Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker.
Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent.
Closing Date: Sunday 5th January 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC w/c 13th January 2025. Please note: Interviews will be in-person
About the Role
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.
About You
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.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
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.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Tom Marjoram, Project Delivery Manager (Structures)
Telephone: 0116 305 8377
Email: tom.marjoram@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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