Engineer / Transportation Officer - Highway Planned Maintenance
Scale 5/6 (£26,421 - £31,364) *Pay Award Pending
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Stopford House/Enterprise House, Stockport
Application Deadline: 30th October 2024Shortlisting Date: 31st October 2024
Interview Date: 12th November 2024
Interview Type: Face to face
Your Role
We are seeking to appoint an Officer with highway experience. We are delivering highway planned maintenance services (structural and preventative maintenance) across the borough and the postholder will assist with the delivery of the programme.The role also includes responsibility for the delivery of highway drainage, car park maintenance schemes, small retaining wall and safety barrier repairs.
About You
Our ideal candidate is a self-motivated individual able to work in a fast paced and changing environment. You will be capable of manging a range of footway and carriageway maintenance schemes from patching to full reconstruction works.
You will have a working knowledge of GIS systems and highway maintenance materials and design specifications. You will be required to respond to enquiries and complaints in a timely manner, produce estimates using a bill of qualities and check accuracy of accounts.
System training and support will be provided.
The successful applicant will be required to carry out daily site visits using their own vehicle and will need the necessary insurance for this type of use. The Council has a scheme in place to reimburse employees who are required to use their vehicle for business purposes.
About Us
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.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Andrew Suggett via email andrew.suggett@stockport.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
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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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