Main characteristics
- Location
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Company
- Aatom Recruitment
- Salary
- £299 - £300/day
- Employment type
- Contract
- Category
- Engineering
Job summary
To undertake all aspects of planning, design, implementation and site supervision of street lighting projects.* To manage and monitor the existing street lighting term maintenance contract and carry out the necessary procurement requirements, including the preparation of tender documents, when existing contracts are due for retendering.
* Identifying and agreeing annual lighting maintenance programmes and proposals, including working on setting a programme of priority works.
* Assessing and challenging lighting project proposals, for continuous service delivery improvements.
* Undertake benchmarking and implement best practice to improve service delivery.
* Responding to all enquiries on highway related issues.
* Monitoring the effectiveness of highways schemes, including supervision of the consultants and contractors, identifying issues and measures to improve scheme delivery and standards.
* To be responsible for delivering the street lighting service within the allocated budget (revenue and capital), which includes, monitoring and reporting on progress to the Team Leader and other senior managers/ clients, particularly around timescales, cost and quality.
* Seek to secure energy savings and wherever possible introduce carbon reduction initiatives.
* To develop systems that allow for effective monitoring and control of the street lighting maintenance contract.
* To respond to developers on street lighting designs for Section 38 and 278 works and give technical approval as required.
* To liaise between the Contractor and third parties to agree works programmes, deadlines to ensure the smooth operation of the contract.
* To continue to develop the street lighting record system and integrate this information within the Councils Asset Management Register.
* To ensure that Health and Safety procedures are properly followed in respect of allocated projects, particularly but not exclusively CDM Regulations.
* To prepare reports, drawings and technical information for verbal, written and presentations to Council Committees and other purposes.
* Assist in the delivery of other Highways and Transportation Services as directed by senior managers.
* To liaise within the Council and with other outside bodies as required.
* To give technical advice and information and to reply to correspondence from
Councillors and members of the public.
* To represent the City Council at site meetings with outside bodies as required.
* To attend Council Committees / Member briefings as required