Highways Maintenance Engineer

It’s your job to provide expert advice to make sure the council’s statutory duties and policies on highways are implemented and enforced. You’ll work with a range of internal, external customers and partners as part of a specialist team.

A typical day might include:

• Making visits to construction sites and other locations with occasional weekend and overnight work.
• Inspecting the condition of highways including roads, bridges and drainage systems.
• Planning and delivering small to medium-sized projects that provide service solutions.
• Preparing and presenting reports and technical briefing papers.
• Providing specialist advice and guidance on technical aspects of highway management.

A confident communicator who’s able to manage their own workload. You’ll have good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to supervise and develop a team.

Ideally you’ll have:

• Relevant professional or degree level qualification and/or relevant experience.
• Practical experience, backed by evidence of appropriate specialist knowledge.
• Authoritative knowledge of the specialist area.
• Good persuasion and influencing skills.
• Experience of planning work activities within general professional guidelines and/or council’s policies.
• Knowledge of appropriate software packages including in-house systems.

We need someone who can:

• Ensure the council meets its obligations in law and provides an environment that is safe and efficient while considering conserving and enhancing the environment.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders, both external and internal.
• Take a leading role in representing the team or council’s interests.
• Co-ordinate and deliver engineering programmes and projects to meet clearly define outcomes and outputs.
• Demonstrate commitment to personal continuing professional development.