Asset Engineer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Alconbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave (4 weeks)

Flexible bank holidays

Pension AVCs

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

IDEAL network (inclusion)

Employee Recognition Awards

Car Lease & Cycle to Work schemes

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for an Asset Engineer to join the Asset Strategy & Systems team and shape the future of Cambridgeshire's highway network. You will use asset management principles to invest wisely and support long-term maintenance plans, delivering improvements across roads, footways, cycle routes and rights of way.

You’ll work with colleagues, contractors, councillors and communities to turn plans into successful projects, balancing budgets, risks and programme delivery

Qualifications

• You will have an HNC in Civil Engineering or related discipline, or significant relevant experience.
• Experience of planning, developing or delivering highway, infrastructure or asset management projects.
• Good understanding of highway maintenance and asset management principles.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Experience of working with contractors, consultants or partner organisations.
• Commitment to excellent customer service and community-focused delivery.
• A degree in Civil Engineering or professional registration such as Incorporated or Chartered Engineer would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver highway maintenance and asset management projects.
• Identify and prioritise schemes improving the network.
• Support development of asset management strategies and policies.
• Manage project budgets, risks and programme performance.
• Work closely with local communities and stakeholders.
• Prepare reports and provide technical advice.
• Manage consultants and contractors to ensure safe, effective delivery.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement in asset management practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Prioritisation & deadlines

Contractor/consultant experience

Customer service & community delivery

Education

HNC in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Degree in Civil Engineering or Incorporated/Chartered advantageous

Job description

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We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

Help maintain and improve Cambridgeshire's Highways

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the places where people live, work and travel?

We're looking for an Asset Engineer to join our Asset Strategy & Systems team and help shape the future of Cambridgeshire's highway network.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your engineering knowledge and project management skills to deliver improvements that benefit communities across the county.

From roads and footways to cycle routes and public rights of way, you'll help ensure our transport infrastructure remains safe, reliable and fit for the future.

About the role

As an Asset Engineer, you'll play a key role in planning and delivering maintenance and improvement schemes across the highway network. You'll use asset management principles to help us make the best investment decisions, maximise value for money and support our long-term maintenance strategies.

Working with colleagues, contractors, councillors, local communities and external partners, you'll help turn plans into successful projects that improve everyday journeys for residents and visitors alike.

No two days are the same. One day you could be developing maintenance programmes and reviewing asset data, and the next you could be meeting local stakeholders, managing project delivery or helping to respond to urgent highway issues.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Barry Wylie, Asset Strategy & Systems Manager [e-mail]

What will you be doing?

• Planning and delivering highway maintenance and asset management projects.
• Identifying and prioritising schemes that improve the network.
• Supporting the development of asset management strategies and policies.
• Managing project budgets, risks and programme performance.
• Working closely with local communities and stakeholders.
• Preparing reports and providing technical advice.
• Managing consultants and contractors to ensure projects are delivered safely and effectively.
• Contributing to innovation and continuous improvement in asset management practices.

About you

We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, organised and motivated to make a positive difference.

You will have:

• An HNC in Civil Engineering or a related discipline, or significant relevant experience.
• Experience of planning, developing or delivering highway, infrastructure or asset management projects.
• A good understanding of highway maintenance and asset management principles.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Experience of working with contractors, consultants or partner organisations.
• A commitment to excellent customer service and community-focused delivery.

A degree in Civil Engineering or professional registration such as Incorporated or Chartered Engineer would be advantageous, but is not essential.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

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