Overview

Engineer (Structures) Scale 5 6 (£28,598 - £33,699) • 37 Hours, Full Time • Permanent • Stopford House with some hybrid working. The team currently works from the office for one to two days per week for collaboration, depending on workload. Team meetings will generally be held in person on an office working day.

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 8th October 2025

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 10th October 2025 • Interview Date: 15th October 2025 • Interview Type: In Person

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Your Role

This is a great opportunity to be part of a friendly hand working team. As an Engineer in the Structures Team, you will be involved in inspection, design, and construction in relation to Highway Structures schemes. Responsibilities could include investigations for feasibility studies, detailed inspection work and the design and delivery of Capital funded schemes.

It\'s a role diverse and rewarding and the right candidates will be effective communicators who can work effectively on their own and as part of a team to deliver the Structures workload.

We are looking for a hardworking and conscientious person to work in a busy environment, providing an essential and valuable service to our customers. If you are conscientious, focused, a team player and would like to make your mark in a transforming organisation, then this role could be for you.

About You

The ideal candidate will have relevant experience or awareness in the field of highway structures and asset management. Will be HNC or Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or other related field and can produce evidence of continuing professional development.

The post will require a clear understanding and working knowledge of construction health and safety legislation and associated regulations relevant to highway structures, a working knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges (DMRB) and Eurocodes and experience of working on design, development and delivery of highway structures projects.

About Us

The Highway Structures Team is small team of professionals that operates within Highways & Transportation and manages the entire bridge stock and highway related structures within the road network of Stockport.

The Council as the Highway Authority has a duty under the Highways Act, 1980 to maintain the Council’s highway structures. The Highway Structures Team has the responsibility for fulfilling part of the statutory obligations. Inspecting, assessing and maintaining the bridge stock and related structures are our key priorities, along with ensuring public safety at all times.

The Highway Structures team undertakes these responsibilities for a bridge stock that varies from major, multi-span bridges to simple footpath crossings using a wide variety of construction techniques and materials. All the bridge stock has an impact on the adopted highway and any works must take into consideration impact with all road users and pedestrians. Many of the structures are listed, historic or lie within Conservation areas, and consequently require detailed input. Others span or support important infrastructure such as major roads, railways, rivers and canals.

We also provide a consultancy role to other departments within the authority who may require specialist structure advice.

Additional Information

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Paul Griffiths at paul.griffiths@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role

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