Structures Team Manager

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council; Pontypridd; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is seeking a Chartered Engineer to lead and manage the Structures Team within the Infrastructure Asset Management Section. The role focuses on the management of highways and parks structures assets including bridges and retaining walls.

Requirements include a degree in Civil Engineering and Chartered Engineer status with ICE or IStructE, with substantial leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer status with ICE or IStructE or equivalent.
• Experience leading and managing a structures team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Structures Team within the Infrastructure Asset Management Section.
• Provide technical advice on highways and parks structures assets including bridges and retaining walls.
• Work with stakeholders and guide the team to maintain and improve structures assets.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered Engineer status (ICE/IStructE)

Job description

Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Chartered Engineer to lead and manage the Structures Team in the Infrastructure Asset Management Section in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The Council has a dedicated team of Engineers to manage and maintain the highway and parks services structures asset including bridges, retaining walls and larger culverts and provides technical advice to a range of stakeholders. We are looking for a candidate with experience and knowledge to lead and manage this team. It is an opportunity to work within the third largest local authority in Wales.

You will have a degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent and hold Chartered Engineer status with the ICE or IStructE or equivalent and have experience as outlined in the detailed job description.

The permanent full-time position is based at the Council’s newly constructed, modern headquarters in the centre of Pontypridd, benefiting from the services and facilities of the town centre, nearby public parking, and excellent public transport links to Cardiff and the surrounding Valleys area.

A hybrid working arrangement is in place with staff able to work from both home and the office, which is to continue in the long term. Employment hours are 37 hours a week, under the flexible working hours scheme, and our generous annual leave allowance will provide you with 26 days holiday each year increasing to 31 upon 5 years of completed service (in addition to 8 public holidays).

There is also the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions, and our financial support benefits will help to give you a sense of security and wellbeing for the future.

In addition, you will have access to a wide range of staff benefits including discounted 'Leisure for Life' membership for access to the various facilities offered at all Council leisure centres, the 'Vivup' staff benefits provider which offers a wide range of benefits including lifestyle savings, salary sacrifice schemes, financial wellbeing and health and wellbeing.

The post is GR15 with a market supplement to help attract the right candidate

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.

Care Experienced Leavers – Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities.

The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.