Compliance & Maintenance Engineer

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Compliance & Maintenance Engineer
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 5th Floor
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 21/04/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 10323
• This post is not open to job share

About the Team and Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in Gloucestershire Highways working in a key role for our street lighting service, delivering operational maintenance and capital replacement work activities? You will have day-to-day responsibility for delivering street lighting solutions through our Term Maintenance contract.

Gloucestershire has 70,000 street lighting assets across diverse landscapes including the Cotswold’s, the Forest of Dean, and Severn Vale.

About You

You will have a keen interest in and a commitment to providing sustainable street lighting maintenance and capital replacement services. You will be part of a small team with a responsibility for a geographic area, delivering maintenance and replacement solutions, dealing with stakeholder inquiries/requests, and preparing work instructions with our term maintenance contractor for these works.

You will administer and undertake final inspections of work to ensure that it complies with our specification and quality requirements. You will have a working knowledge of the latest version of BS767, Wiring regulations.

There will be a requirement to work with in-house and external partners, including our term maintenance contractor, to successfully deliver this maintenance and replacement work, providing outcomes that achieve service level and council objectives. You will build and maintain excellent working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.

You will be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and will have experience applying the CDM Regulations 2015, demonstrating a commitment to health, safety, welfare, and equal opportunities.

About Us

Benefits of working for GCC:

1. Flexible and agile working opportunities
2. Annual Leave entitlement of 25.5 days rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ continuous service
3. Career development and qualification opportunities
4. Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
5. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
6. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
7. Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
8. Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)

How to Apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire, and experience required to make a positive difference, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” button.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jenny Goodson or Ken Pitt on 08000 514514.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 28th April 2025.

Additional Information

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Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realize your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfill all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.