Highways Systems Engineer

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a Systems Engineer for their Highway Systems Team. This role involves designing and managing system solutions to enhance highway maintenance operations and requires strong IT skills alongside effective communication abilities. Successful candidates will contribute to the strategic use of technology and support organizational objectives.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working options

Generous annual leave

Access to benefits and discounts platform

Qualifications

• Good communication skills both verbal and written required.
• Planning and organizing skills are essential.
• Essential IT skills for the role.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain highway maintenance contract management systems.
• Integrate and develop customer-facing applications.
• Manage and lead projects on procurement of new IT systems.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Organising

IT skills

Job description

About Us

Warwickshire County Council County Highways undertake routine highway maintenance schemes/works.

Our Highway Systems Team manage our internal contract management systems, these interfaces are critical in the day-to-day running of our Highway Maintenance contract, whilst also providing live information to elected members and the public.

The Role

This is a new role within a new team, we are looking for a Systems Engineer to design, develop, maintain and configure our highway maintenance contract management systems, integrating and developing customer facing applications, and managing and acting as project leads on procurement of new IT systems.

To deal directly with elected Member's, local and national politicians, senior managers, Government Departments and other national and regional departments or agencies on behalf of County Highways.

Ensure that the service operates efficiently, safely and all risks and issues are controlled.

Key Requirements

To be successful you’ll need; good communication skills both verbal and written; planning and organising and essentially IT skills. In addition, you’ll have to contribute to current developments in the technical specialism within employing organisation, own industry and professional and trade bodies. Fluent at articulating best practice and is recognised authority in technical specialist.

Provide expert advice to those engaged in activities where technical specialism is applicable within IT and related areas such as budgetary and financial planning, litigation, legislation, and health and safety.

Development of the organisation’s strategic plans, including the creative use of information and communications technology.

Work with the most senior client/user management in establishing the contribution that IT can make to business objectives, defining strategies, agreeing and prioritising high-level requirements, conducting feasibility studies, producing both high-level and detailed business models, overseeing development and implementing solutions.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For further information about the roles please contact the hiring manager:Scott Carpenter-01926 413446 or [e-mail].

Closing date: Midnight on Monday 4th August

Interviews anticipated week commencing 11^th August 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more