Road and Footway Asset Engineer

Role Responsibility

We are excited to announce an opportunity in the KCC Highway Asset Management and Inspections Team for an ambitious, talented and experienced Engineer who is keen to demonstrate their technical, asset management and project delivery skills. You will need to have experience with highway engineering such as surfacing and maintenance of carriageways, you will also have a sound knowledge of Asset Management principles.  

Kent County Council is responsible for a highway network of 8700km, with our highway network being the most valuable asset we own as an authority. The Carriageway Asset Preservation Team are responsible for delivering a comprehensive programme of varied preservation techniques, along with associated works, to ensure that this asset is maintained appropriately. As a wider team, we undertake safety inspections alongside driving good highway asset management practice across our organisation, and for our road and footway assets in particular. We are also responsible for the delivery of hundreds of planned road and footway renewal schemes.

You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of the schemes within timeframes, budgets and to a good quality by working with our supply chain. You will be able to use a risk-based approach to prioritise competing demands and will be open to innovative ways of delivering the service. 

The role will be challenging and varied and will offer the successful applicant an opportunity to develop their career with a client organisation in the Civil Engineering sector 

The role is planned to be based in Aylesford Highway Depot, covering West Kent areas although as the work can be Countywide there are good flexible working opportunities.

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

Contact Details

Aaron Divall on 03000413604 or aaron.divall@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 as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.