Development Led Infrastructure Engineer (apprenticeship opportunity)

Maintaining a great county for people to live, work and visit, depends on the infrastructure and environments that we improve and create. Join us and you could play a major role in regenerating and developing key parts of this beautiful rural setting, home of the famous Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. These 2 posts present an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your existing knowledge, skills and experience within a busy and varied highway engineering environment. You will be joining the Development Team within Highways, a successful, supportive, and collaborative team with a wealth of experience. The Highways Service is forward thinking, continuously thinking innovatively about how we offer our services as well as identifying opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues and partners. We prioritise support, learning, development, and wellbeing across our workforce. We also offer hybrid and flexible working that supports a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to supporting your continual professional development and have a comprehensive development programme whatever the stage of your career. What you can expect to be doing: This diverse and exciting role includes providing specialist technical advice, coordinating activity with third parties to deliver a range of projects and/or services including:

• securing Section 38 and 278 highway improvements
• securing APCs
• technical reviews and inspections
• developing innovative, practical transport initiatives to deliver transport infrastructure to support sustainable economic development, housing growth, new local and neighbourhood plans
• you will also play a key part in working with a range of partners and organisations to support sustainable travel and create safe, healthy and people friendly places.
• Apprentice options Level 4 - HNC at Exter College or Level 6 - BEng at University of Portsmouth , both day release. Study and course assessments in own time., For an informal discussion about this post please contact Luke Barnett [email protected] or Mark Gay [email protected] - Highway Agreements Managers ., We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

You will be educated to at least HNC/HND standard in civil engineering or a related subject and have current knowledge of design and construction standards, procedures and techniques. Those interested in the apprentice option will need to demonstrate a keen interest in the field and a commitment to the education aspect of the role. Professional Membership of a relevant body is desirable and will demonstrate your commitment to continuous professional development and that you have gained significant post qualification experience within this field. This is a career graded role so we would be willing to appoint at either grade, 9, 10 or 11, as long as the person specification criteria are met, (please see the attached job description and person specification) Further Information We have multiple positions available working full time at 37 hours, flexible working is also considered. Location, combined with home-working (County Hall, Dorchester, DT11XJ) Option for Apprentices (G8 £27,711 - £31,586) to progress to permanent post on successful completion of qualification. Travel Requirement This position has a travel requirement. This means that there is a requirement to have access to a vehicle or have suitable access to other forms of transport such as public transport (where appropriate), car sharing or use of pool cars. Other information The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we:
• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success
You will:
• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.