Senior Highway Maintenance Officer – Huntingdon Highways Depot, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Were looking for a proactive and community focused Senior Highway Maintenance Officer to help keep Cambridgeshires highway network safe, resilient, and well maintained.
In this leadership role, you will oversee reactive maintenance across your district, ensuring the network is inspected, managed and maintained to our standards. This is a key operational position, responsible for ensuring that our roads, footways, drainage systems, and associated infrastructure are safe, resilient, and maintained to our standards. Youll take responsibility for managing a team of Highway Maintenance Officers, supporting their development, and acting as the escalation point for complex cases.
This role is central to Cambridgeshire County Councils commitment to excellent customer service, safe highways, and effective asset management.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact local.highways@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
- H.N.C. (or equivalent experience) in Civil Engineering, Highways, Construction or a related discipline.
- Strong technical knowledge of highway design, construction, maintenance and drainage, informed by national standards such as DMRB and MCHW.
- In depth understanding of relevant legislation, including the Highways Act 1980 and NRSWA 1991.
- Excellent organisational, communication and problem solving skills.
- Ability to lead, support and motivate a team, ensuring consistent high quality service delivery.
- Confident IT skills across Microsoft applications.
- Use of asset management applications.
- Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to contribute to the Councils Net Zero 2030 commitment.
- Flexibility to travel to sites (including locations with limited public transport) and occasionally work outside standard hours.
Why join us?
Youll be part of a supportive team passionate about delivering high quality services for communities across Cambridgeshire.
Youll have the opportunity to make a visible difference on the ground, grow your technical expertise, and shape how the countys highways are managed in the future.
Interested?
Apply now to help maintain and improve the infrastructure that keeps Cambridgeshire moving.
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