Technician - Career Graded

Situated at the heart of the Northwest and part of the Liverpool City Region, St Helens is a borough with ambitious plans for substantial regeneration and growth over the coming years. With proposals for delivery of over 9,000 new homes by 2035, transformational town centre masterplans in development, a cutting-edge programme of active and sustainable transport infrastructure and a growing focus on the role place-making can make in addressing the impacts of climate change, there has never been a more exciting time to join our ambitious, friendly and welcoming team.

This is an exciting time to join our Highways and Infrastructure Team here in St Helens to help us drive forward and support the delivery of the Council’s ambitious Borough strategy.

We want you to be part of our new team that is tasked with making us a leading highway authority, efficiently managing, maintaining, and improving our network and supporting economic growth. The roles are across the following teams:-

• Highway Infrastructure & Improvement (1 no. role);

• Highway Maintenance (1 no. role);

With a recently adopted new 5-year Highways Asset Management Strategy and a recently announced second tranche of a Transport for the City Regions for 2027 – 2032 funding settlement, now is the perfect time to join us and support the Council during one of its most exciting phases of development, regeneration and growth. This includes a maintenance programme exceeding £30m and a regeneration portfolio of circa £135m across the borough, the highways service has never had a more integral role to play. To ensure these programmes of work are successfully delivered we are looking to bolster our highway maintenance delivery team.

Based within the Highways and Infrastructure Service, the role will assist the teams that manage, inspect, maintain and improve all aspects of the road network and associated assets within the borough. This will include the development and implementation of various engineering works in support of the wider Council’s Regeneration, Growth and Infrastructure Programme. This innovative, multidisciplinary Service comprises of 3 teams, Highway Maintenance, Highway Management, and Highway Improvements & Infrastructure professions.

The role provides an opportunity to support the delivery of various statutory functions associated with the maintenance and management of the Council’s assets, whilst also supporting the Council’s various regeneration initiatives. The position, therefore, provides an opportunity to develop a rounded knowledge base across a wide range of engineering disciplines, forming a springboard for a successful future career.

The role will include the opportunity to attend college/university to attain further qualifications in this field.

If you want to discuss the roles in more detail, please don’t hesitate to contact:

Steven Walker, Head of Highways and Infrastructure on 07968 616 618, stevenwalker@sthelens.gov.uk

Or

John Drake, Team Manager Highway Infrastructure & Improvements, johndrake@sthelens.gov.uk

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Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

Employees can regularly work away from Council workspaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need, however, there has been a minimum specification that staff will work at least 2 days from an office-based location.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

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We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

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