Senior Technician

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Technician to join our Structures Team at Leicestershire County Council, one of the best performing councils in the country. We've achieved several decades of high performance, with our success recognised by national Government, industry awards and our residents. The successful applicant will join a motivated friendly team of professionals committed to delivering public sector structural maintenance and improvement schemes that offer best value for money whilst simultaneously pushing the boundaries of innovation in construction. Our team has a track record of delivering robust solutions from feasibility through to construction. You will be responsible for undertaking structural inspections and contributing to the design and delivery of highway structures schemes as part of our capital maintenance and improvement programme. The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

To apply for this post, you must hold or have:

• A BTEC Higher in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Experience working in an engineering setting, including design, management, maintenance or administrative processes in relation to highways infrastructure.
• Experience of inspecting highway structures in accordance with current guidance and identify, prioritise and prepare estimates for appropriate maintenance works.
• Experience of preparing technical reports, including bridge inspection reports.
• Good knowledge of current highway design standards and construction techniques, asset management principles and maintenance standards.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Good IT skills, including the ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software.
• Strong analytical and creative thinking, planning and organisational skills.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.