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Highways Assessment Engineer

ORC External, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Highways Assessment Engineer

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ORC External, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6024b23fd33e44ddb1e21692db4c3796

Full Job Description

  • Suffolk County Council - Rougham Service Delivery Centre, Rougham Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND / Onsite, Do you have an eye for detail, a civil engineering maintenance mindset, and a commitment to meeting deadlines?
  • Can you manage both a large team and yourself, playing an integral part in a service dedicated to ensuring public highways are safe for all, while delivering best value?
  • Are you enthusiastic about making a positive impact on highway users in Suffolk?
    • If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Highway Assessment Engineer, based at our Rougham Service Delivery Centre, covering the western area of Suffolk. Your role and responsibilities
  • Manage a team to complete regular highway safety inspections on time and to high standards, in line with SCC's statutory duty
  • Maintain a customer-focused approach, ensuring that both you and your team carry out ad-hoc safety inspections of the highway and update customers on all outcomes
  • Ensure that reactive maintenance repairs are completed in accordance with statutory duties and the term maintenance contract
  • Take an asset management approach when commissioning small-scale maintenance works and reporting to asset managers to prevent deterioration of highway assets
  • Assist in the use of AI technology to survey the condition of the highway, while helping develop new processes to enhance its effectiveness., Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 300 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template (docx).
    • 1. Tell us about a situation where you had to prioritise tasks and allocate resources under pressure. How did you handle conflicting priorities, and what was the result? Explain the context, how you assessed priorities, the rationale for your decisions, and the impact of your resource allocation on project outcomes. 2. Tell us about a situation where you fostered effective communication among your team and with external stakeholders. How did you ensure everyone was aligned, and what was the outcome? Discuss the communication methods employed (e.g., regular meetings, updates), how you ensured transparency and alignment, and the resulting effects on project collaboration. 3. Share an example of how you managed assets in a project or business operation with a focus on cost savings. What strategies did you use to optimise asset performance, and what were the financial outcomes? Discuss the assets involved, the strategies implemented to enhance performance and save costs, and the resulting financial benefits to the organisation.

  • experience of highway maintenance materials and techniques and sound awareness of highway maintenance standards and asset management
  • good knowledge of relevant policy, codes of practice, design and construction standards, for highway maintenance
  • experience in managing a team with the ability to determine appropriate priorities in the long term and a day-by-day basis to meet timescales
  • to be able to adapt to innovation and be able to turn you hand to new techniques and technologies with a proficiency in using software systems.
    • Applicants will be considered who can demonstrate the appropriate skills, values, and a willingness to learn, for which training and resources will be made available to gain experience.

    Suffolk Highways is a collaboration between Suffolk County Council and private sector service providers, aimed at maintaining roads and delivering new highway infrastructure across Suffolk. This role is within the Highways and Assessment Team of Infrastructure Management. You will be part of a team of three, managing a 21-strong group of Highway Assessment Officers. The broader Infrastructure Management team consists of approximately 120 staff, responsible for influencing and embedding highway asset management strategies, commissioning annual works programmes, and ensuring the safety of the highway network for both residents and visitors to Suffolk. Empowering Everyone We're big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We're always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our Workforce Equality Report (suffolk.gov.uk).

  • £38,223 per annum (pro rata for part time)
  • 37 hours per week, Flexible working options available
  • Permanent

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