Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 – £46,142 to Scale 39 – £50,269 with a professional bar at Scale 37 – £48,226**
Hours Per Week: 36hours
Base Location: Tame Street Depot, Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Street Lighting Engineer to join our dynamic engineering services team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the design and delivery of complex street lighting projects that will shape the future of transport and connectivity across the borough.
About You
As a Senior Street Lighting Engineer, you will play a key role in managing delivery of the council’s Highway Asset Management plan. You will also lead on the delivery of projects in the delivery team, liaising with clients and stakeholders, and ensuring technical excellence across all stages of project development and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of street lighting engineering projects from feasibility through to detailed design and construction.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams including supply chain partners and coordinate with other engineering disciplines.
- Prepare and review technical reports, drawings, specifications, and contract documents.
- Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and best practices (e.g., DMRB, Manual for Streets).
- Engage with clients, elected members, local authorities, and contractors to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Support and manage street lighting maintenance activities
- Review and update where required street lighting operational risk assessments and method statements
- Prepare CDM documentation for street lighting delivery programmes
- Design, implement and manage town centre festive lighting schemes
- Support business development activities and contribute to bids and proposals.
- Prepare technical reports, specifications, design input statements, and lighting environmental impact assessments
- Support and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence
- Lead on street lighting maintenance and innovation and a commitment to decarbonisation.
- Manage the authority’s street lighting energy consumption
- Manage capital and reactive street lighting and infrastructure budgets
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed.
Qualifications
This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
- Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
- Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
- Professional standards practised to the highest expected level. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
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