Technician [Structures]

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary:per annum

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 9th November 2025

Interview Date(s): w/c 24th November 2025 NB Interviews will be in person

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technician to join our Structures Team at Leicestershire County Council one of the best performing councils in the country. Weve achieved several decades of high performance with our success recognised by national Government industry awards and our residents.

The successful applicant will join a motivated friendly team of professionals committed to delivering public sector structural maintenance and improvement schemes that offer best value for money whilst simultaneously pushing the boundaries of innovation in construction. Our team has a track record of delivering robust solutions from feasibility through to construction. You will be responsible for undertaking structural inspections and contributing to the design and delivery of highway structures schemes as part of our capital maintenance and improvement programme. On the job training will be provided ensuring works are delivered in accordance with current legislation and policies to a high standard and delivered to agreed timescales and cost.

The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base.

About You

To apply for this post you must hold or have experience in:

• NVQ3 or equivalent in Civil Engineering or other relevant subjects. A-Levels Grades A-C in Maths and English OR Demonstrable evidence of the skills and experience as outlined in the job specification together with a commitment to attain the essential qualifications.
• Working in an engineering setting including design management maintenance or administrative processes in relation to highways infrastructure.
• Working in a commercial environment and delivering projects and programmes to time quality and cost.
• Liaising with customers and clients using a variety of methods including attending and producing materials for meetings and exhibitions.
• Interpreting and writing technical and non-technical reports and providing technical advice or drawings and to interpret maps plans and engineering drawings.
• Problem investigation and assessment. Good verbal and written communication skills. Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work. Good IT skills including the ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software
• Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment where appropriate in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition 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.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

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 term-time working part-time 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:

Tom Marjoram Project Delivery Manager (Structures)

Telephone:

Email:

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 the apply button. 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.

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