Locality Designer (9047)

Norfolk County Council; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 31,537 - 33,699; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Financial employee discounts

Relocation expenses

Local Government Pension Scheme

Tax-efficient car lease scheme

Job summary

A local government authority in King's Lynn is seeking a Locality Designer to join their Highways Maintenance team. The role involves designing solutions for highways-related issues and providing significant customer service. Applicants should ideally have experience in highway design or a related field, though training will be provided. This position offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits, including flexible working options and local pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in highway design, maintenance, or similar engineering environment is preferable.
• Ability to deliver high-quality customer service.
• Capacity to work in emergency situations, including outside normal hours.

Responsibilities

• Join the Highways Maintenance team as a Locality Designer.
• Support delivery of Highway-related Streetscene schemes.
• Design and develop solutions to area maintenance problems.

Skills

Organisational skills

Self-motivation

Excellent communication

Job description

Locality Designer | 9047 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £31,537 to £33,699 per annum (Scale G) | Saddlebow Depot

We are looking for an organised and self‑motivated individual to join the Highways Maintenance team at Norfolk County Council as a Locality Designer. The Highway Area teams are responsible for the client highway maintenance and street works functions for the County Council as Highway Authority. Working with in‑house and partnership staff to deliver required works, key services include highway inspection and scheme design and identification, member and public interface, supervision of works (including utilities), traffic management inspection and monitoring of all works affecting the public highway. We also handle winter and emergency planning.

The locality‑based Area Design team supports the delivery of Highway‑related Streetscene schemes and activities. The successful applicant will be a key member of staff in the design, development and discovery of solutions to area maintenance problems, enabling the team to deliver its full programme of capital and revenue‑funded schemes.

Whilst it would be preferable to have experience in highway design, maintenance, construction or a similar engineering environment, full training will be given. Excellent communication skills to deliver high‑quality customer service are required. Duties can involve service delivery in emergency situations, such as flooding or winter conditions, which may require work outside normal working hours. Travel is required to deal with operational delivery queries at our contractor’s request; the candidate must be able to travel to locations not accessible on public transport routes.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and wellbeing services, including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi‑time, part‑time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need
• Financial benefits such as Norfolk Rewards employee discounts programme
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions
• Tax‑efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax‑efficient car lease scheme for greener travel, enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra‑low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard‑to‑fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work‑life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first‑class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have good broadband connectivity.

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Recruitment closing dates:

Redeployment closing date: 29 October 2025 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 05 November 2025 23:55

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part‑time

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries: Government Administration