Assistant Engineer Level 3 - Highways Development Control

Highways Development Control (HDC) provide the Highway Authority's response to all development proposals in Manchester as part of the Planning Process, ranging from a single property to major development proposals such as Manchester Airport or the Co-op Arena development. The HDC team is central to protecting and maintaining highway interests, assessing development proposals, identifying highway alterations and liaising with developers throughout the planning, development and construction process.

This vacancy is for the role of Assistant Engineer in the Development Control team where you would help to provide specialist expertise to ensure that all developments are safe, accessible and work to mitigate against any impact on the highway network and its users.

The role covers a variety of activities which include;

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  + Managing a caseload of small/medium-scale planning applications and liaising with various Highways teams and other stakeholders in relation to sustainable infrastructure, off-site highways works, parking provision, Traffic Regulation Orders and construction management.
  
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  + Supporting local communities (residents, businesses and service providers) with small developments which have an impact on the highway.
  
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  + Working alongside Neighbourhood teams, looking together at how new developments can support the wider community by improving links like controlled crossing points and safer routes to local attractions.
  
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  + Using our combined local knowledge and technical guidance to feed into new development like new or expanding schools, community developments, new housing estates and local amenities, providing support and advice on any issues.
  
  This post is full time and will play a key role in supporting the HDC team., As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
  
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans


• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care


• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition


Accessibility

As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.

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When you join us

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we'll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

Qualification - Must hold HNC / HND in Civil Engineering or other relevant discipline, or, Be able to demonstrate relevant experience of working within a highway or construction environment - It would be highly advantageous to have a background in Development Control and a good understanding of the technical assessment process for planning applications

Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.

Manchester City Council is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly competent and motivated people. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects across Greater Manchester.

Manchester is a world class city with ambitious plans for sustainable growth. Do you have the qualities to play a key role within Highways Development Control?, You will be a highly motivated and versatile individual with great analytical skills and the drive to make a significant contribution to our team. You should preferably have an understanding of Highway Development Control, have good computer skills along with experience of related software and also knowledge of the relevant codes of practice, guidance documents and planning policy.

We are looking for individuals ideally with a HDC background or a private sector-based Transport Consultancy background with experience of planning application submissions. You must also hold an HNC/HND in Engineering/ Transport Planning or equivalent or have relevant Highways/ Development Control experience.

We're the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We're proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

When you join us, you're joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you'll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five 'behaviours' - the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

• We take time to listen and understand


• We work together and trust each other


• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly


• We 'own it' and we're not afraid to try new things


• We're proud and passionate about Manchester


A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council

At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.