Principal Engineer - Highway Structures

Job Introduction

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

The Council has ambitious plans to deliver a local plan that provides a platform for future generations. To achieve this at pace, there is an organisational commitment to build operational capacity across a number of service areas.

As a result, we have a range of exciting career opportunities in roles that will directly contribute to the growth and development of our local area.

By taking on one of these roles, you’ll be at the centre of the action – revitalising neighbourhoods, developing new public spaces, delivering on our sustainability priorities, and improving infrastructure.

About the role / service

The Highways team are a supportive professional team. This role involves implementing highway schemes and programmes of work relating to bridges and highway structures.

You will be reporting to a Service Manager, preparing, developing and implementing maintenance and capital works schemes and undertake related functions associated with the management of highway bridges and associated structures.

About you

You will have degree or equivalent experience in an engineering or transport related discipline, along with a detailed and up to date knowledge of appropriate legislation and highway design standards. You will be working with developers to achieve high standards of development and protect the Council’s interests.

Please see the detailed job profile for complete information relating to the post.

Your Contributions:

You will be providing valued and trusted technical advice to the Highway structure service

Your role will involve preparing estimates, project plans and programmes, submitting these to the Management team for consideration

You will also be evaluating design and construction proposals submitted to the Council by third parties, providing informed opinion and support to the Council.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service

Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions

3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme

Investment in your personal development

Free Car Parking at HBC sites

Flexible working arrangements

Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Nigel Case, Service Manager on 01515117550, or Ian Jones, Head of Highways on  01515117522

Interviews will take place on week commencing 28th April 2025

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!