Senior Engineer Environmental & Preventative

Leicestershire County Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Leicester is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Highway Drainage Section. This role involves managing drainage maintenance projects and supervising staff while providing strategic advice on flood risk management. Candidates should possess a degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline, plus relevant experience in supervising teams and working with various stakeholders. The organization values diversity, and flexible working arrangements are available to support employees. Full-time, hybrid working options are offered.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in flooding and highway drainage.
• Experience in high-level representation and policy support.
• Ability to manage a team and provide guidance.
• Skilled in writing technical reports for various stakeholders.
• Familiarity with highway drainage maintenance legislation.
• Strong commitment to equality and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Support management of highway drainage projects.
• Supervise and manage team staff and caseload.
• Deliver strategic advice and policy development.
• Adapt to varied work locations outside of regular hours.

Skills

Project management

Excellent communication

Technical and strategic advice

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or Planning

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Croft Depot, Arbor Road, Croft, Leicestershire LE9 3GE

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £43,860 - £47,829 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus Market Premia (10% of top of grade)

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 26th December 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC – Please note: interviews will be in person

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Engineer to join our Highway Drainage Section in the Environment & Preventative team at Leicestershire County Council.

The successful applicant will join a motivated, friendly team of professionals providing support to the Environment and Preventative Manager in the management of the team, with specific responsibilities in respect of highway drainage maintenance project delivery and flood risk. They will also provide management and supervision to other team members and managing the case load of team members for whom they have supervisory responsibility.

The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base.

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About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• A degree in an appropriate subject (e.g. Civil Engineering or Planning)
  OR equivalent demonstrable work experience of flooding and highway drainage development management.
• Experience of representing an organisation at a senior level and supporting the development of highway maintenance and flood risk management policies and strategies.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency environment and of supervising and managing members of a team with varied workload, both in technical aspects and performance management.
• Experience of interpreting and writing technical and non-technical reports and providing strategic and technical advice to a range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of project management to deliver programmes of work in accordance with LCC policy and budget restraints/monitoring.
• Knowledge of Current legislation relevant to highway drainage maintenance and flood risk management e.g. Highways Act, New Road and Streetworks ACT, Land Drainage Act, Flood and Water Management Act; Town and County Planning Act, and of strategic highway drainage and flood alleviation and issues.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to negotiate, shape and influence to achieve successful outcomes and to continue to build on the credibility of the Council and its services and creative thinking and effective negotiation to ensure effective assessment and asset investigation is completed in order to inform the potential need for and procuring drainage and flood alleviation works
  

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Debbi Payne, Team Manager, Environment & Preventative.

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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