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About Us and The Role
The Planning & Highways Development Management Team, which is part of the Planning, Delivery, is engaged in supporting the continued economic regeneration of Warwickshire. The developments dealt with by the team vary in scale, location and complexity, and the team is responsible for providing statutory highway advice to the Local Planning Authorities, pre-application advice, carrying out technical approvals and inspections for new road adoptions associated with developments throughout the County.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced engineer to join the team and focus on the getting all new residential roads across the county adopted through Section 38 of the Highways Act. The job description for this post is streamlined and therefore includes a broad range of duties and responsibilities. However, the successful applicant for this post will be capable of taking the lead on work within the team associated with Section 38/278/184 schemes including technical approvals and instructing Legal Agreements, work closely with colleagues to advise on the acceptability of planning submissions, and will have excellent communication skills to liaise with developers/agents, members of the public, Members and MP’s.
Whilst we are embracing an agile way of working, due to the nature of the role the ability to travel effectively throughout Warwickshire is essential.
For further information please see the Job Description & Person Specification.
Additional Information
For further details about the role please contact Pam Neal via email on pamneal@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: Monday, 14th March 2022
Interview Date: To be confirmed
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Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.