Development Control Engineer

Job Summary Development Control Engineer - An experienced Development Control Engineer to join the Highways Development Control team within the Environment Directorate. This is a key technical role responsible for assessing the highway and transport impacts of development proposals, managing development-related highway agreements, and ensuring that new highway infrastructure is delivered, constructed and adopted in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, standards and specifications.

The role offers a broad mix of development management, highways engineering, stakeholder engagement, site supervision and project delivery responsibilities within a busy local authority environment.

Purpose of the Role Development Control Engineer - to support the delivery of all highways development control activities across the borough, including providing transport and highways advice on planning applications, securing appropriate mitigation measures from developers, managing statutory highway agreements, and ensuring the effective integration of new developments into the existing highway network. The postholder will help protect and enhance the highway asset, support sustainable growth, contribute to service income generation, and assist the Senior Development Control Engineer in delivering a high-performing development management service.

Main Areas of Responsibility Development Control Engineer -...