Project Engineer Electrical Street Lighting

North Yorkshire Council; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in York is seeking an experienced Project Engineer to manage street lighting installations and maintenance. Candidates should be electrically qualified with substantial experience in street lighting and contract management. This role offers extensive benefits including 28-34 days of annual leave, gym discounts, and various salary sacrifice schemes.

Benefits

28-34 days of annual leave

Fitness discounts with local gyms

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Significant relevant experience in street lighting maintenance.
• Ability to interpret information for influencing decisions.
• Experience in managing street lighting contract management.

Responsibilities

• Manage new street lighting installations and maintenance activities.
• Work with internal and external clients across the county.
• Identify and design street lighting improvement projects.

Skills

Electrical qualification

Contract management

Ability to assimilate new initiatives

Education

HNC/ONC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Are you looking for an electrical street lighting role within an innovative and exciting Electrical Engineering team?

Are you searching for a new challenge in an organisation that offers great benefits and a fantastic work/life balance?

An opportunity has arisen to join us as a Project Engineer within our Electrical Engineering team.

The Team

The Electrical Engineering team sits within the Highway Operations section of the Highways and Infrastructure Service.The core focus is to manage Client activities relating to over 63,000 street lighting columns and 8000 illuminated traffic signs and bollards together with on-going delivery of the Council’s energy reduction programme.This includes a successful Design and Build service that is offered to Housing Developers county-wide.

We are a highly regarded team with the Environmental agenda at the forefront of what we do. We are extremely proud of what we have delivered which resulted in winning the National Green Apple Reward, Bronze Green Apple Award, NHT Improving Public Satisfaction, Excellent Service Award – LED replacement programme and an honourable mention in the Council’s efficiencies awards.

The role

As a Project Engineer within our Electrical Engineering team, you will:

-Manage and oversee both new street lighting installations and ongoing maintenance activities associated with the Council’s Street lighting and illuminated sign and bollard stock.

-Work with internal and external clients across the whole county.

-Manage the installation service together with commissioning of completed projects.

-Ensure effective delivery of ongoing street lighting and illuminated sign maintenance.

-Identify, assess and design street lighting improvement projects including the provision of new street lighting for housing developers and the improvement of the Council’s existing street lighting network.

Please find further details in the attached job description.

What you will bring

To be successful you will:

-Be electrically qualified with an HNC/ONC in Electrical Engineering or C&G Electrically qualified or equivalent.

-Have significant relevant experience in the management of street lighting maintenance and contract management.

-Have the ability to assimilate new initiatives, technology and software.

-Be able to interpret information to make decisions which influence a range of actions, projects and/or people.

Applicants are not expected to have experience in all the fields the job description covers; some previous experience is needed, with on-the-job training given provided in other fields as required.

What you will get in return…

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position.

·Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days per year after 5 years continuous service, plus public holidays.

·Up to 10 days extra leave can be purchased at any time. Extended unpaid leave is available for career breaks subject to business needs.

·Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££.

·Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers.

·If you are looking for salary sacrifice schemes such as: Car scheme, Salary Finance, Cycle to work, Technology you can spread the cost from your monthly salary.

Plus, lots more…

Contact and apply

For an informal conversation about our role please contact Neil Jackson on 07974 406874.

Applying is easy, simply register your details, remove your personal details and upload your CV.

Key Documents

Job Description

Total Rewards Brochure

Key dates:

Closing date: Tuesday 05^thAugust 2025

Interview date: w/c 11^thAugust 2025

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

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