Assistant Engineer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Salary: £39,939- £42,699 per annum + 10% Market Premia of top of grade per annum

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 30th April 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Engineer within the Traffic & Safety Team at Leicestershire County Council. We are looking for someone support the Senior Engineer with leading and developing engineering staff, whilst providing support to the Team Manager to provide high quality traffic management and road safety initiatives for the benefit of people living, working, and travelling in Leicestershire.

This role will involve working alongside colleagues in the Traffic & Safety team, which covers a variety of areas such as Traffic Management, Road Safety, Road Safety Education, Bikeability and School Crossing Patrols.

As Assistant Engineer, you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Engineer with the design, appraisal and delivery of all new traffic-management and road safety schemes across Leicestershire. These projects will involve small-scale highway improvements such as new signing and lining schemes, Traffic Regulation Orders, Traffic Calming, Casualty Reduction schemes, highway public realm improvements, and active travel projects.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of working at a senior level in an engineering setting, with significant knowledge of current legislation, policies, technical guidance and standards - TSRGD, Traffic Signs Manuals, Traffic Management Act, CDM, LTN 1/20 etc. This also includes demonstrable experience of undertaking road safety audits, cluster site analysis and road studies with producing technical and non-technical reports or presentations based on outcomes and findings.

The Assistant Engineer role involves demonstrating exceptional leadership skills with the ability to supervise a team both in technical aspects and performance management. This includes excellent interpersonal skills, with being able to provide strategic and technical road safetyadvice to colleagues, members,partners, and stakeholders, including escalations and complaints from the residents of Leicestershire.

In addition to the above, the successful candidate will have strong IT skills with fluid experience in the use of AutoCAD for designing traffic schemes and the ability to interpret maps for scheme approvals and auditing. Use and experience of Microsoft packages are also essential requirements of the role with the ability.

The role involves working in a fast-paced hybrid working environment with significant responsibilities, diverse priorities, and challenging deadlines. If you enjoy thinking innovatively and developing forward-thinking solutions to complex traffic challenges, further information on how to apply for this role is listed below.

To apply for this post, you must:

• A degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent qualification (e.g. BTEC Higher in Civil Engineering) plus demonstrable experience as identified below
• Working in a commercial environment and delivering projects and programmes to time, quality and cost.
• Extensive and detailed knowledge of highway legislation and policies and procedures
  -Highways Act NRSWA, Traffic Management Act, Traffic Regulation Act, CDM, LTN 1/20 etc.
• Demonstrable experience in leading, developing, supervising, and managing members of a team, both in technical aspects and performance management
• Collaborative working with customers and key stakeholders to deliver outputs and outcomes
• Connecting with communities and localities through listening, dialogue and understanding community needs
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to shape and influence to achieve successful outcomes and to continue to build on the credibility of the Council and its services

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these…