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Highways Development Officer

Cheshire West & Chester
Chester
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To carry out development management functions of the council as Highway Authority and initiate, plan and implement traffic and transportation proposals to control the impact of development on the highway network and ensure the safety of road users.

Organisation
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Location
Chester
Job Category
Highways and Transport
Grade
CWAC NJC \- Grade 8
Salary Min
£34,434 per annum
Salary Max
£39,152 per annum
Hours per week
37
Weeks per year
52\.143
Employment Type
Permanent
Closing Date
12/06/2026
Ref No
W4551
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Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

To provide technical engineering input during the implementation of third party highway works, through the approval of site inspections, contractors, materials and traffic management to ensure effective designs are agreed and implemented in order to minimise the Council’s future maintenance.

The applicant must have a general understanding of Planning and Development Control processes and a clear understanding of s38/s278 agreements to enable them to work with developers on sites to ensure works are undertaken to acceptable standards.

If you have any questions about this post please contact Kay Parry \- kay.parry@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk

No candidate will meet every single requirement \- if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12\.60 per hour for all contracted hours.

For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.

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