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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Croft Depot Arbor Road Croft Leicestershire LE9 3GE
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: per annum
Working Hours:Full time 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 13th April 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC Please note; interviews will be in person.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Highway Control Team at Leicestershire County Council; the Environmental and Preventative Team are looking to appoint a Technician working in drainage maintenance.
The successful applicant will join a motivated friendly team of professionals and as a Technician you will carry out on site scheduled inspections of road drainage assets support members of the team carrying out drainage investigations and surveys produce maps and information using relevant software order works for repairs to the drainage network. The role will include an element of lone working on highway sites whilst surveying and the successful candidate will also need to be physically fit to provide walked inspections in all weather conditions.
As a Technician you will enjoy a competitive salary as well as a generous benefits package including pension flexible working and annual leave. You will also have access to training and development opportunities as well as support and guidance from your colleagues and managers. Leicestershire County Council is committed to Smarter Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance whilst meeting the needs of the service. Our diverse team operates a Hybrid working approach partially working from our offices at Croft Highways Depot.
The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours at various locations
across the county therefore you must be able to travel to locations across the County as required.
About You
To apply for this post you must have:
- NVQ3 or equivalent i.e. BTEC in Civil Engineering or ALevels AC in relevant subjects along with extensive demonstrable experience OR demonstrable evidence of the skills and experience as outlined in the person specification together with a commitment to attain the essential qualifications.
- Experience of accurately capturing storing and retrieving information to meet customer and organisational and needs.
- Experience of using IT in a design office/ business environment including Microsoft Office or equivalent software of interpreting and writing technical and nontechnical reports and be able to interpret maps plans and engineering drawings and have experience of providing technical advice or drawings.
- Experience of engaging with customers including attending and producing materials for meetings and exhibitions.
- Good verbal and written communication skills good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work and IT skills including the ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software.
- Experience of working in an engineering setting is preferable including design management maintenance legislation or administrative processes in relation to highways infrastructure
We also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Debbi Payne Environment & Prevention Manager (Highway Control)
Email:
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OR
Edwin Knight Engineer
Email:
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How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
