Senior Civil Engineers Roads

at  Scottish Government

Overview:
We are currently seeking applications for Senior Civil Engineers within Transport Scotland in the Roads Directorate. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment and new entrants will start on the minimum of the pay range. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria below will be invited to the assessments.

OVERVIEW

Transport Scotland is the national transport agency, seeking to deliver a safe, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable transport system for the benefit of the people of Scotland. Transport Scotland is accountable to Parliament and the public through Scottish Ministers, with a budget of around £3.9 billion per year. Transport is a vital feature of the Scottish Government’s focus on increasing sustainable economic growth, and transport investments and policies have major impacts on our economy, environment, and society.
The Roads Directorate is responsible for carrying out the management, maintenance and operation of the Trunk Roads in Scotland. The Trunk Road network comprises of around 3,500km of road and is the largest asset Scottish Ministers own (£21 billion net gross asset value). Other priorities include the co-ordination of response to emergencies affecting transport, roads policy, road safety including oversight of progress towards national casualty reduction targets, Intelligent Transport Systems and lighting, resilience, winter maintenance, transport planning of major events, roads and bridges design standards, and air quality and the environment including climate change adaptation and asset management.

The Directorate contributes to Transport Scotland’s delivery priorities of:

• Improved connections across Scotland
• Better journey times, better reliability
• Greener transport alternatives, reduced emissions
• Enhanced safety, more innovation

Important Information
Scottish Government is preparing for the implementation of a new HR and Finance platform and, as a result, some job offers will be subject to an October 2024 start date at the earliest. This will be confirmed as your application progresses.
Responsibilities:
To help us deliver our responsibilities we are seeking suitably qualified and experienced applicants to fill a number of senior grade civil engineering posts in the Roads Directorate. These are exciting and challenging engineering positions. To find out more about the specific roles currently available, please view the Job Profiles Document
Roads B3 Senior Civil Engineering Job Description June 2024.
Individuals will be asked their preferred post(s) at interview, and we will match successful candidates to the position that best suits their experience in order of merit. In exceptional circumstances we may decide that a candidate is best suited to a role that is not currently highlighted, but all positions will be discussed with successful candidates before they are posted to a role. If you would like to learn more about any of the positions, please contact hrtransportscotland@transport.gov.scot.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information on this vacancy please download and review the Further Information Document:
Senior Civil Engineer Candidate Pack - Roads July 24.
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.

These must be combined into one document as the system can only accept a single document upload per application:

• A CV (no longer than two pages) setting out your qualifications and career history including your experience applicable to the role requirements, with key responsibilities and achievements.
• Add to your CV your personal statement (no longer than 1250 words) explaining why you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience suitable for this role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
• You must also provide evidence of you minimum qualification (for example an image of your certification or registration number).

Failure to submit a single combined document (CV and personal statement) will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
When considering how your experience relates to the role, please tailor your CV and personal statement to reflect the role and the essential skills/criteria as described in the job description/person specification.

Please refer the Job description for details