Highways Engineer Planned Maintenance

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance

Closing Date: 30 April 2025

Closing time: 11.59pm

Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)

This role is subject to:

• 2 References - where possible we require 3 years' employment history.
• Qualification - Must have HNC / HND or equivalent and extensive demonstrable experience in Highways Maintenance.

The Highways Planned Maintenance Team is responsible for the design, programming and delivery of the MCC’s planned maintenance of carriageways and footways. Typically, the annual budget is circa £14m with works spread over around 450 sites. The works comprise a mixture of reconstruction, resurfacing and preventative treatments and candidates for the available posts will need extensive and detailed knowledge of the materials, site works and techniques associated with all these processes.

Reporting to the Team Leader, Engineers need extensive knowledge and experience of highway maintenance and are required who have the ability to carry out the following activities with minimum supervision:

• Leading in the identification and prioritisation of an annual highways maintenance carriageway and footway programme of work.
• Checking and validating Gaist roadscape intelligence to inform the initial draft list of schemes.
• Designing individual maintenance schemes including their proposed treatments, i.e. resurfacing, reconstruction or surface treatment (microasphalt / surface dressing) and producing estimated costs.
• Developing detailed delivery programmes and associated traffic management proposals and then working with contractors to ensure the successful delivery of the programmes on site.
• Checking works during construction, giving instructions to contractors and sign off of works and valuations upon completion.

You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, analytical and organisational skills. It is important that you can work confidently with financial data when making decisions. You should have knowledge of contract and programme management.

We’re the local council for one of the UK’s most vibrant and diverse cities. Working for Manchester isn’t just a job – it’s an opportunity to contribute to a city that leads change and transforms lives. Whether it’s strengthening communities or driving innovation in public services, you’ll play a vital role in creating opportunities and shaping a brighter future for everyone.

Our Manchester is our vision for a fairer, greener, and healthier city – a vision shaped by the people of Manchester. It guides everything we do at the Council and is brought to life through the Our Manchester behaviours:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
• We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

Benefits we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance - Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. Want more leave? You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension - You’ll be enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three-times your salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave - Take advantage of our enhanced family leave options, designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
• Brilliant perks - Access a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR+. Plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
• Learn and grow - We are dedicated to nurturing talent and providing you with the tools to thrive. Take part in a diverse set of learning opportunities, from workshops and training sessions through to apprenticeships and qualifications. All this begins with our comprehensive onboarding process.
• A Good Employment Charter member - We are committed to offering secure, flexible work and embedding fairness into everything we do. We review pay annually, recognize three trade unions, and are constantly working to offer the best possible health and wellbeing support throughout all stages of your working life.
• Up to 3 days volunteering leave - Give back to the community with three days pro-rate of paid volunteering leave, in addition to existing benefits.

At Manchester City Council, we’re dedicated to creating a workplace that truly reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people.