Senior Engineer - Highway Agreements

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people's lives. Play a key role in delivering highways that support great places to live, work and travel. This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role in managing highway agreements for developmentled infrastructure within one of England's most beautiful unitary authorities. You will have real daytoday influence over S38 and S278 schemes, working at the heart of major regeneration projects in our UNESCO World Heritage City, beautiful market towns and villages. As the successful candidate you will have significant technical engineering knowledge and skills to allow you to undertake design checks of third party submissions, a keen focus on compliance and experience of negotiating highway adoption legal agreements. You will have a track record of implementing successful quality assurance processes and working collaboratively with others to ensure critical standards are met. You'll also have a strong customer ethos and excellent communication skills across a broad range of diverse groups. We are seeking a motivated, wellorganised professional with strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach. The role offers the chance to secure longlasting highway and public realm improvements, support sustainable travel choices and contribute directly to ambitious local transport and climate objectives. If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what's involved, please contact Claire Nimmo, Transport Development & Policy Manager by email : clairenimmo@bathnes.gov.uk Interview date: 14th September 2026. No Agencies, Please.

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