Senior Engineer - Waverley Court

Senior Engineer (Transport Strategy and Partnerships)
Waverley Court

Salary: £46,023 - £54,476
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland's capital city? The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Engineer to join our Transport Strategy and Partnerships team. This role offers the opportunity to be directly involved in shaping, leading and delivering enhancements to Edinburgh's transport systems, streets and public places.

The successful candidate should be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline and have experience of managing and delivering significantly high value and complex civil engineering projects in a challenging environment. It is essential the post holder has strong communication skills and the ability to build key relationships, including those at senior management and Elected Member level.

The candidate will support delivery of several major and strategic transport projects including the West Edinburgh Transport Improvements Programme and City Centre Transformation plan, which prioritise the implementation of Public Transport, Active Travel and Public Realm improvements. The location and status of these strategic projects will involve effective partnership working with a variety of public and private bodies, experience of working with stakeholders is a key requirement of the role.

Benefits:

* Competitive salary and pension scheme.
* Generous annual leave entitlement.
* Professional development and training opportunities.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Supportive and inclusive work environment.
* Employee well-being initiatives.
* Access to a range of employee benefits and discounts.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the City of Edinburgh and have the skills and experience required for this role, we would love to hear from you.

The City of Edinburgh Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the city's vibrant community.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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