26 policy specialist jobs found

Your new company Hays is partnered with a UK Trust that owns and manages 2000 miles of waterway, and the vast majority of this is open to navigation and used and enjoyed by many thousands of people on boats every day. A small part of the network is not currently open to navigation, and these sections are generally classed as unrestored. The financial position of the Trust is such that it cannot restore these sections back to a full navigable standard, although their towpaths remain open to walkers and the canals in general provide a habitat for wildlife. Most unrestored sections of canal have a restoration society associated with them and these societies aspire to restore their section of canal back to a full navigable standard. These societies generally comprise a good number of volunteers, who between them have much knowledge and experience in a wide variety of roles, from engineering to fundraising and ecology to construction. From time to time, they approach the Trust with...

Site Agent Location: Area 3 Contract: 6 months (likely extension), CIS & LTD options available   Ready to take the lead on essential highways projects across the South of England? We're looking for an experienced Sub-Agent / Site Agent to join a fast-moving team delivering critical infrastructure works.   This role will see you overseeing a variety of highways projects, primarily focused on: ·Traffic sign installation ·Drainage works (including non-intrusive surveys and repairs) ·Additional works such as waterproofing, expansion joints, bearings, and surfacing (desirable) Based mainly in Basingstoke, you'll also support projects across Area 3, giving you exposure to a diverse portfolio of works and sites. We're looking for someone who: ·Has strong highways experience (essential) ·Is confident managing site operations and ensuring works are delivered safely and efficiently ·Can travel across Surrey, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire when required ·Is ready to...

Earthworks Supervisor Are you an experienced Earthworks Supervisor ready to take charge on a major highways project? We're looking for a hands-on leader to join a fast-moving site near Norwich with an ASAP start. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a high-profile infrastructure project where your expertise in earthworks and site supervision will be critical. You'll be coordinating teams, ensuring safety compliance, and keeping operations running efficiently on a busy highways scheme. -Competitive rates - CIS payment available -Long-term opportunity on a key project -Work with an established and professional site team Requirements: ·CSCS Gold Card (essential) ·EUSR or CAT & Genny certification ·Safety Critical Medical ·Highways Passport ·Proven experience supervising earthworks on highways projects If you're ready to get started immediately and meet the criteria, Apply Now or call Brett on (phone number removed).   FOOTNOTE: If you feel that you are...

Your new company Hays are recruiting for a temporary project finance administrator. This role is for 6 months and based in Oldham within the engineering sector, for a growing technical and project team. The role provides administrative and financial coordination across project lifecycle activities and involves regular interaction with internal finance staff, project managers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors. This position suits a detail‑oriented candidate with strong organisational skills, flexibility, and the ability to manage priorities. Your new role Provide project finance administration and support to Project Managers. Set up projects by extracting relevant information from client contracts or proposals and accurately entering data into the accounting system (e.g., contract values, budgets, scope, fee types, payment terms). Verify or update project rate schedules and ensure mark‑ups and invoice templates align with contract requirements. Review employee expense...

Highways Project/Design Engineer About the Role We are looking for an experienced Highways Engineer to lead the design and delivery of traffic and highway improvement projects. This is a senior technical role where you will combine AutoCAD design expertise with strong project management skills to deliver safe, sustainable, and efficient transport solutions. Projects include sustainable transport, active travel (cycling and walking) as well as bus priority schemes. This is a full-time contract position. The rate on offer is £40 - £45 per hour - negotiable for the right candidate. Flexible working and working from home arrangements are available.   Key Responsibilities: ·Lead on the design of traffic engineering schemes using AutoCAD and related software. ·Manage projects from concept to completion, including planning, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement. ·Ensure compliance with UK traffic regulations, design standards, and safety principles. ·Oversee a team of design...

Highway Inspector Northamptonshire 5-month contract £30 - £32 per hour Are you an experienced Highway Inspector looking for a new challenge? An opportunity has arisen for a Highway Inspector to join a busy client in Northamptonshire.   This is a full-time contract position. The rate on offer is £30 - £32 per hour, negotiable for the right candidate.   Duties & Responsibilities: ·Inspect public enquiries, raise works orders where appropriate and respond to the customer. ·Engaging with customers and stakeholders ensuring client and customer satisfaction. ·Emergency Response attendance. ·Develop and promote best practice and business improvement within the organisation. ·Participate in emergency standby and call out duties or Winter Maintenance. ·Collaborating with operational delivery and customer engagement teams ·Health and Safety compliance including all associated processes and procedures. Previous experience in Highways is essential for this role....

Highway Inspector London 3-month contract £30 - £34 per hour Are you an experienced Highway Inspector looking for a new challenge? An opportunity has arisen for a Highway Inspector to join a busy client in London.   This is a full-time contract position. The rate on offer is £30 - £34 per hour, negotiable for the right candidate.   Duties & Responsibilities: ·To undertake planned and reactive safety inspections of the highway including road openings and other work affecting the highway including monitoring the performance and ensuring quality of work of the Highways contractor.   ·Control of day-to-day activities regarding basic maintenance operations and receive direction from the Senior Highway Inspection Officer in a variety of duties associated with the work of the Highway services.   ·Generally, assist in providing a safe environment for members of the public and fulfilling the obligation as a Highway Authority under the Highways Act and other Legislation....

