Engineer / Transportation Officer – Street Lighting & Sign Maintenance

Engineer / Transportation Officer Street Lighting & Sign Maintenance
Scale 5/6 (£29,542 - £34,811 depending on skills and experience) This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
The successful candidate is expected to be in the office at Stopford House when required but will also be on site carrying out inspections and arranging / overseeing work.

Application Deadline: 6th November 2026 11:59pm
Shortlisting Date: 10th November 2026
Interview Date: 23rd November 2026
Interview Type: In Person

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The Role

We are seeking to appoint an Engineer with some experience of street lighting project delivery and general maintenance work. The successful candidate will have experience of working with a GIS system. Responsibilities will include the recording of site activities, overseeing contractors work, providing solutions for day to day issues and assisting with the delivery of reactive, routine and planned maintenance services.

About You

We are looking for applicants who are willing to learn new skills and develop their knowledge in this area. The successful applicant will show some evidence of the following qualities: -

• An awareness of street lighting scheme delivery
• Knowledge of reactive and routine street lighting maintenance activities
• Ability to work with Contractors and Utility companies
• Respond effectively to enquiries and complaints
• An awareness of street lighting & sign condition inspections / testing
• Have a basic understanding of lighting and sign design specification and materials used
• Work with a GIS system
• Awareness of CDM Regulations
• Understand the basics of street lighting mains supply
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Awareness or completion of a G39 training course safe working in the vicinity of DNO/IDNO equipment

About Us

Working as part of the Network Asset Maintenance service you will be involved in the following:

• LED Retro-fit project plus street lighting reactive / routine maintenance
• Street Lighting column replacement and sleeving work
• Lighting on section 38/278 development and improvement schemes

Software we’re using includes:

• Asset Management System: Pitney Bowes - Confirm System, Confirm Mobile
• Mapping Information: QGIS
• Other: Microsoft Software Suite

Stockport Council benefits include:

• An agile working environment
• Contribution to Pension Scheme
• 37 hour working week
• 23 days holiday to start
• Flexible working scheme
• Employee discounts

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact andy.jopling@stockport.gov.uk

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Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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