Highway Engineer

We are looking for a Highway Engineer to join the City Area Highways team here at Norfolk County Council and take responsibility for the management of the C1 sector of the Norfolk Highways infrastructure. Reporting to the Area Manager, you'll be responsible for all aspects of the maintenance and continual improvement of your allocated sector. This will include the line management of a team of engineers and technicians in order to deliver the service targets. You'll be involved in the inspection, identification, planning and budget control of highway maintenance, and you'll also be responsible for the public liaison function for the same area. It's a broad, varied role, where you'll need to undertake responses in person, and attend site meetings as necessary. You'll provide first line response to traffic management and policy requests. And you'll initiate scheme briefs for maintenance schemes, and represent the Area Manager as required, providing support for a variety of tasks and projects including providing the winter service.

To be considered for the role, you'll need a good understanding of highway maintenance and engineering principles, and proven experience putting them into practice. You'll also need experience managing a team as well as managing third party suppliers, and proven experience of project management. In addition, strong communication skills, experience dealing directly with the public, and a positive and proactive approach are also required. We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Permanent Contract | £42,463 to £46,732 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email address. Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link - this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role. You can also find out about the we offer as well as our other These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
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• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job