ensure efficient completion of minor works such as gully cleansing and street cleansing.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Manage and coordinate highway maintenance activities, ensuring all contractors work together to complete tasks efficiently.
• Oversee traffic management, including temporary on-street parking restrictions and communications.
• Monitor progress and maintain the highway asset inventory on the Alloy Causeway platform to support future maintenance planning.
• Engage with the community and manage onsite coordination, traffic arrangements, temporary road closures, and permits to ensure works are delivered efficiently.
• Supervise the works onsite, ensuring compliance with all regulations and standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven experience in managing highway maintenance, stakeholders, and competing priorities, ideally in Gully Cleansing or Highways.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and operational coordination skills.
• Knowledge of highway maintenance, drainage, traffic management, and local authority delivery.
• Practical problem-solving, reporting, and performance management experience.
• Experience using Alloy Causeway and GMRAPS for asset management, permits, and traffic management approvals.
• Degree/MSc in Civil Engineering, or ONC/HNC in highways/civil engineering.
• Ability to manage mini projects from concept to completion, including minor scopes and minor designs.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working model.
• Business mileage payable for approved business journeys.
• Opportunity to work on significant community-impacting projects within the local authority.

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