Highway Technician | 7684 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £30,559 to £32,654 per annum (Scale G) | Aylsham Depot
We are looking for an organised and self-motivated individual to join our highways maintenance team based in Norwich. You will need to have experience of working in highway inspection duties, maintenance, construction or other engineering environment.
The highway area teams are responsible for the client highway maintenance and street works functions for the County Council as highway authority. Working with in-house and partnership staff to deliver maintenance and small-scale works, key services include highway inspection & scheme identification, member and public interface, supervision of works (including utilities), traffic management inspection and monitoring of all works affecting the public highway, and winter & emergency planning.
You will need to possess excellent communication skills in order to deliver high quality customer service, as well as deal effectively with contractors and utility companies on site.
Duties can also involve the delivery of the service in emergency situations, such as flooding or winter conditions, which may require work outside normal working hours. You will be required to travel in order to deal with service requests and therefore you will need to be able to travel to places not accessible on public transport routes.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
* Competitive salary
* Generous holiday entitlement
* 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.
* Financial benefits such as:
o ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
o A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
o Relocation expenses (where applicable)
o An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
o Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
o Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
o 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)
o A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
Redeployment closing date: 26th March 2025 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 9th April 2025 23:59
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