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Technical Approval Engineer

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Ipswich • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £34,434 per year

About the role

  • Working within a small Development Management Technical Approval team which approves highway works and other developments (Highways Act 1980 s278 and s38 agreements)
  • Ensuring that the works are designed and constructed in accordance with national and Suffolk County Council (SCC) design and specifications and that records for improvement and adoption of highways are completed and recorded on the relevant database.
  • Provide the Highway Authority’s response to technical submissions for new highway infrastructure relating to new developments
  • Technically approve all aspects of highway infrastructure necessary to deliver developments within Suffolk and to support colleagues responding to statutory planning responses
  • Negotiate with developers to agree appropriate technical solutions on all highway matters to ensure that the proposed layouts and construction of estate roads, comply with SCC guidance.

Requirements

  • knowledge of all aspects of highway design and construction and relevant sections of Highways Act
  • to be able to solve complex and wide-ranging problems and be a confident communicator with strong verbal and written skills
  • the ability to interpret drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
Benefits
  • up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
  • membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
  • performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
  • training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
  • a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
  • diverse and active staff networks
  • flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
highway designhighway constructiontechnical documentation interpretationproblem solvingverbal communicationwritten communication
Soft Skills
confident communicator