At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting transport projects, enhancing active travel routes and public spaces.
- Company: Brighton & Hove City Council, committed to diversity and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, wellbeing support, flexible working, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to creating safer, greener streets.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on your community while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in highway schemes, AutoCAD design, and contractor management required.
Location: Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Salary: £48,226 - £51,356
Permanent, Full Time
Ref: REQ
We are looking for engineers to support the delivery of our ambitious transport capital programme. Our work includes:
- Providing new active travel routes, including our A259 walking and cycling scheme.
- Delivery of bus priority measures, adding to our nationally recognised network.
- Enhancing the city's public realm through schemes such as the transformative Valley Gardens project.
- Delivering improvements to our city's streets to make them safer and more accessible, as well as more resilient to the impacts of climate change, for example by introducing tree planting and Sustainable Urban Drainage schemes.
We are recruiting a Senior Project Engineer and an Assistant Project Engineer which will play key roles in the delivery of this exciting programme. This will include designing our upcoming schemes, appointing contractors and supervising the implementation of works.
For the Senior Project Engineer role, you will have experience of delivering highway schemes, including designing schemes in AutoCAD and extensive knowledge of highways and transport regulations. You will also have previous experience of managing contractors.
Encouraging a diverse workforce: Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background.
How to apply: Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview. To apply, please click on the apply button.
Closing date: 30 August 2026. Interviews to be held: w/c 7th September 2026.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview.
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only. We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers.
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Contact Details:
Brighton & Hove City Council Recruitment Team
