Senior Civil Engineers – Roads Directorate

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 £3.5 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.

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.

The salary range for Senior Civil Engineers from 1 April 2024 is £45,449– £54,419 (pro rata for part time). The role also currently attracts an annual pay supplement of £7,862 (pro rata for part time). Supplements are subject to regular review.

Closing date: 16 April 2024.

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