Senior Engineer – Highway Adoption

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join a proactive team to lead Medway’s Highway Adoption functions.

The Highway Adoption Service oversees the delivery of consented development highway projects.  Our aim is to ensure delivery of high standard user-friendly infrastructure, supporting everyone to travel safely and easily within Medway.

The successful candidate will guide the day-to-day delivery of the Council’s Highway Adoptions Service.  Leading a small team in the oversight and execution of works related to legal agreements forming part of local developments affecting the highway, ensuring that new roads offered for adoption and associated changes to existing public highway are designed and built in accordance with the Council’s requirements and to appropriate standards.

The role involves managing the highway adoption process from planning consent to final adoption as public highway. Responsibilities include, appraising projects, applying technical expertise, overseeing the calculation and negotiation of bond figures, monitoring the delivery of highway engineering projects to ensure services are provided at the highest level, and engagement with stakeholders.  You will also coordinate and supervise the work of engineers and assistant engineers within your area of expertise to enable the management and continual improvement of the team.

Working as part of the wider Transport and Parking Service you will have opportunity to contribute to a wide range of projects and workstreams.

Please see the Job Profile for the accountabilities and outcomes for this role.

This is a permanent role with a flexible hybrid working style, with the option to work at a fixed Council premises or a combination of Council premises and home working. A laptop and mobile phone would be provided. 

The role is Medway based, with the potential for daily interaction with Medway based sites and infrastructure, the ability to drive and use of a private vehicle is therefore essential.  The post attracts an essential car user allowance and mileage for travel is paid at a per mile rate.  You will benefit from a minimum of 27 days leave increasing to 30 days leave after 5 years continuous service.

For further information, please contact 01634 331742.  Please leave your name and contact details and we will contact you.

In return we offer you:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous local government pension scheme package
• Access to wider training and development qualifications
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel plan discounts
• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
• The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency.  Our declaration fits into our Council Plan priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome being a 'clean and green environment'. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day’s paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change. 

Our organisation:

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

Interviews are likely to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams.  Full details on how this will work will be sent to you, if your application is successfully shortlisted.

Important Information-

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement

Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, family commitments, sexual orientation, age, HIV status, religious or political beliefs, social class or trade union activity or irrelevant spent conviction.

For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.  All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.

Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.