At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead street lighting projects and ensure safe, efficient operations across Greater London.
- Company: Join a well-established local authority with a focus on innovation and community safety.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with mentoring opportunities and a chance to shape the future of urban lighting.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in urban infrastructure while working on exciting smart city technologies.
- Qualifications: Degree in engineering and experience in street lighting or highways services required.
The predicted salary is between 27.56 - 27.56 £ per hour.
Senior Street Lighting Engineer Location: Greater London (Hybrid Working) Pay Rate: £27.56 per hour PAYE | £36.25 per hour Umbrella Contract: Temporary
Our client, a well-established Greater London Local Authority, is seeking an experienced Senior Street Lighting Engineer to join their Highways team on an interim basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong highways professional to lead the delivery of street lighting maintenance, capital improvement schemes and asset management programmes across the borough.
Working within a busy highways service, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the authority's street lighting infrastructure while managing contractors, supporting strategic projects and driving service improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the day‑to‑day management of the borough's street lighting service, including reactive, planned and cyclical maintenance programmes.
- Manage and monitor the performance of external contractors, ensuring contractual KPIs, quality standards and statutory requirements are consistently achieved.
- Deliver capital investment programmes including LED replacement schemes, energy reduction initiatives and asset renewal projects.
- Maintain and develop the street lighting asset inventory, ensuring accurate reporting to support investment planning, carbon reduction and energy management.
- Provide technical advice on lighting design, British Standards, electrical compliance and highways infrastructure.
- Review and approve lighting proposals associated with Section 38 and Section 278 developments, ensuring adoptable assets meet council specifications.
- Liaise with developers, utility companies, UK Power Networks, consultants and internal stakeholders to coordinate infrastructure works.
- Support the delivery of EV charging infrastructure and emerging smart city technologies attached to street lighting assets.
- Prepare technical reports, project cost estimates, specifications and contract documentation.
- Respond to member, resident and stakeholder enquiries, complaints and insurance claims relating to street lighting assets.
- Carry out site inspections, including occasional evening inspections and emergency response duties where required.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across the service.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate
- Extensive experience delivering street lighting or urban lighting engineering services within a local authority or similar public sector environment.
- Strong technical knowledge of street lighting design, maintenance and asset management.
- Experience managing highways maintenance contractors and NEC-style service delivery.
- Knowledge of current legislation and industry standards including BS5489, BS EN13201, IET Wiring Regulations, CDM Regulations, NRSWA and G39.
- Experience working with UK Power Networks, DNOs and Independent Connection Providers.
- Strong project management, stakeholder engagement and contract management skills.
- Experience using highways asset management systems such as Symology, GIS or similar software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce technical reports and present information to a wide range of stakeholders.
Essential Requirements
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Significant experience within highways or street lighting engineering.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Ability to attend the office in Greater London a minimum of two days per week.
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant professional institution (ICE, IET, ILP or equivalent).
- Experience delivering LED replacement programmes and energy efficiency projects.
- Knowledge of EV charging infrastructure and smart city technologies.
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