Grade D – £45,091 – £53,460
Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Do you have experience in highway design and are looking to make a tangible impact on local infrastructure and community safety?
Birmingham City Council, Principal Local Engineer, Permanent
We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Local Engineer to join our team and play a key role in delivering highway‑related services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and maintenance of essential infrastructure that supports our communities in the UK’s largest local authority as part of the Local Engineering Team within Highways. This team provides a frontline local link for the provision of Highway services and specific advice on most highway‑related matters to local residents, Councillors, MPs, businesses, community forums and groups, emergency services, transport operators, neighbouring local authorities, developers and many other internal and external stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
- Use a diverse range of project management skills to design and implement highway improvements.
- Prepare and manage Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming measures, and pedestrian schemes.
- Design signage and schemes associated with Section 278 Agreements.
- Utilise design software such as AutoCAD, TrafxPLAN Lines (formerly KeyLINES), and TrafxPLAN Sign (formerly KeySIGNS) for project delivery.
- Analyse road traffic collision data using relevant databases to identify trends.
- Develop and implement safety improvement schemes across the city based on collision analysis.
This role will provide service and programme assurance, ensuring controls are in place to mark progress, manage budgets, implement equality obligations, manage risks and ensure services are delivered in line with Highways policies and design specifications.
About You
- Demonstrate experience in relevant discipline or the ability to demonstrate an equivalent standard.
- Demonstrate the ability to design and implement highway improvement schemes in an urban environment using CAD.
- Display experience of managing projects in a highway‑related discipline including supervision and administration of contractors’ activities.
As a Principal Local Engineer, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software for the development and design of highway improvement schemes.
A full UK driving licence is also required.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there is any reasonable adjustment, additional support or accessibility needs.
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