Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician

Salary: Grade 11 - £33,673 to £37,563

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Closing Date: 30th October 2026

About the Role

Our Highways team are responsible for maintaining Somerset's extensive highway network, helping people travel safely and keeping communities connected. Working closely with residents, councillors, contractors and partner organisations, the team delivers the highway maintenance programme to ensure the highways asset is safe for the user and remain within a serviceable standard.

As an Engineering Technician, you form part of Somerset Councils Asset Management Team and would be reporting to the Structural Maintenance Engineer, and you would be working with the Area Highways Team in East Area – Yeovil, to identify structural maintenance schemes for various treatment types across Somerset and working toward Somerset Councils life cycle planning strategy for the Highway network. This would include undertaking prioritisation inspections and reviewing condition data to ensure our budgets are focused on the conditional needs. The role will also include managing and monitoring budget spend, ensuring best value, working with the Asset Management team on life cycle planning and meeting our carbon reduction requirements. Raising programmes of works for the 3 contractors which form the Structural Maintenance project. Work with the designers to ensure that all elements are undertaken as part of the required works to reduce the impact to highway users. Assist in promoting works with the Area Highways Team and the Programme Manager, where required. If you're looking for a role where you can influence decisions, develop your career and help make Somerset's roads safer and more resilient, we'd love to hear from you.

How You'll Make a Difference

• Help plan and develop highway maintenance schemes that keep Somerset's road network safe, reliable and fit for the future.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to colleagues, councillors, contractors and local communities to support informed decision-making.
• Monitor and review the quality of highway works, helping to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the expected standards.
• Support the coordination of highway schemes, balancing local priorities, budgets and long-term benefits.
• Contribute to emergency responses during incidents such as flooding, severe weather and road network disruptions, helping to keep communities connected and safe.

What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting, delivering or coordinating highway maintenance, engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical knowledge, with the ability to assess information, solve problems and make sound recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence explaining technical information clearly to a wide range of audiences.
• The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, contractors and stakeholders while managing multiple priorities effectively.
• A relevant technical qualification in highways, civil engineering or a related discipline, together with the ability to travel across Somerset as required.

Why Join Us?

At Somerset Council, we're a progressive organisation committed to improving lives and shaping better services for our communities. Based in one of England's most beautiful counties, it's a great place to build your career and enjoy an excellent quality of life.

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the UK's most enhanced and secure pension schemes.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance, where service needs allow.
• Health and wellbeing support, including access to confidential employee assistance services.
• Paid volunteering opportunities, helping you make a difference both inside and outside of work.

Find out more about working at Somerset Council: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-at-somerset-council

Further Information

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. We are only able to proceed with candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship.

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Ross Hartgen, Structural Maintenance Engineer at ross.hartgen@somerset.gov.uk

We believe diversity makes us stronger and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, whose unique perspectives help us better serve the people of Somerset.

You can find a copy of the job description here: AG0323 Engineering Technician.pdf 

If you currently work for Somerset Council, please apply via the internal SuccessFactors careers page.

Job Ref:1510/AB