City of York Council are excited to announce that they are seeking a Highways Maintenance Scheduler.
In this role you will be experienced in working with highway maintenance and highways assets as well as managing and delivering highways maintenance works orders and schemes with many stakeholders.
Working as a key member of the basic maintenance team and reporting directly to the Highways Maintenance Manager, you will be part of a dedicated team overseeing the implementation of the highway safety inspection policy and working with our operational teams in delivering both small and large scale repairs, and maintenance to the highway network.
This includes submitting Streetworks permits, Traffic Management Plans with diversions and programmes of work for:
- Active travel networks and assets
- Roads (including signage and lining)
- Footways
- Drainage
- Street Lighting
- York City Walls
In doing so you will be supporting an established Highways Assets Management team set up to sustainably deliver work streams on all highways assets whilst also being supported by framework consultancies and contractors. For this you will need to work with both internal and external stakeholders, principally Highway Inspectors, Site Agents and Project Engineers
In the development of works orders programmes you will need to be highly organised and be competent with excel spreadsheets and have an aptitude to learn electronic processes like Department for Transport Street Manager and Causeway ALLOY software (Training will be provided).
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact John Putsey, Highways Maintenance Manager, john.putsey@york.gov.uk or on 07732 908813.
Closing date: Sunday 18 October 2026 at 12 midnight
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 2 November 2026
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