Job Description

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Reference number

405719
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Salary

64,579 - 72,299
London: 69, 244 to 72,299 or Regional: 64,579 to 69,526
GBP
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Job grade

Other
Civil Service Grade: G6/7 ORR Grade B###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

ORR - Highways###

Type of role

Engineering###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, York

About the job

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Job summary

ORR has regulatory powers that we use to hold National Highways to account to deliver the road investment strategy (RIS) and to ensure it complies with the statutory directions and guidance issued by government, on behalf of road users, taxpayers and communities.###

Job description

his role will provide you with the opportunity to use your experience in asset management and operational environments to lead on holding National Highways to account for its delivery of the road investment strategy (RIS) on the strategic road network (SRN) in England and compliance with its Licence.


You will identify opportunities to effectively challenge National Highways on how it enhances, renews, maintains and operates the SRN safely and efficiently that supports our strategic objective for Better Highways.


You will engage and build relationships with subject matter experts at National Highways as well as wider stakeholders. You will analyse current sources of information/data and communicate your findings via internal and external reporting.


This is an exciting opportunity to take on a high-profile role and provide expert advice as the new Principal Highways Engineer for ORR.

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Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Additional Information

At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance. Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.

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Qualifications

Are you qualified to degree level: engineering or equivalent in a relevant discipline?###

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Making Effective Decisions Delivering at Pace Communicating and Influencing Working Together

Benefits

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A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%


Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Job Information Pack.


Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
For information on the selection process, please see the attached Job Information Pack and .



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.###

Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Harry Garnham Email : Harry.Garnham@orr.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : peopleservices@orr.gov.uk ###

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact ORR via email: peopleservices@orr.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-complaints/