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About the Role
Support the delivery of the Council’s Highway Development Control function by assessing highway and transport impacts of development proposals, managing development-related highway agreements, and ensuring new highway infrastructure is delivered, constructed, and adopted in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, standards, and specifications. Provide specialist highways and transportation advice, manage statutory highway agreements, protect and enhance highway assets, and support sustainable growth.
Responsibilities
- Assess the highway and transport implications of planning applications and development proposals.
- Provide professional highways and engineering advice to Planning Officers, developers, consultants, elected members, and other stakeholders.
- Manage and process Section 38, Section 278, and Section 184 applications and agreements.
- Review, assess, and technically approve highway design submissions, engineering drawings, and construction details.
- Negotiate highway requirements, legal agreements, and technical solutions with developers, consultants, and legal representatives.
- Prepare engineering assessments, technical reports, cost estimates, and professional correspondence.
- Undertake site inspections and monitor highway construction works to ensure compliance.
- Identify engineering issues and work with developers and contractors to achieve solutions.
- Support the adoption of new highway assets.
- Administer and monitor bonds, deposits, fees, commuted sums, and financial contributions.
- Maintain accurate records relating to applications, agreements, highway assets, and financial information.
- Monitor budgets, expenditure, and service income.
- Represent the Highway Authority at meetings, consultations, and stakeholder engagement events.
- Liaise with Planning, Legal, Transportation, Asset Management, and Engineering teams.
- Support the Senior Development Control Engineer and provide cover or deputise where required.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, corporate governance, data protection, and customer service standards.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support service performance objectives.
Requirements
- ONC, HNC or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of two years’ post-graduate experience within highways, transport, development management or civil engineering.
- Significant experience managing Section 38 Agreements.
- Significant experience managing Section 278 Agreements.
- Significant experience managing highway adoption processes.
- Significant experience managing development-related highway works.
- Knowledge of highways legislation, highway authority functions, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience assessing development proposals and their highway impacts.
- Experience reviewing highway designs and technical submissions.
- Experience supervising contractors and inspecting highway construction works.
- Ability to provide clear and professional technical advice.
- Strong report-writing, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, agreements, and competing priorities.
- Knowledge of construction health and safety requirements.
- Strong customer-focused approach and commitment to service delivery.
- Full UK Driving Licence or ability to travel throughout the borough as required.
- Degree qualification in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering or a related discipline (Desirable).
- Experience working within a Local Authority Highways Development Control environment (Desirable).
- Experience of highway design auditing and technical approval processes (Desirable).
- Experience of highway adoption and highway asset management (Desirable).
- Project management experience (Desirable).
- Budget monitoring and financial management experience (Desirable).
- Experience drafting technical reports, committee reports, and professional correspondence (Desirable).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word (Desirable).
- Experience contributing to service improvements, performance management, and income generation initiatives (Desirable).
- Membership of a relevant professional institution such as ICE, CIHT or equivalent (Desirable).
Skills
- Civil Engineering
- Highway Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Development Management
- Section 38 Agreements
- Section 278 Agreements
- Highway Adoption Processes
- Highway Design
- Technical Submissions Review
- Contractor Supervision
- Construction Inspection
- Technical Advice
- Report Writing
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Project Management
- Customer Service
- Health and Safety
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Word
Location
- Colindale, London Borough of Barnet
Work Type
- Contract
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of two years’ post-graduate experience
Education Level
- ONC, HNC or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering or a related discipline
- Degree qualification in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering or a related discipline (Desirable)
About the Company
- Local Authority