Highway Steward

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council maintains 8,700km (5,400 miles) of highway network and associated “assets”.

Our local highway network is the most valuable asset we own in Kent, with a replacement value of around £24 billion. It plays a vital part in delivering council objectives by enabling safe and reliable journeys around and through the county. In doing so, it supports social wellbeing and economic prosperity. It is also essential for emergency services to execute their work: policing, healthcare, fire, and emergency response provision all require an effective highway network. These services are a key part of a functioning society and cannot exist without well-maintained and well-managed highway assets.

As a forward-thinking highway authority, Kent County Council is continuously looking at innovative and better ways of working. Technology is becoming more and more integral to the way in which we deliver our service. The successful candidate must therefore possess excellent IT skills, demonstrating their proficiency with tablet devices, smart phones and MS Office.

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals to join our Highway teams in East and West Kent as Highway Stewards. As a Highway Steward you will play a key role in Kent County Council's management of a safe highway network across Kent.

The positions offer the opportunity to gain industry experience within the highway environment while supporting the wider team. The successful candidates will benefit from internal and external training to gain the necessary qualifications in their development to confidently conduct themselves to the highest standard.

Candidates need to be articulate, flexible and have an ability to manage conflicting priorities and situations and resolve problems with positive solutions. IT proficiency is essential as is the ability to effectively communicate with customers, both internal and external, be it in person, on the phone or via written correspondence. If you can prioritise and organise your own workload and be a team player, work to tight deadlines, be methodical in your approach and have excellent customer service skills then this is the post for you.

The positions offer the opportunity to gain industry experience within the highway environment while supporting the wider team.

There is an expectation that the successful candidate will be involved in the County Council's out of hours service, providing emergency cover overnight and at weekends.

The successful post holders will also benefit from the prospect of onward progression into other fields within the sector.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements

The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This role is subject to holding a full UK Driving Licence.

Contact Details

For more information or to discuss this opportunity further, please contact:

• Mike Payton, 03000 413755  mike.payton@kent.gov.uk
• Thomas Williams, 03000 422391 thomas.williams2@kent.gov.uk
• Rebecca Bailey, 03000 413517 rebecca.bailey@kent.gov.uk
• Andrew Walters, 03000 413847 Andrew.Walters@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.