Senior Technician; Development Inspections

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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

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

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (plus Market Premia of Standard 10% of top of grade)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 04th January 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Technician (Development Inspections) within the Infrastructure Planning Team in the Environment and Transport Department. We are looking for someone to carry out site inspections of Section 38, 184 and 278 developer related works for compliance with approved layouts in accordance with the Leicestershire Highways Design Guide and other associated standards.

This post will entail interpreting works programmes, visiting sites and completing measurements and checks of works, responding to customer enquiries and supporting the preparation and maintenance of highway and street lighting records and inventories.

You will have excellent communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.

In return you will receive a varied workload, the support of colleagues, and have an opportunity to shape the direction of growth in Leicestershire.

To apply for this post, you must:

• BTEC Higher / NVQ level 4 in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification; OR Experience that meets the essential requirement, and evidence of continued learning and development.
• Working in an engineering setting, in relation to design, management, CDM, maintenance or construction processes.
• Good knowledge of current highway design standards, construction techniques, or maintenance standards.
• Producing and checking specifications and delivery programmes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel to locations across the County as required
• Good IT skills including the ability to learn and use the service specific software.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

Steve Hunt

Senior Engineer (Development Inspections)

To contact me by email, please  

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities.

We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically…