Reactive Maintenance Engineer - Highway Drainage Location: Manchester Job Type: 1-year contract, Hybrid Rate: £40 per hour PAYE We are seeking a Reactive Maintenance Engineer for Highway Drainage to lead initiatives in resolving long-standing access issues that have hindered highway maintenance. This role involves coordinating with multiple contractors to ensure efficient completion of minor works such as gully cleansing and street cleansing. Day-to-day of the role: Manage and coordinate highway maintenance activities, ensuring all contractors work together to complete tasks efficiently. Oversee traffic management, including temporary on-street parking restrictions and communications. Monitor progress and maintain the highway asset inventory on the Alloy Causeway platform to support future maintenance planning. Engage with the community and manage onsite coordination, traffic arrangements, temporary road closures, and permits to ensure works are delivered efficiently. Supervise the works onsite, ensuring compliance with all regulations and standards. Required Skills and Qualifications: Proven experience in managing highway maintenance, stakeholders, and competing priorities, ideally in Gully Cleansing or Highways. Strong communication, negotiation, and operational coordination skills. Knowledge of highway maintenance, drainage, traffic management, and local authority delivery. Practical problem-solving, reporting, and performance management experience. Experience using ..... full job details .....