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Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. Lancashire is a vibrant and striking place and Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire.  As the fourth largest local authority in the country and the largest in the North, we serve over 1.2 million residents.

The Highways Asset Management Service is responsible for ensuring that Lancashire County Council meets its statutory duty as a highway's authority through strategic management of over 7,500 kilometres of vehicular highway network, containing 152,000 streetlights,15,000 illuminated signs/bollards, over 2000 bridges and other structures, together with many other highway assets.

The bridges capital programme is in excess of £3.5m and sits within the overall Asset Management Capital Programme of around £28m.

The Role & Responsibilities

We are seeking a dynamic and results-orientated Engineer, to support our ambitious projects and contribute to our organisation's success.  This is an exciting opportunity to join us in Lancashire, as we continue to develop and deliver our bridge asset management programme.  The work contributes towards the wider Highways Asset Management service, through the development of an asset risk-based approach to Asset Management, including development of the Transport Asset Management Plan.

For further details, the Highway Asset Management webpage can be found at: Highway asset management In Lancashire - Lancashire County Council

• As the principal bridge engineer in Highways Asset Management, you will be an outstanding individual who will play a key role in ensuring that Lancashire County Council's bridges and retaining walls continue to meet requirements for service delivery.
• As part of a professional team, you will work closely with various stakeholders, identifying, developing and delivering projects to meet the corporate responsibilities.
• Overseeing the development of the bridges and structures capital and reactive maintenance programmes, in conjunction with the Highways Design & Construction Bridges Team
• Provide a technical point of reference for all bridges and structures assets, drainage assets and other structural assets and enquiries in relation to asset management.
• Develop policies and procedures related to the asset management of bridges and structures, drainage, and other assets where appropriate, other asset management policy matters. 
• Manage the General Inspection Programme, Principal Bridge Inspection Programme, underwater and confined space inspection, and other inspection programmes. Reviewing the inspection reports and prioritising work schemes.
• Develop inspection programmes and formulate capital works programmes for assets such as vehicle restraint barriers and cattle grids.
• Represent the Authority at external benchmarking groups.

Application Supporting Statement

Please note that when completing your personal statement, it's important that you have specifically demonstrated and evidenced that you meet each essential criteria from the person specification in line with the role responsibilities as detailed above. If you do not meet the criteria, but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demonstrate within your supporting statement.

Essential Car User 

This is an essential car user post; you will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. In certain circumstances consideration may be given to applicants who, as a consequence of a disability, are unable to drive.

Why Join us

Benefits

• There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you will love with our hybrid working model.
• We offer up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased. 
• We have benefit packages which has everything from discounted white goods to a hybrid car lease scheme, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes, free eye tests plus much more.
• Best of all we have a generous public sector pension (16.3% employer contributions) with shared AVC's that provides Income Tax relief and National Insurance (NICs) savings using a salary sacrifice arrangement and providing a flexible pension saving opportunities. 
• We also have a range of personal/professional qualifications which will be available to you and career progression available for the right person.

Development: You will receive support and development along the journey – there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal/professional qualifications, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, but most of all the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted.

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

Informal Chat: If this opportunity is of interest, we encourage that you contact Paul Binks, Highways Asset Manager. Management. E-mail paul.binks@lancashire.gov.uk or telephone 01772 532210, for more details.

Closing Date: 01/12/2024

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description & Person Specification

Lancashire County Council Values - Supportive, Innovative, Respectful, Collaborative. Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping you to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.