Assistant Engineer Level 3

Assistant Engineer Level 3 (ID:4349)

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance

Closing Date: 11 October 2024

Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)

Interview Date: 25 October 2024

This role is subject to -

Qualification - Must hold HNC / HND in Engineering or equivalent.

Registration - Have or be working toward Affiliate / Associate of Institute of Lighting Professionals

Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role.

If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation.

You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.

Driving Licence – The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.

Manchester City Council Highways Service are recruiting for the permanent position of Assistant Engineer Highway maintenance

The Vacancy…

We have an exciting position for a suitably qualified and experienced Assistant Engineer in a client facing environment.

If you consider yourself suited to this role, we’d love to hear from you.

The Highways Service in Manchester has a key role to play in the evolution of our city, making sure our assets are maintained and are high-quality, safe, and sustainable.

The Council’s stock of highway public lighting assets are maintained to a standard of inspection that meets or exceeds the risk-based interval requirements for the Inspection of Highways.

If you share Manchester’s clear ambitions in delivering high quality services in the city, we want to hear from you.

If you’re successful, you’ll join a team of professionals pushing forward a high standard of service delivery, healthy, safe, sustainable, and accessible highway services within the city.

The Role...

• Manage contracts relating to the delivery of highway public lighting maintenance
• Manage the quality and performance of contractors
• Technical engineering aspects relating to highway street lighting maintenance defect repairs with experience of Asset Management systems
• Liaise with Stakeholders, Councillors and where necessary prioritise packages of work to align with SLA response times
• Manage Performance
• Ensure all works are co-ordinated appropriately

The role focuses on the delivery of an Essential Street Lighting PFI maintenance contract managing external contractors who are undertaking the contract on our behalf, in addition to the festive lighting contract.

Key aims are to ensure effective project management across the supply chain delivering to budget, within response times, to quality standards as we keep the highway network moving to shape the city in line with the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040 as we look to form effective partnerships for the coming years.

What you can expect from us…

• A competitive salary from £34,834 to £38,223.
• Casual-user car allowance per-mile scheme for all business miles travelled.
• Car leasing scheme that offers a brand-new, competitively priced, electric or hybrid car to pay a monthly fixed cost straight out of your salary, pre-tax: no deposit requirement or credit checks, maintenance included, fully comprehensive insurance included.
• A generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days paid leave (plus bank holidays) after a qualifying period of local government service and the ability to purchase an additional 10 days leave for full time employees.
• A flexible approach to working arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, including a 35-hour working week, and flexitime scheme which permits accrued hours to be taken as additional “flexi-leave” days
• A great working environment within the Town Hall offices, right in the heart of the city, plus a pragmatic approach to homeworking
• We will help you develop your career by providing development and support whatever your level of experience
• A host of health & wellbeing benefits – e.g., Employee Assistance Programme, gym discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution into a defined benefit pension, with life cover and the option to build additional voluntary contributions via salary sacrifice arrangements
• Up to 3 days (paid) volunteering leave for rewarding work opportunities within the city & community

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we positively welcome applications from all candidatesregardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

About the Candidate

You’ll be able to show that you have significant knowledge and experience of undertaking a similar position within the industry, gained within either a Local Authority, Consultancy, or the Private sector.

A relevant technical qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent and/or appropriate experience of project management.

You will be able to contribute to service delivery and manage your own workload without day-to-day supervision, across all types of projects, from small to complex commercial schemes whilst managing the supply chain partners.

By clicking ‘apply’ you will be taken to our careers page where you can see more information and can complete your application.