Engineering Technician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave allowance

LGPS

Hybrid work

Wellbeing support

Volunteering

Job summary

Somerset Council is seeking an Engineering Technician to join the Asset Management Team. The role focuses on identifying maintenance schemes, prioritising inspections and managing budgets across three contractors.

It also covers lifecycle planning and carbon reduction targets, with hybrid working where service needs allow. The post involves raising programmes of work, coordinating with designers and promoting schemes with the Area Highways Team.

Qualifications

• Relevant technical qualification in highways, civil engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting, delivering or coordinating highway maintenance, engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Identify and plan structural maintenance schemes across Somerset for various treatment types.
• Undertake prioritisation inspections and review condition data to focus budgets on need.
• Manage and monitor budget spend to ensure best value.
• Work with the Asset Management team on life cycle planning and carbon reduction requirements.
• Raise programmes of works for the three contractors on the Structural Maintenance project.
• Work with designers so all required elements are included, reducing impact on highway users.
• Assist in promoting works with the Area Highways Team and Programme Manager.
• Provide technical advice to colleagues, councillors, contractors and local communities.
• Monitor and review the quality of highway works for safe, efficient delivery to standard.
• Support coordination of highway schemes, balancing local priorities, budgets and long-term benefits.
• Contribute to emergency responses during flooding, severe weather and network disruption.

Skills

Strong technical knowledge

Excellent communication

Collaborative working

Multi-priority management

Education

Technical qualification in highways/civil engineering

Job description

This permanent Engineering Technician post sits in Somerset Council's Asset Management Team, reporting to the Structural Maintenance Engineer and working with the East Area Highways Team. The work centres on identifying structural maintenance schemes, inspecting for prioritisation, managing budget spend and raising programmes of work for three contractors. Life cycle planning and carbon reduction targets feature, with hybrid working where service needs allow. Candidates need a relevant technical qualification and an existing right to work, as no visa sponsorship is offered.

What the job involves

• Identify and plan structural maintenance schemes across Somerset for various treatment types
• Undertake prioritisation inspections and review condition data to focus budgets on need
• Manage and monitor budget spend to ensure best value
• Work with the Asset Management team on life cycle planning and carbon reduction requirements
• Raise programmes of works for the three contractors on the Structural Maintenance project
• Work with designers so all required elements are included, reducing impact on highway users
• Assist in promoting works with the Area Highways Team and Programme Manager
• Provide technical advice to colleagues, councillors, contractors and local communities
• Monitor and review the quality of highway works for safe, efficient delivery to standard
• Support coordination of highway schemes, balancing local priorities, budgets and long-term benefits
• Contribute to emergency responses during flooding, severe weather and network disruption

Qualifications

• Relevant technical qualification in highways, civil engineering or a related discipline

Experience

• Experience supporting, delivering or coordinating highway maintenance, engineering or infrastructure projects

Skills & knowledge

• Strong technical knowledge to assess information, solve problems and make sound recommendations
• Excellent communication skills explaining technical information to a wide range of audiences
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, contractors and stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship

Other

• Travel across Somerset as required

What’s offered

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with option to purchase additional leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working where service needs allow
• Health and wellbeing support, including confidential employee assistance
• Paid volunteering opportunities