Panel Wirer Salary: £17.00ph PAYE Contract: 6-months contract Location: Burton Upon Trent Hours: 40 hours per week The Role Are you an experienced Panel Wirer or Harness Builder with a background in automotive or rail systems? This is an excellent opportunity for a Panel Wirer to join a well‑established production environment within a globally recognised engineering organisation, supporting the manufacture and repair of high‑quality electrical harnesses and assemblies. This role is ideal for a practical, safety‑focused Panel Wirer who takes pride in producing work to drawing and instruction, thrives in a fast‑paced production setting, and values quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Manufacture conduit and concentric layered electrical harnesses to current drawings and instructions Inspect, test, and repair electrical harnesses, control cabinets, power packs, and transmission systems Diagnose and identify unfair wear and tear, escalating repair...

About the Role We are currently seeking a Permitting Officer to join the Public Realm Division. You'll play a key role in ensuring compliance with the London Permit Scheme (LoPS), supporting the smooth coordination of road and street works, and helping minimise disruption to the borough's highway network. Working closely with the Senior Permitting Officer, Streetworks Inspectors and statutory undertakers, you will validate and process permit applications, address noncompliance through the asset management software, and contribute to ongoing service improvement projects across the division. This is a full-time contract position. The rate on offer is £28 - £30 per hour - negotiable for the right candidate and dependant on experience. Flexible working arrangements and working from home options are available.   Key Responsibilities Permit Compliance & Monitoring ·Validate and process permit applications in line with LoPS and the Code of Practice for Permits. ·Identify...

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Traffic Engineer with experience in scheme design and delivery to join a client in London. Your main duties include designing and delivering a range of public realm/highway improvement schemes and active travel across the area as well as other traffic engineering related programmes.   This is a full-time contract position. The rate on offer is £40 - £42 per hour - negotiable for the right candidate and dependent on experience. Flexible working and working from home options available.   Working within the Highways team your main duties include:  - Using AutoCAD to design a range of highways, parking and public realm improvement schemes  - Carrying out feasibility studies in relation to active travel, bus priority and sustainable transport schemes  - Delivering projects and managing the programme of works across the area  - Supervising and overseeing the quality of the work delivered on site by the contractors & designated...

Exciting Opportunity for a Network Management Technician in Leicester An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Network Management Technician to join a key transport team in Leicester. This is a vital role supporting the delivery of highway network management functions, focusing on reducing congestion and ensuring safe, reliable journeys. The successful candidate will contribute to the coordination and delivery of highway activities, working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including works promoters, elected members, and local businesses. This position offers flexibility with potential for hybrid working arrangements. It's a great opportunity to play a key part in managing and maintaining Leicester's highway network. The main duties of the Network Management Technician include: ·Supporting the coordination and delivery of network management duties, including managing works notifications and permit applications. ·Ensuring compliance with statutory...

Site Supervisor - Highways Are you an experienced Site Supervisor looking for your next opportunity? Carrington West is recruiting on behalf of a client for a key role within their Construction Team. As a Site Supervisor, you will play a key role in delivering planned highways works, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time and to a high standard. Key Responsibilities: ·Supervise schemes on-site, ensuring safe, timely and budget-compliant delivery ·Coordinate labour, materials, plant and subcontractors ·Liaise with stakeholders including local authorities, designers and network managers ·Ensure Construction Phase Plans, method statements and safe systems of work are in place ·Maintain high health & safety standards across site ·Keep accurate site records including diaries and activity logs ·Support programme delivery and site operations Requirements: ·SSSTS ·NRSWA ·CSCS ·Full UK driving licence Key Attributes: ·Strong focus on health & safety ·Good...

CNC Machinist     Burton Upon Trent £17 per hour Paye Monday - Thursday 7am - 4pm. Friday 7am - 1pm Overtime available 6 month Contract Situation As a skilled CNC Machinist to join their Gears Department. This is a fantastic opportunity for a mechanically minded individual with machining experience to join a well‑established engineering team supporting the rail sector. Your New Opportunity As a CNC Machinist, you will play a key role in producing high‑quality machined components for rail applications. You will be responsible for operating CNC and manual machinery, inspecting components, and ensuring all work meets strict quality and safety standards. Key responsibilities include: Centre lathe turning with milling experience Using a wide range of measuring equipment to inspect components Writing and interpreting instructions and procedures to assemble products accurately Obtaining relevant technical information from appropriate sources Operating and controlling machines and...

