Engineer Highways Contracts

Job Title:
Engineer Highways Contracts

Salary: SO2 £ 37,280 - £39,152

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House

Exciting opportunity to work in Highways Asset Management, Contracts Team in Leeds.

Leeds City Council is the second largest metropolitan local authority in the UK, in terms of both population and geographical area, serving a population of over 800,000. We are values‑led with a clear ambition to be the best city council in the UK.

Leeds is a city with high levels of economic and housing growth and we have an important role to play in supporting the growth of the city and protecting the people, properties and infrastructure. There is strong and clear political leadership in Leeds City Council that is fully focused on realising the further potential for the city to grow in an inclusive way, meeting the challenges of the climate change emergency and leading wider partnership work across the Leeds City Region and Northern Powerhouse.

In recent years we have successfully delivered, alongside both internal and external partners, an annual highways maintenance programme of c. £28M. We have a proven track record in highway asset management.

Due to the previous post holder’s promotion, we have a rewarding opportunity for an appropriate professional, working with other teams across Highways and Transportation and the wider Council.

This is a role which offers a diverse and challenging workload. You will work within a group of professional and technical design & delivery staff to ensure that the design, delivery, review, and management of all aspects of the highways works and the engagement and supervision of internal and external partners, is undertaken in line with statutory obligations, council policies, standards, and specifications.

In addition, you will support, advise and assess the work of others both within the council and external parties, including consultants and contractors to ensure we deliver the best possible Highways Asset Management design service. With a multitude of schemes currently underway to help support the city’s ambition to be ‘The Best’, this is an excellent opportunity to join a forward‑looking workforce.

• Work closely with other experienced professionals within Highways and Transportation and other key partners.
• Work with, support and advise colleagues within the design & delivery team.
• Help to shape the team and provide a modern outlook to the Highways Contracts Team.

The post is hybrid working with a base at Merrion House in Leeds City Centre with many staff also working from home, as demand allows. It is full time (37 hours a week) with flexible working hours.

If you have the skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications required for this role and want to work for a great organisation, please apply before 23:59 on INSERT DATE. In your application, you must demonstrate that you meet the essential criteria, and where possible the desirable criteria.

Travel throughout the district is an essential part of this job and you must either hold a current drivers licence or be able to travel around Leeds effectively.

For further information or to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact James Cockburn, Principal Engineer Highways Contracts by email  or telephone on .

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

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