Job Title: Senior Engineer
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £76,236.77 to £83,790.38
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 23/07/2025
Job Overview
Engineering and Development is a section within the Operations and Transport directorate of the Government of Jersey’s Infrastructure and Environment department. Engineering and Development deliver interesting and exciting projects for various sections within the department; no one day is the same which makes this role exciting. We get involved in all kinds of projects that deliver essential infrastructure for the island of Jersey. This includes highways, coastal defences, transport, solid waste, public realm and parks, sports facilities, and car parks. Our team delivered the Les Quennevais Skatepark and Coronation Park Splashpad projects.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team. Working as a Senior Engineer, you will be involved in the management and delivery of capital engineering projects of varying scale and complexity. You will input to these projects through all stages of the project delivery process including design and construction management.
You will have the support of senior staff within the team but will have the autonomy to manage and deliver your own portfolio of projects with assistance from engineers and technicians.
For an informal discussion and more information, please contact Andrew Hardwick a.hardwick@gov.je or 01534 448397.
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Qualifications
Required qualifications are as follows:
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration with the Engineering Council through a relevant professional body.
- Level 7 post graduate qualification or equivalent gained by substantial practical experience in a relevant engineering discipline or specialism.
Knowledge
Knowledge of the following is required to the job:
- The latest theory and practices, processes and techniques in a particular engineering discipline or specialism
- Project delivery frameworks and project management principles and methods
- Performance management and metrics
- Forms of contract including NEC contracts
- Health, safety and environmental legislation
General skills / attributes
The general skills and attributes required to the job are as follows:
- Problem solving, negotiation and influencing skills
- Confident decision-maker
- Ability to develop innovative approaches to change and service delivery
- Ability to lead, motivate and manage teams to facilitate achievement of high delivery and performance and manage poor behaviour
- Strong relationship building skills
- Ability to present effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to produce written materials to a high level for presentation
Technical Work Based Skills
The technical and work based skills required to the job are as follows:
- Computer literate with ability to operate the Microsoft Office package
- Ability to use Microsoft project or similar
- Ability to use technical business applications designed to capture, store, manipulate and analyse technical data and create designs, including computer- aided design
- Category B Jersey Driving Licence or equivalent
Experience
Experience of:
- Managing the operational delivery of relevant technical / operational services
- Managing staff and budgets
- Managing design and implementation in relation to engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects
- Leading the delivery of strategy
Competencies
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