Highway Development Team

To contribute to the overall Highway Authority response to planning enquiries and applications ensuring that suitable arrangements are put in place to mitigate any adverse effects and maximise street scene improvement.

To ensure that all highway projects are dealt with, from developers and others, and meet the council's highway design standards by managing their progress through design review process, ensuring a high quality of public realm.,

• Managing Highway Authority response to planning enquiries and applications


• Contribute to Highway Authority response to planning enquiries and applications of a major nature


• Managing the council's design review process for all projects allocated and ensure their compliance with the Council's highway design standards


• Working in accordance with Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 regulations and to comply with Health and Safety at Work requirements with regard to contracts, contractors on site and contract specifications


• Undertaking the design of engineering works including identification of technical options, taking into account appropriate contract specifications, design manual and the latest developments in the fields of engineering


About Southwark:

We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark's residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark's communities and the council's staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do., The Highway Development Team contribute to the overall Highway Authority's response to planning enquiries and applications ensuring that suitable arrangements are put in place to mitigate any adverse effects and maximise street scene improvement. The Highway Development Team also ensure that all highway projects are dealt with, from developers and others, and meet the council's highway design standards by managing their progress through design review process, ensuring a high quality of public realm.


• You will have a recognised degree or equivalent qualification in civil engineering


• You will have detailed knowledge of the current street scene and transport legislation


• Experience of producing technical reports and work well within a team in delivering highway solutions


• Knowledge of current street scene and transport infrastructure issues in the UK and London and an understanding of how these will impact on the Council, We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
  
  As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:


• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans


• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care


• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition