Organisation: Leicestershire County Council 

Working Hours: Full Time , Hours per week - 37 

Salary: £37,356 

Appointment Type: Permanent 

Location: Highways & Transport - Services, Room 700, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire, LE3 8RE 

Reference: ET0914 

Closing date: 31 May 2022 at midnight 

Senior Engineer - Structures (£37,356 - £41,202pa)

     
Job Purpose:
Responsible for the management, design, construction, maintenance and strengthening of highways structures and other civil engineering projects. Responsible for the design and technical approval of new highways structures as well as highway maintenance budgets.

     
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
• To support the performance management of services and teams through the departmental business planning process to drive continuous improvement in the delivery of the Departmental and Service outcomes, monitoring and reporting on progress as required.
• To be responsible for protecting and managing information securely, and reporting breaches of suspected information security breaches in line with Council Policies.
• To deputise for Team Manager / Project Delivery Manager as appropriate.
• To take a lead role in the design, analysis, assessment, maintenance and strengthening of highway structures to ensure that they meet the current standards and maintain structural integrity.
• To manage, monitor and report on Capital and Revenue Highway Maintenance budgets for all asset management activities.
• To take a lead role in the application of project management methodology (PRINCE2)
• To ensure preparation of all documentation required to achieve technical approval for works relevant to highway structures.
         
Please see the Job Description / Person Specification which are attached further down on this page.
   
For informal enquires please contact Tom Marjoram Tel: 0116 305 8377.
                    
Leicestershire County Council is committed to Smarter Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.
      
We are supportive of flexible working and candidates who wish to discuss this should contact Tom Marjoram to discuss what is possible for this role. 

             
We particularly welcome applicants from black, minority, ethnic (BME) communities, disabled people and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities, as they are currently under represented within our workforce.