Senior Engineer

**Senior Engineer / Transportation Officer - Highway Planned Maintenance**
**SO1 to SO2 (£33,366 - £40,476)**
**37 Hours, Full Time**
**Permanent**
**Stopford House**

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 6th March 2025
Shortlisting Date: 7th March 2025
Interview Date: 18th March 2025
Interview Type: In Person

**Your Role**

We are looking for a Senior Officer with highway experience. We are delivering highway planned maintenance services (structural and preventative maintenance) across the borough and the postholder will assist with the delivery of the work programmes. The role also includes responsibility for the delivery of highway drainage, car park maintenance schemes, small retaining wall and safety barrier repairs.

Working as part of the Network Asset Maintenance team you will be involved in the following:

- Scoping work and providing specifications for maintenance schemes
- Dealing with complaints and enquiries from the public and elected Members
- Inspection and maintenance of car parks, highway walls and safety barriers
- Updating highway asset information in our data management systems Confirm and QGIS
- Presentation of asset data using GIS mapping
- Checking and payment of accounts
- Overseeing the delivery of maintenance schemes, including on rights of way, in Parks and within Cemetery land.
- Monitoring contractor performance
- Managing and guiding Engineers within the team

**About You**

System training and support will be provided.

The successful applicant will be required to carry out daily site visits using their own vehicle and will need the necessary insurance for this type of use. The Council has a scheme in place to reimburse employees who are required to use their vehicle for business purposes.

**About Us**

Systems and software we are using:

- Pitney Bowes - Confirm System
- Mapping Information: QGIS
- Other: Microsoft Office 365, SAP, Pecos

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