| Salary £49,764 - £53,887 Per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Principal Engineer |
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship
Principal Engineer (Structures and Drainage), Highways Asset Management
Location – Central Lancashire
Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. Lancashire is a vibrant and striking place and Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire. As the fourth largest local authority in the country and the largest in the North, we serve over 1.2 million residents.
The Highways Asset Management Service is responsible for ensuring that Lancashire County Council meets its statutory duty as a highway's authority through strategic management of over 7,500 kilometres of vehicular highway network, containing 152,000 streetlights,15,000 illuminated signs/bollards, over 2000 bridges and other structures, together with many other highway assets.
The bridges capital programme is in excess of £3.5m and sits within the overall Asset Management Capital Programme of around £28m.
The Role & Responsibilities
We are seeking a dynamic and results-orientated Engineer, to support our ambitious projects and contribute to our organisation's success. This is an exciting opportunity to join us in Lancashire, as we continue to develop and deliver our bridge asset management programme. The work contributes towards the wider Highways Asset Management service, through the development of an asset risk-based approach to Asset Management, including development of the Transport Asset Management Plan.