Senior Engineer – Highway Design & Construction – Autodesk Civil 3D
SO3 (£38,626 to £43,693)
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking (office-based for a minimum of 2 days per week)
Application Deadline: 2nd February 2025 - 11:59pmShortlisting Date: 3rd February 2025
Interview Date: Provisionally 10th to 14th February 2025
Interview Type: Face to Face
Your Role
Stockport has been recognised nationally as a great place to live and work. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll play an important part in our ambition to develop transport infrastructure that is green, inclusive, resilient, and safe and helps to reduce air pollution and lower our overall carbon emissions.Stockport already boasts some of the best connectivity in Greater Manchester, with regular train links into both Manchester and London, as well as a fast-growing network of walking, wheeling, and cycling routes and state-of-the-art transport interchange.
Our ambitious investment programme aims to make it easier and greener for people to travel around Stockport, connecting people with access to good job opportunities and all the sport, culture and leisure facilities the borough has to offer.
Working alongside experienced professionals as part of multi-disciplinary project teams you will be part of the successful development and delivery of schemes. You will play a key role in helping our Highway Design & Construction (HDC) team to deliver detailed design projects, contributing to staff development and the continuous improvement of our processes.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Engineer Autodesk Civil 3D who has achieved an ICE accredited qualification BEng/MEng or other relevant course and is proficient on the use of Autodesk Civil 3D software and who can engage effectively with a range of key stakeholders to drive forward the delivery of projects.Previous experience of an ability to work proactively as part of a design team would be an advantage, as will proven ability to motivate teams, to work to Council values, and deliver successful outcomes.
About Us
You will be joining a committed, supportive and diverse team of staff, consultants and partner organisations. We are proud of what we achieve together, delivering sustainable infrastructure schemes which will shape the future of transport in Stockport.There will be opportunities to develop your own skills and career as you play a key role in delivering a variety of projects alongside experienced professionals from across the service.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
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If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Brian Davies at about the role, at brian.davies@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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