Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £46,142 to Scale 39 - £50,269 with a professional bar at SCP 37 £48,226**

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tame Street Depot, Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Highway Engineer to join our dynamic engineering services team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the design and delivery of complex highway projects that will shape the future of transport and connectivity across the borough.

As a Senior Highway Engineer, you will play a key role in managing delivery of the council’s Highway Asset Management plan. You will also lead on the delivery of projects in the Design team, liaising with clients and stakeholders, and ensuring technical excellence across all stages of project development and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of highway engineering projects from feasibility through to detailed design and construction.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with other engineering disciplines.
• Prepare and review technical reports, drawings, specifications, and contract documents.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and best practices (e.g., DMRB, Manual for Streets).
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and technical assistants
• Engage with clients, elected members, local authorities, and contractors to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Support business development activities and contribute to bids and proposals.
• Lead on highway maintenance and innovation and a commitment to decarbonisation.
  

About You

Requirements

• Degree (Level 6) in Civil, Structural or Highway Engineering or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in highway maintenance and design.
• Strong understanding of UK highway standards and design procedures.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess a full driving licence.
  

About Us

Come shape the future of Tameside with us!

Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Place at Tameside Council.

“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.

“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tamesidecovering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.

‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and asssets for the future.

To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.

Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact Andrea Hebblethwaite on 07976732034 or Andrea.Hebblethwaite@tameside.gov.uk