Principal Highway Development Management Engineer

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Job Reference Ref/58573/9347

Apply for this job Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Full Time Contract Details: Permanent Salary Range : £52,515 - £56,054 Working Hours: 37 Location: Whittlesford Highway Depot, Huntingdon Highway Depot or Witchford Highway Depot Closing Date: 21/10/2026 Job Category: Highways and Transportation Organisation: Cambridgeshire County Council

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

Cambridgeshire County Council is offering opportunity for a principal engineer with highway development management experience to fulfil demanding roles in a busy team dealing with the challenges presented by an ambitious and wide-ranging growth agenda.

The team has one full-time and permanent positions available, based at of one of our highway depots in either Huntingdon, Witchford or Whittlesford (open to applicant requirements). The ability to travel to different locations is essential. 

Place and Sustainability is at the forefront of making sure Cambridgeshire is open for business. The roles are based within the Transport and Connectivity directorate, which is responsible for leading on the development and delivery of key infrastructure and policy across Cambridgeshire and is therefore pivotal to Cambridgeshire delivering on its long-term infrastructure and transport aspirations.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Shane Luck, Highway Development Manager - [email removed]

What will you be doing?

The HDM Team sit within the Sustainable Transport and Strategy service area. The team is responsible for informing, influencing and advising upon the highway aspects of development proposals through the Council’s role as a statutory consultee for planning applications.  An experienced principal engineer is required to lead on developing, promoting and securing the County’s highway and transport objectives through the assessment of development proposals, providing professional and technical advice and support to local planning authorities, and identification and negotiation of developer funded highway infrastructure.

About you

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent in a transport or Civil Engineering related discipline (or equivalent experience) together with experience of highway development management.

As well as being able to demonstrate a wide experience of HDM/related highway discipline, you will have experience of highway design, construction and drainage techniques and a good working knowledge of highways legislation. You will understand the complexities of local government, be able to find solutions to complex problems and have experience of working closely with Members and key stakeholders.

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