Highway Maintenance Officer in Alconbury

We're looking for a proactive and community focused Highway Maintenance Officer to help keep Cambridgeshire's highway network safe, resilient, and well maintained. In this frontline role, you will oversee reactive, and/or cyclical maintenance across footways, cycle routes, carriageways and public rights of way - ensuring the network meets the needs and expectations of our communities.

You'll collaborate closely with residents, contractors, parish and town councils, and internal teams to deliver high quality maintenance works, respond to incidents, and contribute to Cambridgeshire County Council's commitment to excellent customer service and a safe, efficient highway network.

Our benefits

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

What will you be doing?

• Carrying out routine and ad hoc highway inspections to identify defects and inform maintenance planning.
• Investigating reported highway issues, engaging with local communities, and conducting on site assessments, measurements and (when required) intrusive investigations.
• Responding to incidents such as flooding, collisions, vehicle fires or oil spills - sometimes outside normal working hours.
• Ordering and managing maintenance works in partnership with contractors, including defining scope, costs, and traffic management requirements.
• Coordinating reactive and planned works to minimise network disruption and ensure value for money.
• Building strong relationships with local communities, parish/town councils and campaign groups to understand local priorities and keep stakeholders informed.
• Playing an active role in promoting a one team culture and contributing to organisational sustainability and Net Zero goals.

About you

• Essential qualifications/experience: A Levels / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent), HND (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Highways or Construction, experience working in highways or construction sectors, strong organisational, communication and problem solving skills, ability to work autonomously and prioritise competing demands, confident IT skills across Microsoft applications, understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, ability to contribute to the Council's Net Zero 2030 commitment, flexibility to travel to sites (including locations with limited public transport) and occasionally work outside standard hours.
• Desirable: NRSWA Streetworks Supervisor qualification, knowledge of highway legislation (e.g., Highways Act 1980, NRSWA 1991), experience in customer or community engagement, awareness of sustainable practices in highways and drainage.

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a supportive team passionate about delivering high quality services for communities across Cambridgeshire. You’ll have the opportunity to make a visible difference on the ground, grow your technical expertise, and shape how the county’s highways are managed in the future.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.

If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager to discuss any adjustment needs.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.