Asset Technician - Highways

Cambridgeshire County Council; Alconbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Shared AVCs pension

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

IDEAL network access

Employee Recognition Awards

Our Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an Asset Technician to help manage roads, footways and cycleways, delivering maintenance and improvements across the county. You’ll work with engineers, contractors and local communities to plan investigations and on-site works, ensuring safety, quality and value.

You’ll be enthusiastic, practical, and collaborative, with strong IT skills and a genuine interest in improving local infrastructure and communities.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including English, Maths and Science.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Good IT skills including Word, Excel, Teams and email.
• Ability to investigate problems and identify solutions.
• Experience communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience working independently towards agreed goals and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Visit sites to investigate highway issues and collect information.
• Help shape maintenance programmes and future improvements.
• Work with engineers, technicians and contractors on solutions.
• Support delivery of highway maintenance activities.
• Inspect completed works and ensure high-quality standards.
• Engage with Town and Parish Councils to understand priorities.
• Inform residents about planned maintenance.
• Support wider teams to deliver value for money.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Customer-focused

Teamwork

Strong communication

Problem solving

IT skills

On-site experience

Interest in local infrastructure

Education

GCSEs including English, Maths and Science

A Levels or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Knowledge of local government or highway legislation

Experience communicating with diverse stakeholders

Experience working independently towards goals

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Teams

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 Shape the Roads, Footways and Cycleways That Keep Cambridgeshire Moving

Looking for a role where you can make a real difference to local communities every day?

Do you enjoy solving problems, working with people, getting out on site and being part of a team that delivers visible improvements across the county?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

At Cambridgeshire County Council, we're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Asset Technician to join our Asset Management, Design & Delivery team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in highways, engineering, infrastructure, construction or asset management while helping to maintain one of the county's most important public assets.

Why This Role Matters

Every resident, business, cyclist, pedestrian and vehicle user relies on Cambridgeshire's highway network every day.

As an Asset Technician, you'll help us plan, investigate and deliver maintenance activities that keep roads safer, improve journeys and ensure our communities stay connected. You'll support the development and delivery of planned highway maintenance works while helping us understand and respond to local priorities.

This is a role where you'll see the impact of your work first-hand.

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

What will you be doing?

No two days are the same.

You could be:

• Visiting sites across Cambridgeshire to investigate reported highway issues.
• Gathering information to help shape maintenance programmes and future improvements.
• Working alongside engineers, technicians and contractors to develop maintenance solutions.
• Supporting the delivery of highway maintenance activities.
• Inspecting completed works and helping ensure high-quality standards are achieved.
• Working with Town and Parish Councils to understand local priorities.
• Helping keep residents informed about planned highway maintenance activities.
• Supporting wider teams to ensure the Council delivers the best possible value for money.

Join Cambridgeshire County Council and help build, maintain and improve the infrastructure that keeps our communities moving.

About you

We're interested in people who are enthusiastic, practical, customer-focused and eager to learn.

You don't need to know everything about highways on day one. What matters most is your willingness to learn, work collaboratively and take pride in delivering excellent service to communities across Cambridgeshire.

You'll be someone who:

• Enjoys working as part of a team.
• Has strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Can investigate issues and help find practical solutions.
• Is organised and able to manage a variety of tasks.
• Is comfortable using IT systems including Microsoft Office applications.
• Enjoys spending time both in the office and out on site.
• Has a genuine interest in improving local infrastructure and communities.

Qualifications & Experience

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including English, Maths and Science.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and email.
• Ability to investigate problems and identify solutions.
• A Levels, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Knowledge of local government or highway legislation.
• Experience communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience working independently towards agreed goals and outcomes.

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 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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