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Senior Civil Engineers Roads

Locations UK-Glasgow
Posted Date 5 days ago(02/07/2024 15:21)
ID
2024-9413
# of Posts
7
Closing Date
30/07/2024
Salary
GBP £45,449.00/Per Annum
Pay Supplement
GBP £7,862.00/Per Annum
Category
Engineering
Hire Type
External

Overview

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We are currently seeking applications for Senior Civil Engineers within Transport Scotland in the Roads Directorate. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment and new entrants will start on the minimum of the pay range. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria below will be invited to the assessments.
 
Transport Professional Pay Supplement
This post attracts a £7,862 pay supplement (pro rata).  Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.
 
Overview
Transport Scotland is the national transport agency, seeking to deliver a safe, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable transport system for the benefit of the people of Scotland.  Transport Scotland is accountable to Parliament and the public through Scottish Ministers, with a budget of around £3.9 billion per year. Transport is a vital feature of the Scottish Government's focus on increasing sustainable economic growth, and transport investments and policies have major impacts on our economy,  environment, and society.
 
The Roads Directorate is responsible for carrying out the management, maintenance and operation of the Trunk Roads in Scotland.  The Trunk Road network comprises of around 3,500km of road and is the largest asset Scottish Ministers own (£21 billion net gross asset value). Other priorities include the co-ordination of response to emergencies affecting transport, roads policy, road safety including oversight of progress towards national casualty reduction targets, Intelligent Transport Systems and lighting, resilience, winter maintenance, transport planning of major events, roads and bridges design standards, and air quality and the environment including climate change adaptation and asset management. 
 
The Directorate contributes to Transport Scotland’s delivery priorities of: 
 
• Improved connections across Scotland
• Better journey times, better reliability
• Greener transport alternatives, reduced emissions
• Enhanced safety, more innovation

Important Information

Scottish Government is preparing for the implementation of a new HR and Finance platform and, as a result, some job offers will be subject to an October 2024 start date at the earliest.  This will be confirmed as your application progresses.

Responsibilities

To help us deliver our responsibilities we are seeking suitably qualified and experienced applicants to fill a number of senior grade civil engineering posts in the Roads Directorate. These are exciting and challenging engineering positions. To find out more about the specific roles currently available, please view the Job Profiles Document
 
Individuals will be asked their preferred post(s) at interview, and we will match successful candidates to the position that best suits their experience in order of merit. In exceptional circumstances we may decide that a candidate is best suited to a role that is not currently highlighted, but all positions will be discussed with successful candidates before they are posted to a role. If you would like to learn more about any of the positions, please contact hrtransportscotland@transport.gov.scot. 

Competencies
Self Awareness
Communications & Engagement
Analysis & Use of Evidence
Financial Management
 

Essential Criteria & Qualifications

You must hold a suitable degree in Civil Engineering, or equivalent, and be a chartered member of an appropriate professional body and registered with the Engineering Council.
 
Essential Criteria
1. Experience in roads and transport schemes in at least two of the following:
• scheme appraisal & analysis
• design
• scheme preparation
• statutory procedures 
contract management
• procurement
• construction
• network operations
• traffic data services / management
• Intelligent Transport Systems
• Road Safety Systems
• flood prevention
• Asset Management and Maintenance
• Development Management
• Ability to project manage concurrent work programmes
• Financial management skills
2. Ability to project manage concurrent work programmes.
3. Financial management skills.
4. Strong communication skills with ability to network and manage relationships with a range of internal and external groups, agencies and individuals with an emphasis on customer focus.

Further Information
For further information on this vacancy please download and review the Further Information Document:
 
 
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.
 
These must be combined into one document as the system can only accept a single document upload per application:
• A CV (no longer than two pages) setting out your qualifications and career history including your experience applicable to the role requirements, with key responsibilities and achievements.
• Add to your CV your personal statement (no longer than 1250 words) explaining why you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience suitable for this role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
• You must also provide evidence of you minimum qualification (for example an image of your certification or registration number).
 
Failure to submit a single combined document (CV and personal statement) will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
 
When considering how your experience relates to the role, please tailor your CV and personal statement to reflect the role and the essential skills/criteria as described in the job description/person specification. 
 

Minimum Time in Post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade. 

Location
This post is based in  Glasgow, with hybrid working in line with current Transport Scotland policies. You will be expected to be office based twice per week, pro rata.

The post is a full time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.

Sponsorship Information
Changes to legislation concerning Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship were implemented on 04/04/2024. If you think you may require Visa Sponsorship it is important that prior to applying you read the official Home Office guidance to confirm eligibility.

 

Any applicants that are not eligible for sponsorship will be withdrawn at either application stage or the point of offer, with any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.


Important Information regarding Interviews
Interviews  may be conducted in a virtual/remote setting. All applicants must ensure that they have a suitable space to complete the virtual interview via MS Teams and ensure that Wi-Fi/Broadband capacity will be sufficient to carry both audio and video feeds to undertake the interview.

For information on this post please contact Hiring Manager< Kieran Irvine by email at kieran.irvine@transport.gov.scot


The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot

As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.

Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.

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