Senior Street Lighting Engineer

Company: Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

About the Service & Team

The Design & Delivery team includes staff from Team Lead, Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers, Graduate, Technician and Apprentices. The team is approximately 30 staff and works on Street Lighting, TMOs, Planned Maintenance, Vehicle Crossovers and Surveys.

Role Overview

To support the Principal Engineer in managing the design team and delivering a range of street lighting schemes and the street lighting maintenance programme, and to coordinate with the term maintenance contractor.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the Principal Engineer in managing the design team.
  • Deliver a range of street lighting schemes.
  • Manage the street lighting maintenance programme.
  • Coordinate with the term maintenance contractor.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Enthusiastic to manage team members to deliver a range of schemes.
  • Check drawings & designs and adhere to standards and processes.
  • Advise clients on technical design queries and lead in project meetings.
  • Produce documents and reports in relation to design stages and analyse data to propose interventions.
  • Previous experience of working at a Local Authority and Consultancy is beneficial.
  • Local knowledge of the Kingston and Sutton highway network.
  • Previous knowledge of street lighting maintenance programmes.

Benefits

  • Generous annual leave entitlement of 25‑32 days, plus bank holidays (pro‑rated if part‑time).
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
  • Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
  • Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
  • Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
  • Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
  • Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
  • Interest‑free season ticket loans.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
  • Zip car scheme.
  • Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

Salary Range

£38,256 – £52,194 per year

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a disability confident employer and guarantee interview opportunities to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. All our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of contract type or length. We encourage our interview panels to be as diverse as possible (age, cultural, neurodiverse etc.) to reduce bias and are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing workforce diversity.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026