About Us
Warwickshire County Council County Highways undertake routine highway maintenance schemes/works.
Our Highway Systems Team manage our internal contract management systems, these interfaces are critical in the day-to-day running of our Highway Maintenance contract, whilst also providing live information to elected members and the public.
The Role
This is a new role within a new team, we are looking for a Systems Engineer to design, develop, maintain and configure our highway maintenance contract management systems, integrating and developing customer facing applications, and managing and acting as project leads on procurement of new IT systems.
To deal directly with elected Member's, local and national politicians, senior managers, Government Departments and other national and regional departments or agencies on behalf of County Highways.
Ensure that the service operates efficiently, safely and all risks and issues are controlled.
Key Requirements
To be successful you’ll need; good communication skills both verbal and written; planning and organising and essentially IT skills. In addition, you’ll have to contribute to current developments in the technical specialism within employing organisation, own industry and professional and trade bodies. Fluent at articulating best practice and is recognised authority in technical specialist.
Provide expert advice to those engaged in activities where technical specialism is applicable within IT and related areas such as budgetary and financial planning, litigation, legislation, and health and safety.
Development of the organisation’s strategic plans, including the creative use of information and communications technology.
Work with the most senior client/user management in establishing the contribution that IT can make to business objectives, defining strategies, agreeing and prioritising high-level requirements, conducting feasibility studies, producing both high-level and detailed business models, overseeing development and implementing solutions.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
For further information about the roles please contact the hiring manager:Scott Carpenter-01926 413446 or scottcarpenter@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Closing date: Midnight on Monday 4th August
Interviews anticipated week commencing 11th August 2025
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more
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