Engineer / Transportation Officer Highway Planned Maintenance & Minor Structures
Scale 5/6 (£28,598 - £33,699) This role is eligible for Essential Car User allowance.
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Stopford House role will be part in office but mainly on site arranging and overseeing schemes.
Application Deadline: 26th July 2026 11.59pm
Shortlisting Date: 27th to 28th July 2026
Interview Date: 5th August 2026
Interview Type: In person
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The Role
The highways team at Stockport Council maintains around 1,000km of road with drainage infrastructure, street furniture and road lining.
We are looking for an Engineer / Transportation Officer in the Network Asset Maintenance team within the Capital Delivery Service.
The successful applicant will have some highway maintenance experience. We are delivering highway planned maintenance services (structural and preventative) across the borough and the postholder will assist with the delivery of the programme. The role also includes responsibility for the delivery of highway drainage, weed control, car park maintenance schemes, small retaining wall and safety barrier repairs.
Flexible working arrangements are in place.
About You
The ideal candidate will have experience of preparing accurate records & reports, working to strict deadlines, delivery of planned highway maintenance schemes and liaising with other highway teams and key stakeholders.
About Us
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 Carl Taylor [email protected].
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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