Highways Asset Engineer

City of York Council; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

City of York Council is seeking an experienced highways asset manager to oversee York's active travel networks, roads, footways, drainage, street lighting and York City Walls, delivering long-term renewal and maintenance programmes within the York Local Transport Plan. You will work with the Highways Asset Manager and a dedicated team, coordinating with framework consultancies and contractors.

You should be an excellent communicator, able to engage across multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways asset management and active travel schemes.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop transparent long-term capital renewal and maintenance programmes for highways assets.
• Coordinate with Highways Asset Manager and stakeholders to maximise budget efficiencies.
• Support an established Highways Management team and work with consultancies and contractors.

Skills

Excellent communication

Job description

In this role you will be experienced in working with active travel and highways assets as well as managing and delivering highways maintenance programmes with many stakeholders.

Working as a key member of the Highways Asset team and reporting directly to the Highways Asset Manager, you will be part of a dedicated team overseeing the strategic management of all of York's highways assets in accordance with the York Local Transport Plan and Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan.

This includes developing transparent long term capital renewal and ongoing maintenance programmes with the Highways Asset Manager to maximise efficiencies within the budget for the following assets:

• Active travel networks and assets
• Roads (including signage and lining)
• Footways
• Drainage
• Street Lighting
• York City Walls

In doing so you will be supporting an established Highways Management team set up to sustainably deliver work streams on all highways assets whilst also being supported by framework consultancies and contractors. For this you will need to be an excellent communicator.

In the development of works programmes you may carry out roles in accordance with the CDM Regulations, you may at times also be acting as Principal Contractor and Principal Designer dependent upon the requirements of the specific works.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Steve Wragg, Head of Highways Asset Management, [e-mail] or on 07767 318116

Closing date: Sunday 25 October 2026 at 12midnight

Interview date: w/c 9 November 2026

Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor i ndivduals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.