Lead Engineer (Roads and Infrastructure)

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NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Engineering Services

Lead Engineer (Roads and Infrastructure)

35 hours per week
Permanent
£44,295 - £46,850 (including Distant Islands Allowance)

Orkney provides a beautiful setting in which to live and work and a wonderful opportunity to combine a fulfilling and challenging career with the best that the islands can offer in terms of lifestyle. Our vibrant and forward-thinking community is regularly voted the happiest and the best place to live in the UK. Our quality of life is second to none. With a rising population, excellent local services and a multitude of opportunities and facilities to cater for whatever your interests outside of work may be.

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Engineer with extensive roads and infrastructure experience including design to lead a small team working on projects which may include road schemes funded by capital and revenue, coastal protection, flood prevention, active travel schemes, bridge maintenance and infrastructure for harbours, commercial and housing developments. Reporting to the Service Manager Engineering, you will be a Chartered Civil Engineer and have spent considerable time in a senior technical role on projects of this nature.

You will provide services for the maintenance and improvement of local roads and roads infrastructure including road structures and bridges. The Council has recently published the next Local Flood Risk Management Plan for 2022 to 2028 which contains actions to reduce, mitigate and alleviate the impacts of flooding on our communities. You will potentially be involved in the project management, design and construction of projects developed from the plan. There may also be the opportunity to be involved in the construction of Council developed wind farms and renewable energy infrastructure.

Whilst the position is demanding, it is also extremely rewarding through its focus on delivering lifeline infrastructure as well as constructing and maintaining assets which can be exposed to some of the harshest climatic conditions in the country. Whilst the Council is the smallest in the United Kingdom, its roles and responsibilities and the range of its infrastructure is broad, hence the engineering team draws enormous satisfaction from the diversity and intensity of its work.

You should have a degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent and have Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution e.g. ICE or CIHT with extensive post graduate design and construction industry experience and a proven track record in a senior technical and managerial role.

A NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety or equivalent is desirable.

You should be able to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Orkney to meet the operational requirements of the Service.

This post is subject to Basic Disclosure Scotland clearance.

Prospective applicants are invited to discuss the post by contacting David Custer, Service Manager Engineering, e-mail david.custer@orkney.gov.uk or telephone 01856 873535.

Closing Date: Sunday 16 April 2023

Please note that interview and relocation expenses will be paid for this post, in accordance with Council policy.