Technician

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Mountsorrel Depot, Hawcliffe Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7AH

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £26,427 - £28,776per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 6th October 2024

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

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

Do you want to join a motivated, friendly team of professionals to support the undertaking of design and delivery of highway infrastructure programmes and projects across the service area. This may include estimating, consultations, contract management and supervision or administrative processes, ensuring that these meet current standards and that schemes are delivered to time, quality and cost.

Can you assist in the preparation and presentation of general information, documents, projects and reports relating to the work of the service area, and to assist in the research and analysis of data and help in the preparation, monitoring and review of relevant budgets.

This is a hybrid working role involving a mixture of site, office and home working, to suit the needs of the business. The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

About You

To apply for this post, you must hold or have:

• A good standard of education including NVQ3 or equivalent, i.e. BTEC in Civil Engineering or A-Levels A-C in relevant subjects, or demonstratable experience outlined in the Person Specification together with a commitment to attain the essential qualifications
• Experience of working in an engineering setting, including design, management, maintenance or administrative processes in relation to highways infrastructure
• Experience of accurately capturing, storing and retrieving information to meet customer and organisational and needs and of interpreting and writing technical and non-technical reports and providing technical advice or drawings
• Experience of engaging with customers, including attending and producing materials for meetings and exhibitions
• Knowledge of current highways legislation relevant to the service area; it would be ideal if you also have knowledge of CDM regulations and current highway design standards, construction techniques, asset management principles or maintenance standards.
• Good IT skills, including the ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software and are able to interpret maps, plans and engineering drawings
• Good verbal and written communication skills, you also have good organisational skills and are able to prioritise work.

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:

Tony Glover, Inspection & Enforcement Manager

Telephone: 0116 3052125

Email: [email protected]

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 'Apply Now'. 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.

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