Asset Officer - Highways

Cambridge County Council; Alconbury; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional council in England is seeking an Asset Officer to ensure the safety and sustainability of highways. The role involves engaging with local communities and managing maintenance activities. Candidates should have a relevant qualification in Civil Engineering or Construction and experience in the sector. Strong organizational skills and flexibility are essential. The position offers a collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional development and a commitment to sustainability and community engagement.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Opportunity to buy additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Paid volunteering hours

Employee recognition awards

Qualifications

• HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Highways, or Construction required.
• Experience in highways or construction sectors preferred.
• Flexibility to travel and occasionally work outside normal hours.

Responsibilities

• Investigate reported issues and plan preventative maintenance.
• Use asset data to prioritize works and inform decisions.
• Engage with local communities and stakeholders.

Skills

Knowledge of highway design, maintenance, and relevant legislation

Strong communication and organisational skills

Ability to work independently and solve problems

IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Education

HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Highways or Construction

A Levels/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for an Asset Officer to help keep Cambridgeshire's highway network safe, sustainable, and fit for the future. In this role, you'll support the delivery of preventative maintenance schemes and apply asset management principles to maintain roads, footways, and cycle routes.

You'll work closely with local communities, contractors, and internal teams to ensure maintenance activities meet local needs and priorities. This is a great opportunity to make a real difference to the places where people live and travel.

What You'll Do

• Investigate reported issues and plan preventative maintenance.
• Use asset data to prioritise works and inform decisions.
• Order and manage highway maintenance works with contractors.
• Plan and coordinate works to minimise disruption.
• Engage with local communities and stakeholders.
• Promote sustainability and contribute to our Net Zero goals.

What We're Looking For

• Qualifications:
  • HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Highways, or Construction
  • A Levels/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Skills & Experience:
  • Knowledge of highway design, maintenance, and relevant legislation.
  • Strong communication and organisational skills.
  • Ability to work independently and solve problems.
  • Experience in highways or construction sectors.
  • IT skills (Microsoft Office).
• Other:
  • Awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Ability to contribute to sustainability and Net Zero targets.
  • Flexibility to travel and occasionally work outside normal hours.

Why Join Us?

• Make a positive impact on local communities.
• Work in a collaborative, supportive team.
• Hybrid working with opportunities for professional development.
• Be part of an organisation committed to sustainability.

Interested?

Apply now and help us keep Cambridgeshire moving safely and sustainably. For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Barry Wylie, Asset Strategy & Systems Manager at [e-mail]

Our benefits

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 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, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

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.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers