Principal Development Engineer
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Principal Development Engineer
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 5th Floor
- Salary: £46,731 - £49,764 per annum +5% Mrkt Rt Sup
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 03/03/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 10147
- This post is open to job share
About the Team and Role
Come and join our enthusiastic Highways Development Management Team!
We are responsible for ensuring developer-led infrastructure and new highways are designed and constructed to the highest standards and ensuring Gloucestershire remains a desirable location where people want to visit, work and live.
As a Principal Development Engineer in Gloucestershire County Council, you will take on a senior role in the Highway Adoptions team undertaking technical audits for section 278 and section 38 agreements. You will play a vital role in our busy team, where your skills and experience with highways design, highways maintenance and road safety will be fully utilised, affording you opportunities to make a genuinely positive contribution to both the team and the local area as well as gaining opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.
To find out more about the Highways Development Management team, and what we do, please visit the Manual for Gloucestershire Streets webpages.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate your experience as a competent Highways/Civil Engineer, capable of working autonomously and possessing strong technical and engineering acumen. You will need to be personable and professional, with a proven track record of providing robust technical solutions to complex engineering problems. You will bring your problem-solving skills and customer-focused nature to a talented team delivering a crucial service.
We want you to be proactive and committed to your professional development within civil engineering and, more specifically, highways development management.
About Us
We are committed to investing in your development and operate flexible times and ways of working, so you may be out meeting partners anywhere within the region, working on your laptop in one of our offices or staff cafes in the heart of the City Centre or working from home.
As you’d expect, we offer an attractive package of benefits which makes a career in Local Government both flexible and rewarding.
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 29.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network, DNet (disability) network and the Young Employees Network.
How To Apply
If you believe that this is your kind of environment, and you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” button.
For an informal discussion about the role or how your skills set may match ours, please contact Hen Abbott on 01452 426645 or hen.abbott@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Closing date 3rd March 2025.
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by email and invited to interview 11th, 12th or 13th March 2025.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Principal Development Engineer - Job Profile
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