Electrical Technician Salary: £49,276.50 (Pro-rata)  Hours: 40 Hours per week Contract: Contract role 6 Months FTC, involves working days, nights and weekends Location: Manchester About the Role We’re looking for a skilled Electrical Technician to help with the maintenance, repairs and rectification of onboard rail systems, including software uploads. Key Responsibilities Perform electrical fault finding Replace electrical components as and when required Using diagnostic equipment to identify issues and correct accordingly Complete mechanical repairs and rectification Upload and update on board software systems Work in part of a well knitted team Requirements Electrical background with a Level 3 qualification (or equivalent). Experience with IT systems, able to upload/download software updates. Knowledge of fault finding and testing equipment; both mechanical and electrical. Strong fault‑finding and problem‑solving skills Ready to take the next step in your career as an...

Permitting Officer   Job Description Manage day to day permit applications to ensure compliance across a range of measures, including but not limited to the following; Permit applications, Permit variations, Work starts, Work stops, Registrations. General Responsibilities: ·Promote a safe working environment ·Ensure data collected is accurate and error free ·Ensure all related service performance indicators and contractual requirements are met ·Follow BMS systems processes ·Monitor permits to prevent FPNs ·Raise permit applications as per works descriptions ·Check permit status ·Update Permit Trackers ·Apply NRSWA legislation including the charging and application of charges for Defects, Section 74, samples and related activities ·Manage permit disputes and support resolution processes ·Work effectively within a fast-paced environment while handling conflicting workloads and priorities What you will need to succeed: ·Strong understanding of highway maintenance and...

Senior Traffic Design Engineer   The role is primarily dealing with the design of small to medium size highway improvement schemes within the boundaries of the city. This will include feasibility, outline, and detailed design. Anything from cycle improvement schemes, traffic calming, traffic signal and pedestrian crossing improvements, etc.    Knowledge and experience of local authority standards is essential as well as the use of 2D Autocad.   Some site visits will be required and possibly some site supervision as well, but this will be discussed with the candidates.   Previous experience in Traffic is essential for this role.   Carrington West are also looking for Engineers & Project Managers with similar backgrounds across the South of UK - please get in touch to find out more.   For a full description and further information on the role, please call Phoebe Kingston at Carrington West on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)   What you need to do now:...

Head of Highways We are looking for an experienced leader to take on the role of Head of Highways, overseeing the operational delivery of the Highways and Transport Strategy Service in London. Key Responsibilities: ·Lead and manage the service to achieve the Authority's objectives. ·Take overall responsibility for Group Managers within the service, including: oFlood Management and Civil Engineering oTraffic, Road Safety & Parking Engineering oHighways Engineering & Network Management oTransport Strategy & Development Control ·Serve as the primary liaison with key strategic transport partners, including TfL and rail operators, ensuring successful delivery of programmes such as the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) and securing external capital funding for the borough. ·Play a full part in the Civic Pride Management Team, contributing to the strategic direction, wellbeing, and delivery of projects and initiatives beyond the post holder's immediate remit....

Highway Maintenance Manager Cambridgeshire 6-month contract initially £350 per day Are you an experienced Highway Maintenance Manager looking for your next challenge?   Our client is an ambitious authority who are seeking an experienced Highway Maintenance Manager with experience in all aspects of highway maintenance. This role is on a contract basis, initially for 6 months. Key Responsibilities:   ·To lead a team responsible for all routine and cyclical highway maintenance activities ·Lead officers responsible for planning varied programmes of works at the appropriate frequencies across circa 3,000km of highway. ·Responsible for managing a large maintenance budget, both revenue and capital   What is required?   ·Thorough knowledge of highway design, project management techniques, construction, maintenance and drainage. This knowledge needs to be informed by industry best practice, national standards and design guides e.g. the Design Manual for Road and...

Job Title: Lead Structural Engineer Location: Bedfordshire Salary: £66.00 p/h - We are booking interviews in next week! Please call or email for a slot The Structural Integrity Engineer (SIE) is a senior technical specialist who analyses, develops, and validates the mechanical integrity of complex structural systems across light weight and heavy weight platforms. The role encompasses metallic, non metallic, and composite materials, covering design, production, testing, and maintenance phases. Core responsibilities include damage tolerance, durability, and structural modelling across dynamics, loads, stability, stress fatigue and thermal analyses. The duty cycle uses a broad array of engineering tools, notably MSC Nastran, MSC Marc, Siemens Simcenter, Beta CAE, ANSA, and PTC Creo. The Role: So, what will you be doing as an Lead Structural Engineer? The Structural Integrity Engineer will be a Subject Matter Expert in structural analysis and integrity decision making, operating...

Exciting Opportunity for a Highway Inspector in Leicester An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Highway Inspector to join a highways team in Leicester. This role plays a key part in ensuring the safety and integrity of the highway network through the delivery of inspections, enforcement activities and responding to highway-related issues. The successful candidate will carry out routine highway inspections, investigate defects and support enforcement activities to ensure the network remains safe and well maintained. This is a great opportunity to work within a highways team responsible for maintaining high standards across the local road network while engaging with a range of stakeholders including members of the public, contractors, businesses and utility providers. The role will require travel across the network using your own vehicle. This is an initial 3-month contract with a likely extension.  The main duties of the Highway Inspector include: ·Carrying out...