Senior Technician Drainage

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Croft Depot Arbor Road Croft Leicestershire LE9 3GE

Salary: 35451 - 39165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus Market Premia 10% of top of grade Pay award pending.

Working Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 14th June 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC - Please note: Interviews will be in-person.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Technician to join our Highway Drainage Maintenance Section in the Environment & Preventative team at Leicestershire County Council.

The successful applicant will join a motivated friendly team of professionals working in the highway drainage team. The role incudes ordering works to maintain highway drainage assets investigate and resolve highway flooding issues engaging with members of the public and stakeholders working with contractors and operatives on site and help support the delivery of the role of Leicestershire County Council as the Highway Authority supporting the actions in Leicestershires Highways Maintenance Operational Plan and the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.

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:

• A BTEC Higher / NVQ level 4 in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification OR have experience that meets the essential requirement for the role and can provide evidence of continued learning and development.
• Experience of working in an engineering setting in relation to design management maintenance or construction processes and of working as part of a team on civil engineering or highway maintenance projects.
• Experience of delivering projects and programmes of work to time quality and cost and of collaborative working with key stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of project briefs and of undertaking measurements of work checking submitted accounts and monitoring budgets.
• It would ideal if you had experience Interpreting and writing reports producing and checking specifications and delivery programmes and following Quality Management Systems & working practices.
• Good knowledge of current highway design standards construction techniques or maintenance standards and of CDM 2015 primarily duty holders responsibilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills strong analytical planning and organisational skills and good IT skills including use of CAD software and ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software.
• Skills to building positive relationships across stakeholders peers and partners creating open and transparent relationships based on trust. A customer focussed approach where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service and you can adopt a flexible approach to workload priorities.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are open to discussions about flexible working which may include part time working job sharing term-time working flexible start and finish times and hybrid working depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Andrew Hunt Senior Engineer Environmental & Preventative
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OR

Edwin Knight Senior Engineer Environmental & Preventative
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How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council were looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are wherever youre from and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation not just whats on your CV. Thats why weve designed a recruitment process thats fair accessible and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire wed love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. Without this information we wont be able to assess your suitability for the role and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement 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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