Digital Engineer
About this role
The M60 Scheme is looking to take on board a Digital Engineer for the M60 Simister Island project, reporting into the projects Engineering Manager. The successful Digital Engineer will support the successful implementation of Digital Engineering for the Project. The candidate will work on the Project through both Construction & Handover stages. The candidate will support ongoing activities within the broader highways sector and will report to the Digital Delivery Lead on the Project, to support Digital Engineering implementation helping scheme delivery & meet the requirements of National Highways EIR and the project BEP, utilising Costain’s digital toolset.
The Digital Engineer will liaise with the broader project team and suppliers to deliver outstanding value on behalf of our clients. The candidate will be a user in at least one of the digital design platforms; AutoCAD & Civil3D, Revit, Synchro 4D Pro or Navisworks Manage or equivalent software. Experience in GIS (either ArcGIS or QGIS) or working with Navisworks, Dynamo, Rhino & Grasshopper, or similar will be advantageous.
Costain has been appointed as Delivery Integration Partner by National Highways (NH) for delivery of the £240m improvement of the Simister Island M60/M62/M66 interchange (M60 Junction 18), north of Manchester. As Delivery Integration Partner, Costain will overhaul the busy junction involving complex traffic management to keep tens of thousands of vehicles moving whilst construction takes place.
The works consist of:
A new free flow ‘northern loop’ link road to take drivers directly from M60 eastbound to M60 southbound without exiting the motorway
M66 mainline southbound widening and southbound slip road realignment to allow for construction of the northern loop
A widened connector road from M60 northbound to M60 westbound – replacing the current single lane with two lanes
Adding an extra lane in each direction on the M60 Junctions 17 to 18 (increasing from 4 to 5 lanes) while retaining the hard shoulders
Upgrades to drainage, lighting, motorway technology, signage and signalling
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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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Company at a glance
Costain helps to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets.
We are organised around our customers anticipating and solving their challenges and helping to improve performance. By bringing together our unique mix of construction, consulting and digital experts we engineer and deliver sustainable, efficient and practical solutions.
Our ambition is to become a net zero business by 2035, while enhancing biodiversity and natural capital, and we have plans in place to deliver this. We are committed to procure responsibly and to be an inclusive and accessible business for all, enabling us to be our best while focusing on the outcomes that we deliver for people and planet.
At Costain, we have a vibrant, challenging and growing business – an environment that provides tremendous opportunities for everybody. We're looking for curious, collaborative and courageous people who'll help transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK. For more information about our careers go to www.costain.com/careers
Today, we employ around 3,500 people and have been named in the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023.
Top Benefits
- Disability Confident employer
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