Assistant Engineer - Highways

Package Description

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years.  In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.

• Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.

• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.

• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.

• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week.  Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.

Job Introduction

Join our dynamic Highways and Transportation team at Milton Keynes City Council as we embark on an exciting period of growth and development, building additional infrastructure to support the expansion of the city.

The Highways and Transportation Team improve the city’s infrastructure, deliver multi-million-pound schemes and look after our existing network assets including 1,550km of highway, 600 bridges, 58,000 streetlights and of course, lots of roundabouts. We also have a unique cycling and walking redway network stretching more than 350km across the city.

We’re hardworking, collaborative and always thinking of ways to innovate and improve. We’ll support the right candidate to progress their career within the team, and we offer great training, continuous career development and service-related training courses to obtain professional qualifications including IHE Winter Service Qualification. In addition, Milton Keynes City Council offers great benefits.

So, if you're an enthusiastic individual with a background in highways ready to make a difference to our city while working in a supportive and diverse team and a modern organisation, you may have found your next move.

You’ll need to complete the personal statement as part of your application. The city council does not accept CVs only.

Role Responsibilities

• Assist with the planning, implementation and reporting of multiple projects and programmes.
• Ensure consistently high standards of quality control and supervision.
• Preparation of various technical documents including works packages, quotation documentation, bills of quantities, specifications, design drawings, works orders for various Highway Projects, in accordance with local and national design standards.
• Manage and implement all services in accordance with the Construction, Design and Management Regulations (CDM).
• Maintain effective client/contractor relationships to meet the requirements and deadlines of the projects.
• Liaise with elected members, parish councils, internal and external clients as well wider stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate

• Good communication skills with a wide range of audiences including senior city council colleagues to contractors.
• HNC/HND in Civil engineering or equivalent or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Good working knowledge of highways systems, processes, and procedures.
• Willing to work towards professional qualifications that are relevant to the role.
• Working knowledge of Highways Management & Asset System processes.
• For this role you are required to have a full UK driving licence and provide evidence of your vehicle insurance with business cover and use of a vehicle. If you are successful, you will be required to supply evidence of your licence prior to starting the role.

About The Organisation

Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.

We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference. 

We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.

We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.

If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.