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Career Graded Engineer

37 hours

Salary £29,777 - £42,403

Charminster Depot, Dorchester

What’s in it for you:

We are seeking to appoint a career graded engineer to our Highways Asset Management Team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career as an engineer, joining our Highway Design Team. The Highways Asset Management Team consists of ten people and includes highways asset management, performance and benchmarking, budget monitoring, highways systems and structural maintenance design.

There are many benefits in working for Dorset Council including:

• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• 5-6 weeks annual leave (dependant on years’ service) plus bank holidays,
• Access to a works vehicle,
* Flexible Working patterns

What you can expect to be doing:

You will be preparing designs and file documents for structural maintenance schemes and surface treatments, to include surface dressing, microasphalt, preservation etc. Structural maintenance designs will also include some footway and drainage schemes.

We work closely with operational colleagues and other stakeholders to deliver our construction programme. 

About you:

Additional Information:

This post has a significant travel requirement and you are contractually required to have a vehicle (or transport deemed to be suitable by the Council) available for use as required.

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Dorset Council is committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free, and as inclusive as possible for everyone.

Dorset Council: A great place to work

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents

have ambitious aspirations

are excited about our future

care about Dorset and all the people who live here

know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

have access to

be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed

have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. and welcome applications from everyone.

We are We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

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