Street Lighting Project Engineer

North Yorkshire Council; Northallerton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

Family friendly leave

Salary sacrifice schemes

Flexible working

Learning & development

Career progression

Discounts (shopping & gym)

Green car & cycle schemes

Travel loans

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is seeking a Project Engineer within its Electrical Engineering team in Highway Operations. You will manage street lighting installations, coordinate contractor activities, and ensure maintenance is delivered safely and efficiently.

The role includes maintaining asset records and liaising with internal and external clients. You’ll have an electrical qualification and experience in lighting maintenance and contract oversight, with a willingness to learn and adapt to new

Qualifications

• Electrical qualification such as HNC/ONC in Electrical Engineering, City & Guilds, or equivalent.
• Proven experience in street lighting maintenance and contract management.
• Confidence working with new technology, systems and software.
• Ability to analyse information and make sound decisions that influence projects and people.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the work of our contractor on street lighting installations and maintenance.
• Ensure effective delivery of ongoing street lighting maintenance.
• Ensure electrical testing, structural testing and inspections are carried out at required intervals and defects resolved.
• Identify and advise on improvement projects for housing developers and the network.
• Maintain accurate records of installed assets and completed works.
• Liaise with internal clients and external organisations such as parish councils and developers.
• Support energy-reduction and carbon-management programmes including LED replacement.

Skills

Electrical engineering foundation

Contract management

Analytical thinking

Client communication

Education

Electrical qualification (HNC/ONC or City & Guilds)

Job description

Office base is the Leeming Bar Street Lighting Depot. You will need to have the ability to travel across the wider Council area when required with the ability for some flexible working, including home working.

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

Our Electrical Engineering team forms part of Highway Operations within the Highways and Infrastructure Service. We’re responsible for managing over 63,000 street lighting columns and 8,000 illuminated signs and bollards, as well as delivering the Council’s ambitious energy reduction and carbon management programmes.

We’re proud of our reputation for innovation, sustainability and quality. Our work has been recognised nationally, including:

• National Green Apple Reward
• Bronze Green Apple Award
• NHT Improving Public Satisfaction – Excellent Service Award (LED replacement programme)
• Honourable mention in the Council’s Efficiencies Awards

Now in our fourth year as a unitary authority, this is an exciting time to join North Yorkshire Council. With an annual budget of around £7m, the team delivers capital infrastructure schemes, maintains electrical assets and runs a successful design-and-build street lighting service for housing developers and other external clients. We work closely with our partner contractor, North Yorkshire Highways (NYH), as well as supporting parish and town councils across the county.

The Role

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

• Manage and oversee the work of our contractor on both new street lighting installations and ongoing routine and reactive maintenance activities associated with the Council’s Street lighting and illuminated sign and bollard stock.
• Ensure effective delivery of ongoing street lighting and illuminated sign maintenance.
• Ensure electrical testing, structural testing and inspections are carried out at required intervals and defects are resolved.
• Identify, assess and advise our street lighting design team with improvement projects including the provision of new street lighting for housing developers and the improvement of the Council’s existing street lighting network.
• Maintain accurate records of installed assets and completed works to support future maintenance and adoption.
• Liaise with internal clients (highways colleagues, colleagues in regeneration or housing) and external clients such as parish councils, developers and consultants.
• Support the council’s energy‑reduction and carbon‑management programmes, including LED replacement and efficiency initiatives.

Please find further details in the attached job description.

What you will bring

You don’t need to meet every requirement - training and development will be provided. What matters most is your technical foundation and willingness to learn.

You’ll ideally have:

• An electrical qualification such as HNC/ONC in Electrical Engineering, City & Guilds, or equivalent
• Proven experience in street lighting maintenance and contract management
• Confidence working with new technology, systems and software
• The ability to analyse information and make sound decisions that influence projects and people

What you will get in return

In return for your expertise, we offer a genuinely supportive working environment with excellent benefits:

• a local government, career average employer contribution pension scheme
• family friendly leave
• salary sacrifice schemes.
• modern flexible working practices
• learning and development packages
• career advancement opportunities
• employee discount benefits including shopping and gym discounts
• green car and cycle schemes
• travel loans

Contact and apply

For an informal conversation about our role please contact Neil Jackson at [e-mail] or Phil Jackson at [e-mail]