Senior Technical Officer - INTERNAL

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Kirklees
Place
Highways & Streetscene
37 hour
1
Across Kirklees
Permanent
Grades 7-9
£29,540 - £37,280
Market Rate Supplement applies

THIS ROLE IS INTERNALLY RESTRICTED

To apply for this job, you must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Be an employee of Kirklees Council.
  • Be employed by Kirklees for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date.
  • Have successfully completed your probationary period.

(Please note that if you work for an Academy, you are not an employee of the Council.)

Your employment status will be checked, if you do not meet the above requirements your application will be rejected. 

Have you got great IT skills to maintain an asset management database?

Bring your IT and management skills to Kirklees and help us to improve the road network in this beautiful and diverse part of Yorkshire.

The Highway Structures team looks after highway bridges and structures in Kirklees, ranging from inspections and maintenance, through to major refurbishment and reconstruction schemes.

We work with a wide range of professionals and engineers from other disciplines, including contractors, consultants, and other council departments and external organisations, as well as the public and locally-elected Councillors. Your IT skills, attention to detail and ability to take the initiative will be key to your success with us.

This role includes helping to maintain the structures database (AMX) to proactively manage highway structures assets to ensure they are safe for use.

Depending on your skills and experience, the next twelve months will see you involved in data input, cleansing and validation, pertaining to highway structures and third-party assets in our database. This will include making site visit (with all appropriate training) to collect relevant information and photographs for input to the database.

You will primarily be responsible for your own areas of work and also have some responsibility for helping other members of the team to develop their knowledge in operating the structures database. Your workload will be tailored to build upon your existing knowledge.


What we can offer:

  • A full time permanent contract, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexible start and finish times.
  • Generous annual leave entitlement.
  • Friendly and supportive team environment.
  • Ongoing training and career development.
  • Excellent pension scheme.
  • A range of family friendly policies, including flexible working and some working from home.
Farhad Khatibi is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
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20 May 2026, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.