View Vacancy -- Street Lighting Engineer

We are looking to recruit an Engineer within the busy Street Lighting and Traffic Signals team in the Infrastructure Asset Management Section of the Highways and Streetcare Services Division.

The successful candidate will be required to assist in the provision of a high quality Highway Infrastructure Service. The duties and main functions of the role will include;

1. Being responsible for the day to day maintenance and management of Council owned street lighting assets.
2. To contribute to the control and monitoring of the Street Lighting budgets.
3. Contributing to the development, co-ordination and implementation of Street Lighting programmes.
4. Ensuring that complaints, queries and requests for service are responded to effectively and efficiently.
5. Ensuring that projects are delivered to time, budget and specification requirements and successfully manage the progress of projects through all preliminary stage, design and construction.

Possession of a relevant (or evidence of working towards) and Engineering qualification e.g. HNC is essential.

Knowledge of highway infrastructure maintenance and street lighting issues is essential.

Knowledge of ICT is essential.

The successful candidate will undertake a hybrid working policy where time will be divided between working from home and working at the office. The successful candidate will also be required to hold a valid driving license to be able to drive around the authority to investigate faults, complaints and attend meetings.

The contracted hours will be 37 hours.

For further information on the post, please contact Andrew Phipps, Street Lighting and Traffic Signals Manager on 07385 406150.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists or Spouses and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.