Section S38/278 Engineer

Job title: Section 38/278 Engineer

Salary: £36,124 to £37,938

Hours: 37 hours

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House, Leeds

As a Section 38/278 Engineer you will be joining a busy team liaising with various stakeholders to provide a high quality engineering consultancy service from application stage to the adoption of highways on a variety of developments across the city of Leeds.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About You

As a Section 38/278 Engineer you will be a highly motivated and organised individual engaged in the delivery of a high quality service assessing and progressing S38/278 (Highways Act 1980) applications through to adoption. You will also manage a number of schemes liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure cost effective and efficient progression of all schemes within your team.

As a Section 38 Engineer you will bring to the role:

• Understanding of both Section 38 and Section 278 of the Highways Act (1980).
• Ability to work as part of a team to achieve positive outcomes.
• Able to communicate key issues clearly and succinctly both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to contribute to initiatives to improve standards and performance.
• Ability to manage competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of schemes and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Well-developed computer skills in relation to the delivery of highway schemes.
• Ability to make an effective contribution to internal and external meetings.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships that command respect, trust and confidence.
• Knowledge of highway engineering.

About The Role

The role is in the Section 38 Team within the Highways and Transportation service area, and you will be joining a supportive and welcoming team that delivers high quality engineering advice to developers, external agencies and internal teams on highways and adoption related matters.

As our next Section 38 Engineer you'll be working with the team to ensure the delivery of schemes is managed in a cost effective and efficient manner. Also, you will help to improve service quality and support a culture that drives up standards and performance, providing solutions to achieving diversion an inclusion in all aspects of service delivery and community engagement.

What We Offer You

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply

Please complete the online application form.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Trevor Bowyer, Operations Manager on 0113 3368859 or email [email protected]

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa  route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.