Vacancy – Leeds City Council – Area Network Engineer x 2

The City of Leeds is rapidly changing and the Network Management team plays a central role in this process ensuring the effective operation of the city’s highway network, preventing unnecessary disruption for people, goods and services.

The team works with a wide range of people and organisations such as individual residents, developers, utility providers and internal works promoters as part of our duties. This planned work ranges from the licencing of skips through to the co-ordination of major highway works and international events such as the AJ Bell World Triathlon and Tour De Yorkshire. In addition, the team plays a leading role in the Council’s incident management processes when they impact on the network.

To help manage Leeds City Council’s Network Management Duty, the Council’s street works permit scheme has recently been amended to apply to all streets maintained by Leeds City Council, allowing greater control over the whole network and movement of traffic throughout the city. As a consequence of this and the unprecedented amount of large schemes planned for the next few years through programmes including the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme and our Connecting Leeds proposals, we have a number of opportunities in the team at various levels.

These include the position of: Area Network Engineer (PO1) x2

You will be expected to lead a team to plan, manage and co-ordinate all highway works and events. You will also be responsible for all aspects of the New Roads and Street Works Act and for licensing some activities under the Highways Act. You will be working with an extensive range of stakeholders at all levels and should therefore have good communication skills. Leeds City Council operates a permit scheme for street/road works. You will be expected to ensure that all the permit applications are assessed within the required timescales and that appropriate conditions are included on the permit to minimise disruption.

You should have experience and knowledge of the New Roads and Street Works Act, the Traffic Management Act, Highways Act and highway construction.

If you are interested in this role and would like any further information or an informal discussion please contact Jeff Harris on 0113 378 7574.

Area Network Engineer – Grade PO1 – Job Description

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We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is a Stonewall Top 100 employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident employer.

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