Highways Asset Technician: Data-Driven, Hybrid Work

Gateshead Council; Gateshead; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outstanding Pension Scheme

Generous Annual Leave

Flexible Working Hours

Hybrid & Flexible Working

Learning & Development

Health & Wellbeing Support

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric & Hybrid Car Scheme

Exclusive Discounts & Salary Sacrifice

Job summary

Gateshead Council's Transport Policy & Research Team seeks a Highways Asset Technician to help maintain the borough's highway assets. You will turn asset data into insight, supporting asset inventories, condition data, and lifecycle information to inform the Highways Asset Management Plan.

With strong organisation, clear communication, numeracy and IT skills, you will work in a hybrid setup, contribute to reports and respond to enquiries, while developing processes and delivering a

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise your workload.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear information and build positive working relationships.
• Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills, with confidence working with data and systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the Council's transport and highways functions.
• Maintain highway asset inventories, condition data and lifecycle information to support the Highways Asset Management Plan (HAMP).
• Collect, validate and manage asset information relating to carriageways, footways, structures, street lighting and drainage assets.
• Assist with the development and improvement of asset management processes and procedures to enhance service efficiency and consistency.
• Produce reports, summaries and analysis to support maintenance planning, inspections, audits and performance monitoring.
• Respond to highways and transport-related enquiries and complaints in a professional and customer-focused manner.
• Keep up to date with technical, legislative and administrative developments relevant to highways asset management.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and help promote best practice and value for money across the service.
• Contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, customer-focused service

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Numeracy

IT skills

Customer-focused

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Level 2 English & Mathematics

Job description

Gateshead Council's Transport Policy & Research Team seeks a Highways Asset Technician to help maintain the borough's highway assets. You will turn asset data into insight, supporting asset inventories, condition data, and lifecycle information to inform the Highways Asset Management Plan.

With strong organisation, clear communication, numeracy and IT skills, you will work in a hybrid setup, contribute to reports and respond to enquiries, while developing processes and delivering a