Assistant Engineer

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About the role

As a Assistant Engineer, you will play an important role in supporting the inspection team to monitor, audit and inspect highway works carried out on behalf of the Council. Working alongside experienced engineers and inspectors, you will gain valuable hands-on experience, helping to ensure contractual requirements are met, quality standards are maintained and works are completed in accordance with relevant specifications and legislation.

What will you be doing?

This is an excellent opportunity to join West Northamptonshire Council’s Highways Inspection Team and play a key role in ensuring highway services are delivered to the high standards expected by residents and communities. As a Graduate / Assistant Engineer, you will support the inspection team in monitoring and assessing works delivered through the Council’s highways contract, helping to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with contractual requirements.

You will assist with a wide range of inspection and audit activities, including visiting sites, undertaking inspections, completing reports and supporting colleagues in assessing the quality and performance of highway works. Working closely with the wider team, you will help ensure contract information is managed consistently, supporting the instruction of works, monitoring delivery and reporting any issues or failures.

The role offers the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of highway maintenance and contract management, gaining valuable experience in quality assurance, compliance and performance monitoring. You will contribute to audit and challenge inspections that enable the Council to assess contractor performance and provide assurance on the quality of works delivered across the highway network.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

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