Senior Engineer

London Borough of Sutton; Sutton; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Sutton is seeking a candidate to support the Principal Engineer in managing the design team and delivering various highway and transportation schemes. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing team members and advising clients on technical design queries, alongside strong skills in technical design processes and traffic data analysis. The position offers flexible and hybrid working arrangements, generous annual leave, and various employee benefits to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Enhanced parental leave

Three volunteering days per year

Hybrid working arrangements

Discounts on local shops and restaurants

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic to manage team members to deliver a range of schemes.
• Check drawings & designs and adhere to standards and our processes.
• Advising clients on technical design queries and leading project meetings.
• Producing documents and reports in relation to design stages.

Responsibilities

• Support the Principal Engineer to manage the design team.
• Deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.
• Analyse traffic data and propose interventions.

Skills

Team management

Technical design advice

Traffic data analysis

Local authority experience

Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton

Job description

About the Role and our Ideal Candidate

To support the Principal Engineer to manage the design team and deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.

About You

• Enthusiastic to manage team members to deliver a range of schemes.
• Check drawings & designs and adhere to standards and our processes.
• Advise Clients on technical design queries and lead in project meetings.
• Produce documents and reports in relation to design stages and Analyse traffic data and propose interventions.
• Strong Technical Highway design processes, such as Utilities C2,C3, CDM Regulations and Road Safety Audits.
• Previous experience of working at a Local Authority and Consultancy is beneficial.
• Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton highway network.

About Us

The Design team includes a range of grades from Team Lead, Principal Engineer, Senior, Engineer, Graduate, Technician and Apprentices. The wider Design & Delivery team is approximately 30 staff and includes Street Lighting, TMOs, Planned Maintenance, Vehicle Crossovers and Surveys.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include :

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
• Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
• Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support