L’ingénieur en chef des ponts et chaussées

English translation: Chief (Civil) Engineer, Chief Public Works Engineer but see comment

17:07 Jan 13, 2002

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French term or phrase: L’ingénieur en chef des ponts et chaussées

I suppose this is either road construction and maintenance, or just civil engineer?
Any help appreciated.

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English translation:Chief (Civil) Engineer, Chief Public Works Engineer but see comment

Explanation:
Les Ponts et Chaussees is basically the French Public Works Ministry, there is also an Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees, etc.

Cf. eg.

Office of International Programs [International Road Web Sites ...
... Laboratory of Transport Economy. L'Ecole Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees.
Ministry of Public Works, Transport, and Housing of France. ...
international.fhwa.dot.gov/links/intl.cfm?GeoID=6&CountryID=28 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Good luck!

Dee

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Hermeneutica
Switzerland
Local time: 01:07

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Thanks very much indeed,
Joanna
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Chief (Civil) Engineer, Chief Public Works Engineer but see comment

Hermeneutica

Supervisor or: civil/senior engineer (in charge of) road and bridge maintenance

Evert DELOOF-SYS

3 +1

chief highways engineer

Tony M

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Chief (Civil) Engineer, Chief Public Works Engineer but see comment

Hermeneutica
Switzerland
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 109

Grading comment

Thanks very much indeed,
Joanna

18 mins confidence:

Supervisor or: civil/senior engineer (in charge of) road and bridge maintenance

Explanation:
Several ways to translate your job title description here, depending on country.

'Supervisor road and bridge maintenance' would do fine here, as this almost always implies the person is an engineer.

You may want to go for 'civil engineer or senior engineer in charge of road and bridge maintenance'.

Others call it: 'Working Supervisor-Operations / Road and bridge maintenance' (see below).

Ref.:

"
The Peace Corps Volunteer assigned to this project was responsible to the senior engineer in charge of road design and construction in the Department of Transport. The majority of his work involved field supervision of road building crews and liaison with the senior roads engineer in order to ensure that individual projects were on schedule and were being built according to design specifications."

http://www.ume.maine.edu/~career/pc/eng-samp.html
http://www.bceo.org/contact.html

And:

Main Office and Garage
Butler County Engineer's Office
1921 Fairgrove Avenue (Ohio 4)
Hamilton, Ohio 45011-1965
Internet: www.bceo.org
Voice: 513.867.5744
Voice: 513.424.9144
Fax: 513.867.5849
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tax Map Department
BCEO Tax Map Department
Administration Building
130 High Street
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Internet: www.bceo.org
Voice: 513.887.3500
Fax: 513.887.3633
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Need assistance?

Want to report a road or bridge problem?

Staff Email Directory

Alley, Danny
Working Supervisor - Operations
Road and bridge maintenance

And:

"
Title: Civil Engineer Roads-Site Engineers x 3
Organisation: Virtual HRD Dublin,Cork, Waterford
Job Description: The succesful candidates will initially be required for a position on sites in
Waterford, Cork and Dublin. The site position would be for approximately 6 months after which the persons would be required to move back to our clients Cork and Dublin offices.

The successful candidates will be flexible about working on site or in the office.

The ideal candidates would have between 6 and 10 years experience including site supervision and design. The project in Waterford is a road/bridge scheme and the candidate's experience would need
to be in the field of roads / bridges / general infrastructure.

Skills/Experience: 6 and 10 years experience including site supervision and design. The project in Waterford is a road/bridge scheme and the candidate's experience would need
to be in the field of roads / bridges / general infrastructure."

http://jobs-ireland.com/dublin/building-construction/1007639...

HTH

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

Flemish
PRO pts in pair: 287

2 days 4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

chief highways engineer

Explanation:
In UK English, at least, I think this is the term which to me seems most nearly parallel; 'civil engineering' is a bit broader, really, than my understanding of this specific term, certainly in a local government context.

Tony M
France
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 15194

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