Shared Services Partnership
Technician Advanced
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Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC624739
Salary Range: £27,780 - £30,564 per annum
Work Location: Bishops Waltham Highway Depot, Bishops Waltham and Totton Highway Depot, Totton
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30 August 2026
Interview Date: 2 and 3 September 2026
Have you ever dreamed of a career in Civil Engineering, specialising in Highways Maintenance?
Imagine gaining professional experience and an academic qualification, all while earning a salary! If this sounds like your ideal career path, then we have an incredible opportunity just for you!
The Role:
As part of the Highways team, you’ll help deliver the Highways Maintenance service in Hampshire.
We are recruiting to vacancies at our highway depots at Bishops Waltham and Totton so please specify on your application if you have a location preference.
What you’ll do:
As an Advanced Technician, you'll assist engineers in delivering a wide variety of highway repairs throughout Hampshire. You'll also handle highway emergencies, respond to adverse weather, and enforce highway regulations to ensure the efficient use of Hampshire’s highway network. By maintaining roads and footways, your work will directly impact the entire community. Join us and help make a positive difference for everyone living in, working in, or visiting Hampshire.
As already mentioned, this position provides an opportunity for you to attend training and complete a Level 3 Civil Engineer Technician apprenticeship to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the apprenticeship standard.
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What we’re looking for:
Are you practically minded, a team player, and enjoy a mix of outdoor and office-based work? Do you excel at interacting with people and want to help maintain over 8,000 km of highways in the stunning County of Hampshire? If so, this role is tailor-made for you! You don't need any previous highways experience to join us. We offer exceptional training and development to ensure you succeed and grow your career within our fantastic organisation.
You must have a full current driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle. Additionally, as required, you'll need to be available to work out of hours to respond to weather and other emergencies.
Your application must clearly state why you have applied, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria for the role as outlined in the Job Description/Role Profile, and what you can bring to this role, the team, and the wider County Council.
Why join us?
Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.
Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work-life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
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Additional Information:
Technician Advanced Candidate Pack
Please also see more details regarding a day in the life of an Assistant Highway Engineer working within Hampshire.
To find out more about careers within Hampshire Highways, please see our Highways Career Page.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Sebastian Willemsen, Highway Engineer on sebastian.willemsen@hants.gov.uk or Dave Douglass, Principal Engineer on dave.douglass@hants.gov.uk
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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