Engineer (Development Liaison)

Maintaining a great county for people to live, work and visit, depends on the infrastructure and environments that we improve and create. Join us and you could play a major role in regenerating and developing key parts of this beautiful rural setting, home of the famous Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

This post presents an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your existing knowledge, skills and experience within a busy and varied highway engineering environment.

You will be joining the Development Team within Highways, a successful, supportive, and collaborative team with a wealth of experience.

The Highways Service is forward thinking, continuously thinking innovatively about how we offer our services as well as identifying opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues and partners.

We prioritise support, learning, development, and wellbeing across our workforce. We also offer hybrid and flexible working that supports a healthy work-life balance.

We are committed to supporting your continual professional development and have a comprehensive development programme whatever the stage of your career.

What you can expect to be doing:

This diverse and exciting role includes providing specialist technical advice, coordinating activity with third parties to deliver a range of projects and/or services including:

• providing highway and transport advice on planning applications
• technical reviews and site visits
• developing innovative, practical transport initiatives to deliver transport infrastructure to support sustainable economic development, housing growth, new local and neighbourhood plans
• you will also play a key part in working with a range of partners and organisations to support sustainable/active travel and create safe, healthy and people friendly places
• using your excellent negotiation skills to secure S106 contributions
• represent the Council in various external forums as appropriate.

About you:

You will be educated to at least HNC/HND standard in civil engineering or a related subject and have experience and knowledge of current highway design, Transport Assessments/Statements, and local planning legislation, procedures and techniques.

Professional Membership of a relevant body is desirable and will demonstrate your commitment to continuous professional development and that you have gained significant post qualification experience within this field. 

You will have excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills, be prepared to represent the Council in various forums, and have a pragmatic, solution finding approach to your work and managing others. 

At Dorset Council, we are working together to create a fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable Dorset for everyone, now and in the future.

We: 

• provide essential services that support over 380,000 residents 
• work in partnership to make a real difference 
• value every role and the impact it has on our communities 
• support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive 

You will: 

• be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset 
• have access to a range of benefits and support 
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve. 

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible. If you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application. 

This role is UK-based, and we will need to confirm your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications, so the job title in any attachments may differ from the advert. If needed, we will provide additional details in a context statement. 

If you’re passionate about making a difference, we’d love you to join us. 

Find out more about how to apply.