Highways Engineering Technician - Hybrid Work & Safety Focus

Somerset Council; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

LGPS pension

Flexible & hybrid working

Health & wellbeing support

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Somerset Council is seeking an Engineering Technician to join the Asset Management Team in Yeovil, reporting to the Structural Maintenance Engineer. You will identify structural maintenance schemes across Somerset, support life cycle planning, and coordinate budget spend with contractors to keep roads safe and resilient.

You will plan schemes, provide technical guidance, monitor works, and work with area teams to promote projects while maintaining service standards and carbon reduction goals.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting, delivering or coordinating highway maintenance, engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical knowledge to assess information, solve problems and make recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical information clearly to a wide range of audiences.
• The ability to travel across Somerset as required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop highway maintenance schemes that keep Somerset's road network safe, reliable and fit for the future.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to colleagues, councillors, contractors and local communities to support informed decision-making.
• Monitor and review the quality of highway works, helping to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the expected standards.
• Support the coordination of highway schemes, balancing local priorities, budgets and long-term benefits.
• Contribute to emergency responses during incidents such as flooding, severe weather and road network disruptions, helping to keep communities connected and safe.

Skills

Highways/engineering knowledge

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Travel across Somerset

Education

Technical qualification in highways/civil engineering

Job description

Somerset Council is seeking an Engineering Technician to join the Asset Management Team in Yeovil, reporting to the Structural Maintenance Engineer. You will identify structural maintenance schemes across Somerset, support life cycle planning, and coordinate budget spend with contractors to keep roads safe and resilient.

You will plan schemes, provide technical guidance, monitor works, and work with area teams to promote projects while maintaining service standards and carbon reduction goals.