Grade 5 Highway Maintenance Engineer

Newcastle City Council (Your Homes Newcastle); Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Holidays

Pension

Job summary

Newcastle City Council is seeking a Grade 5 Highway Maintenance Engineer to deliver schemes that maintain and improve our highway network in Newcastle upon Tyne.

You will work on highway projects from design through construction, ensuring delivery on time and within budget. The role involves collaboration with partners, stakeholders and residents, and welcomes civil engineers or related disciplines. Hybrid working and flexible hours are available.

Qualifications

• We will consider applications from civil engineers and other relevant disciplines.
• Deliver projects professionally, safely, to budget, and on time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highway design and maintenance schemes.
• Manage delivery of projects individually or as part of a team.
• Collaborate with partners, stakeholders and residents to ensure successful outcomes.

Skills

Project delivery

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

Grade 5 Highway Maintenance Engineer

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: £40,777- £45,091 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time (37hours per week)

Closing Date: 8th of September 2026

We are looking for an Engineer to deliver projects that maintain and improve our highway network. Our network of roads, footpaths, and cycleways is an essential part of everyone’s lives. It helps people access things like work, learning, essential services, and leisure activities.

We are responsible for over 1,049km of roads, 1,597km of footpaths and cycleways, and many other assets including:

• 470 structures
• 361 traffic signals
• 15,000 signs

About You

We want a passionate and self-motivated person to join our Highway Design and Maintenance team. You will work on a variety of schemes from capital investment projects, where you will be responsible for the design and construction of new highway infrastructure projects, to delivering schemes as part of our highway maintenance programme.

You will work individually, and as part of a team, to manage the delivery of projects. We will expect you to deliver projects professionally, safely, to budget, and on time. Our projects require extensive collaboration, so you will need the ability to interact and communicate effectively with partners, stakeholders, and our residents.

We will consider applications from civil engineers and other relevant disciplines.

Perks

• Hybrid Working: You will work some of your time at the Civic Centre in the heart of Newcastle and you can work some of your time at home. Flexible Hours: You can balance work and live with the freedom to work between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday and you can build up to two additional days leave each month.
• Holidays: You will get 25 days leave, increasing to 29 days after five years, and 8 public holidays. You can also choose to take additional leave.
• Pension: You will benefit from the Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the biggest and best occupational pension schemes in the UK.