Street Lighting Engineer

Warwickshire County Council; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a proactive Street Lighting Engineer to join the Street Lighting Team. You will supervise on-site inspections, coordinate installation, maintenance and repair of street lighting systems, and work closely with our term maintenance contractor to keep assets in good condition.

Candidates should have strong communication and planning skills, solid IT capability, and be committed to health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and IT skills are essential.
• Planning and organising abilities are highly valued.
• Fluent English communication is required.

Responsibilities

• Arrange installation, maintenance and repair of street lighting systems.
• Carry out regular checks and inspections of streetlights to ensure safety and functionality.
• Keep accurate records of work and report issues to the team.
• Follow health and safety protocols and maintain high work standards.
• Occasionally work outside normal hours and at various locations within Warwickshire.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Planning

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Street Lighting Engineer as we are currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our Street Lighting Team at Warwickshire County Council. As a Street Lighting Engineer, you'll be responsible for on-site inspections, arranging the installation, maintenance and the repair of street lighting systems throughout our local area. You will work closely with our team of engineers and term maintenance contractor to ensure that streetlights are working efficiently and cost-effectively.

Key Requirements

• To be successful you'll need; good communication skills both verbal and written; planning and organising and essentially IT skills. In addition, you'll have to contribute to current developments in the technical specialism within employing organisation, own industry and professional and trade bodies.
• Arrange for the installation, maintenance and repair of street lighting systems, including luminaires, control systems, and power supply systems.
• Carry out regular checks and inspections of streetlights to ensure they are working correctly and safely.
• Keep accurate records of work carried out and report any problems to the appropriate team members.
• Always follow health and safety protocols, ensuring that all work is completed safely and to a high standard.
• The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base., The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

Within Warwickshire County Council, Street Lighting is a well-established team sitting within our County Highways Service. With a budget of approximately £6 million the Street Lighting Team working in conjunction with our term maintenance contractor, maintain over 60,000 illuminated assets including streetlights, bollards, signs, and vehicle activated signs across the whole of Warwickshire. The team also includes a design element, working with our in-house Design Services but also developers on Section 38's and 278's schemes, plus works relating to HS2., Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund' The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.