Highway Engineer
Highway Engineer | 10785 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum (Scale K) | Norfolk
We are looking for a Highway Engineer to join the Highways team here at Norfolk County Council and take responsibility for the management of a sector of the Norfolk Highways infrastructure, primarily for the Norwich City area. Reporting to the Area Manager, you'll be responsible for all aspects of the maintenance and continual improvement of your allocated sector. This will include the line management of a team of engineers and technicians in order to deliver the service targets.
As the Highway Engineer you'll be involved in the inspection, identification, planning and budget control of highway maintenance, and you'll also be responsible for the public liaison function for the same area. It's a broad, varied role, where you'll need to undertake responses in person, and attend site meetings as necessary. The successful applicant for this role can expect to help shape and build the future of Norfolk County Council's public highway network in order to continue to deliver the best service possible.
You'll provide first line response to traffic management and policy requests, initiate scheme briefs for maintenance schemes, represent the Area Manager as required, as well as providing support for a variety of tasks and projects including assisting deliver the winter service. To be considered for the role, you'll need a good understanding of highway maintenance and engineering principles, and proven experience putting them into practice. You'll also need experience managing a team as well as managing contractors, and be able to demonstrate experience of project management. In addition, strong communication skills, experience dealing directly with the public, and a positive and proactive approach are also required.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Nicholas Preston, Area Manager, on 01603 228808 or by email on nicholas.preston@norfolk.gov.uk
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement
Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:
A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
Relocation expenses (where applicable)
An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 30 June 2026 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 7 July 2026 23:59