Engineer

Engineer

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Ardleigh

Contract Type: Permanent

Ringway Jacobs is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Development Management Engineer to join our team supporting the Essex Highways Integrated Services contract in partnership with Essex County Council. In this role, you'll play a key part in reviewing and assuring developer-led highway schemes, helping to ensure new infrastructure is designed, constructed, and adopted to the highest standards.

Working closely with developers, local authorities, planners, and other stakeholders, you will help shape improvements to the highway network while supporting sustainable growth across Essex

The Role

As a Development Management Engineer, you will provide technical assurance on highway infrastructure schemes associated with new developments, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards, and local authority requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing and approving developer-designed highway infrastructure works for adoption by the Highway Authority.
• Supporting planning consultations and providing technical input on proposed developments.
• Assessing and agreeing detailed highway designs and ensuring planning conditions and obligations are met.
• Attending and leading meetings with developers, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Responding to design and site-related queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Building effective relationships with internal teams, developers, local authorities, councillors, parish councils, and members of the public.
• Supporting statutory processes and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
• Coordinating legal agreements required for highway adoption.
• Providing technical advice on highway matters and supporting the wider Development Management team where required.
• Deputising for senior colleagues when necessary.

About You

We're keen to hear from individuals who have a passion for highways and infrastructure and are looking to develop their career within a collaborative and supportive environment.

You'll ideally have:

• A Degree, HNC, or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, or significant highway engineering experience.
• Experience managing the design and delivery of highway elements associated with development schemes.
• Knowledge of highway design standards, legislation, and statutory processes.
• A strong understanding of the Highways Act 1980 and CDM 2015.
• A good working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• A full UK driving licence, or the ability to attend site visits across the area when required.

At Ringway Jacobs, we recognise that great candidates don't always tick every box. If you have transferable skills and relevant experience, we'd still encourage you to apply. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to reach their full potential.

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.