Assistant Engineering Officer
Service: Roads and Transportation
Grade scale: Grade 2 Level 3-4
Reports to: Network Team Leader
Purpose of the job
To provide such technical assistance as may be necessary within Roads and Transportation Services.
Key tasks and responsibilities
To provide a site supervision service.
To provide a roads inspection service.
To provide client area office technical assistance as required.
To comply with all relevant health and safety requirements.
To provide a Public Utility Inspection Service.
Person specification
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Criteria |
Essential |
Desirable |
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Education, qualification and training |
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NC/HNC in civil engineering (or equivalent) or other relevant road inspection training Relevant industry qualifications |
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Skills, knowledge, experience |
Demonstrate Industrial experience related to road construction / maintenance activities Basic understanding of computer applications such as MS Word and Excel |
Previous experience of a road network function |
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Personal qualities |
Ability to work with others at all levels and abilities Driven team player with willingness to learn Excellent communication skills To work in a flexible, adaptable manner and to always act with discretion and tact |
Determination to progress within the engineering/ technical environment. |
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Other |
Full, clean driving licence with the ability to travel throughout South Lanarkshire A genuine commitment to behave with honesty and openness; treating people consistently, fairly and with respect |
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Safer recruitment checks
As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks
- Asylum and Immigration right to work in the UK.
- Reference check: external candidates require 2 references, one of which must be from present or most recent employer; Internal candidates require 1 reference from current line manager.
- Candidate Disclosure Scotland check, where applicable.
Behaviour framework
The council’s behaviour framework is a set of core behaviours that defines how employees approach work to enable the delivery of key tasks for the role. The expected behaviours for this role are:
Efficient
- Punctual and conscientious in your approach to work.
- Use council resources efficiently, avoiding waste and unnecessary expense.
- Identify inefficiency in processes and communicate this to your manager.
- Meet deadlines and targets in your day-to-day work.
- Understand the impact of wasteful behaviours on the environment and you act to minimise this impact.
- Use of information technology to achieve best outcomes.
Flexible
- Willing to learn new tasks and accept new ways of working.
- Willing to be flexible in your approach to work to meet changing service delivery needs, deadlines, and urgent priorities.
- Help team members when they have urgent deadlines and prioritise your work accordingly.
- Understand the need for change and are open to this across your working life.
Performing
- Is polite, professional and friendly to customers and apply customer care standards and attitudes at all times.
- Works safely to maintain the safety of yourself and other raising concerns about unsafe working practices.
- Meets standards of work required in your role in terms of quality and output.
- Uses initiative to solve problems and raise potential issues.
- Acknowledges when mistakes are made and learns from them.
- Seeks feedback on your performance to learn and improve.
Working with others
- Works alongside internal and external colleagues to meet common objectives.
- Has professional relationships with colleagues and is aware of dignity at work standards.
- Actively and respectfully listens to people in order to understand them and their views.
- Contributes appropriately in team and other meetings and discussions.
- Presents words and views clearly in a way that other people find meaningful.
- Respect diversity and promote equality of opportunity when working with colleagues and members of the public.
Leading
- Role models the standards of behaviours expected of a South Lanarkshire Council employee.
- Displays and enables leadership through sharing knowledge and skills, seeking guidance and providing support to your colleagues, team and the wider community.
- Is aware of and adheres to professional codes of practice and the council’s code of conduct and understand how these impact on employment with the council and public perception of council employees.