Senior Technician, Drainage

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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Croft Depot, Arbor Road, Croft. Leicestershire LE9 3GE

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker.

Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum plus Market Premia [10% of top of grade]

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent.

Closing Date: Friday 24th January 2025

Interview Date(s): Date TBC Please note: interviews will be in person.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Technician within our Highway Control Team at Leicestershire County Council.

As a Senior Technician, you'll support with [but will not be limited to]

• Assist with and carry out surveys, investigations and the preparation of plans, calculations and documentation for the preparation of programmes of highway drainage and flood alleviation works.
• Assist in investigating highway flooding incidents and producing reports to support the Council's statutory duty under the Flood and Water Management Act and the Highway Act 1980.
• Provide flood risk advice to colleagues, partner agencies, developers and members of the public.
• Carry out site meetings, to deal with all aspects of enforcement on privately owned watercourses, meet with residents, contractors, developers and land owners affected by flooding.
• Respond to customer enquiries including liaison with insurance regarding claims.
• Support preparation and maintenance of highway records, asset registers and inventories.

The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours at various locations across the county therefore you must be able to travel to locations across the County as required.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• BTEC Higher / NVQ level 4 in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification, IOSH or equivalent H&S qualification OR demonstratable evidence of relevant skills, experience and continued learning and development.
• Experience of working in an engineering setting, in relation to design, management, maintenance of construction processes on civil engineering or highway maintenance projects. This will include highway design specifications, construction techniques, maintenance standards, and CDM 2015 with regards to primary duty holders' responsibilities.
• Experience of collaborative working with key stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of project briefs and of liaising with members of the public and other stakeholders, including verbal and written communication alongside production of documentation for insurance reports, meetings, and presentations.
• Good knowledge of the relevant areas of the Highways Act 1980.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills plus good IT skills, and ability to learn service specific systems and software.
• A strong customer focus where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service.
• Strong analytical, planning and organisational skills and evidence that you are able to adopt a flexible approach to workload priorities.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Debbi Payne, Environment & Prevention Manager (Highway Control)

Email: Debbi.Payne@leics.gov.uk

Tel: 0116 305 2122

OR

Andy Hunt, Engineer

Email: Andy.Hunt@leics.gov.uk

Tel: 0116 305 2312

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
Working for Us