Job title and organisation: Group Engineer, Street Lighting - Kirklees Council
Salary: £48,226 - £53,460
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Across Kirklees
Closing Date and Time: Friday 15th May 2026 at 11:55pm
We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our Street Lighting team.
The Street Lighting team has overall responsibility for 52,000 streetlights as well as signs and other street furniture across its network of streets, developing strategies and plans to ensure that the street lighting asset is managed as effectively as possible to meet the needs of our communities and the council’s priority of delivery jobs and growth.
We are looking for a Group Engineer who already has:
- An appropriate professional or academic qualification which related to the skills and abilities required for the post or the ability to demonstrate significant experience.
- Proven experience and knowledge of budget preparation and financial management and control.
- Experience of providing effective leadership alongside team management and development.
- You will need a full and valid driving licence, and a willingness to carry out a Kirklees Driver Assessment.
Your key responsibilities and duties will be to:
- Manage and monitor Capital and Revenue expenditure and programmes including preparation of Cabinet reports to support your Operational Manager.
- Undertake and support Principal Engineers in project/ programme management, including preparation of technical and financial reports to ensure all programmes/projects are appropriately approved and authorised.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with required procedures and performance; review, propose and implement all relevant existing and new strategies, policies and procedures.
- Manage, support, and advise your teams as they analyse and monitor data from a variety of sources and from that, you will maintain an effective and efficient level of service in street lighting
- Lead on the delivery of key changes within the service.
- Supervise and mentor others who need experience in CDM, Health and Safety legislation and good practice.
- Lead on the changes to procurement frameworks /procurement arrangements, to ensure adequate provision is in place for delivery of the Highway Capital Plan.
- Lead/represent Kirklees at a local, regional and national basis on street lighting related project/programmes.
At Kirklees Council, we want to support your professional development to give you the right skills, confidence, and support to really achieve your potential. We offer a variety of courses and training designed for this exact purpose.
We value the importance of having work life balance, so therefore we offer provisions such as flexible-working, generous holiday entitlement, a variety of special leave policies and employee healthcare services.
For more information about the roles and responsibilities, please see the attached Job Profile and Context Sheet below.
Daniel McParland is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
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.ukor phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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Closing date
15 May 2026, 11:55 PM
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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