About The Borough
Joining us gives you the chance to work for two high‑performing London Boroughs – Kingston and Sutton. Both councils share services and many roles predominantly cover both authorities, offering opportunities to learn across a wider range of activities and two political bodies.
We work flexibly across Kingston and Sutton offices and support remote/flexible working patterns. We provide the equipment and tools you need to work flexibly and expect you to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.
In Sutton we are developing the London Cancer Hub, while Kingston is undertaking its largest housing regeneration programme, building energy‑efficient homes and investing in climate‑action technologies. Both boroughs are committed to tackling the climate emergency.
About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate
About You
* Enthusiastic to deliver a range of schemes and guide junior team members.
* Produce drawings & designs that adhere to the latest highway & transportation standards and our processes.
* Strong technical design knowledge and develop to lead in meetings with technical queries.
* Produce documents and reports in relation to design stages and analyse traffic data and propose interventions.
* Awareness of Technical Highway design processes, such as Utilities C2, C3, CDM Regulations, Road Safety Audits, design stages and commissioning surveys.
* Previous experience of working at a Local Authority and / or Consultancy is beneficial.
* Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton highway network.
The Design team includes a range of grades from Team Lead, Principal Engineer, Senior, Engineer, Graduate, Technician and Apprentices. The wider Design & Delivery team is approximately 30 staff and includes Street Lighting, TMOs, Planned Maintenance, Vehicle Crossovers and Surveys.
About Us
Shape the future of our streets and communities. This is an exciting opportunity for a Highway Engineer to take an instrumental role within a progressive local authority delivering meaningful, highway schemes from concept to completion. You’ll be at the heart of the full project lifecycle – from early scoping and optioneering through detailed design, procurement and hands‑on construction site management – with real influence over outcomes on the ground. Working in a supportive environment, you’ll be part of a growing in‑house design team and a wider, highly collaborative highways service that brings together client, commissioning, reactive, permitting and inspection teams. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community. If you’re motivated by variety, technical challenge and the chance to see your work directly improve people’s everyday journeys, this role offers both professional stretch and genuine impact.
About The Role
To support the Senior Engineer and Principal Engineer to manage the design team and deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Benefits
* A generous annual leave entitlement of 25‑32 days, plus bank holidays (pro‑rated if part‑time).
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
* Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
* Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
* Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
* Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
* Discounts on local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
* Interest‑free season ticket loans.
* Local Government Pension Scheme.
* Bicycle loan facilities and cycle‑to‑work scheme.
* Zip car scheme.
* Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.
Application Process
Apply online, detailing the skills, abilities and experience that make you an ideal candidate for this role. Refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile and check your CV has been uploaded correctly.
We utilise AI where appropriate but reserve the right to reject applications that appear to be AI‑generated without personal responses. Our selection process values authenticity and the STAR values.
The closing date is a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, so we advise submitting your application promptly to avoid disappointment.
As part of our award‑winning Diversity Programme, we anonymise all applications to reduce bias. We are committed to a diverse workforce and welcome applications from under‑represented groups.
Additional Information
We are a diverse and welcoming Borough, celebrating differences and encouraging a sense of belonging. We offer family‑friendly, inclusive employment policies and are a disability‑confident employer, guaranteeing interview opportunities to disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria.
As an accredited London Living Wage Employer, all employees receive the London Living Wage. Check the GOV.UK website for right‑to‑work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies; we evaluate requests on a case‑by‑case basis.
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