Principal Highway Development Management Engineer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Witchford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Shared AVCs to pension

Development opportunities

Volunteer hours

IDEAL network

Recognition Awards

Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease & Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking a Principal Engineer with highway development management experience to lead on evaluating development proposals and advancing the County's highway objectives. The role involves providing expert technical advice to planning authorities and negotiating funding for highway infrastructure as part of a busy HDM team.

Based within the Transport and Connectivity directorate, you will collaborate with Members and stakeholders, travel to multiple locations

Qualifications

• Experience of highway development management
• Experience of HDM/related highway disciplines
• Experience of highway design, construction and drainage techniques
• Good working knowledge of highways legislation
• Ability to work with Members and key stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead on developing, promoting and securing highway objectives through development proposal assessments
• Provide professional and technical advice and support to local planning authorities
• Identify and negotiate developer-funded highway infrastructure

Skills

HDM experience

Highway development management

Highway design

Construction & drainage

Highways legislation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in transport or Civil Engineering

Job description

The HDM Team sit within the Sustainable Transport and Strategy service area. The team is responsible for informing, influencing and advising upon the highway aspects of development proposals through the Council's role as a statutory consultee for planning applications. An experienced principal engineer is required to lead on developing, promoting and securing the County's highway and transport objectives through the assessment of development proposals, providing professional and technical advice and support to local planning authorities, and identification and negotiation of developer funded highway infrastructure., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent in a transport or Civil Engineering related discipline (or equivalent experience) together with experience of highway development management. As well as being able to demonstrate a wide experience of HDM/related highway discipline, you will have experience of highway design, construction and drainage techniques and a good working knowledge of highways legislation. You will understand the complexities of local government, be able to find solutions to complex problems and have experience of working closely with Members and key stakeholders.

Cambridgeshire County Council is offering opportunity for a principal engineer with highway development management experience to fulfil demanding roles in a busy team dealing with the challenges presented by an ambitious and wide-ranging growth agenda. The team has one full-time and permanent positions available, based at of one of our highway depots in either Huntingdon, Witchford or Whittlesford (open to applicant requirements). The ability to travel to different locations is essential. Place and Sustainability is at the forefront of making sure Cambridgeshire is open for business. The roles are based within the Transport and Connectivity directorate, which is responsible for leading on the development and delivery of key infrastructure and policy across Cambridgeshire and is therefore pivotal to Cambridgeshire delivering on its long-term infrastructure and transport aspirations., Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes