Principal Highways Clerk to Works

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Principal Clerk to Works
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 5, 5th Floor 
• Salary:                               £46,731 - £49,764 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     05/01/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   10592 
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

An exciting opportunity to join a busy Highways Development Management team.

As a Principal Clerk of Works in Gloucestershire County Council’s Highways Development Management team, you’ll play a crucial part in ensuring Gloucestershire remains a desirable location where people want to live, work, and visit. Working predominantly with Developer-led infrastructure under section 38 and 278 of the Highways Act (1980), we need you to take on a senior role within the Highway Legal Agreements team undertaking leading site inspections, directly supporting 3 Clerk of Works,  supporting and advising other members of the team, liaising with developers, contractors, councilors and members of the public and taking ownership of deliverables to ensure the ongoing improvement of the team.

This is an exciting time for talented, self-driven highway professionals to join a team and County Council going from strength-to-strength, affording you the opportunities to make genuinely positive contributions to both your team and the local area, with opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate your experience as a competent Highways/Civil Engineer, with experience of the on-site delivery of section 38 and 278 agreements, 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 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
• 24.5 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 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 skill set may match ours, please contact Hen Abbott on 01452 426645 or hen.abbott@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Closing date 5th January 2025

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by email and invited to interview within two weeks of the closing date.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Principal Highways Clerk to Works - Role Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.