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Salary Overview:
Essential Criteria
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.
Transport Professional Pay Supplement
This post attracts a £7,862 pay supplement (pro rata). Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.
Salary
From 1 April 2024 salary will be £45,449 - £54,419
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 £3.5 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.
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
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. For more information on how to apply and working for Transport Scotland, please view the Roads Candidate Pack .
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. julie.wallace@transport.gov.scot
Essential Criteria & Qualifications: You must hold a suitable degree in Civil Engineering, or equivalent, and be a chartered member of an appropriate professional body and registered with the Engineering Council.
Successful candidates who do not currently hold a professional qualification will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months to allow you time to gain Chartered status. If you fail to pass your professional review within this 12 month period you will need to re-apply for future vacancies.
Successful candidates who do not currently hold a professional qualification will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months to allow you time to gain Chartered status. If you fail to pass your professional review within this 12 month period you will need to re-apply for future vacancies.
Essential Criteria
1. Experience in roads and transport schemes in at least two of the following:
- scheme appraisal & analysis
- design
- scheme preparation
- statutory procedures
- contract management
- procurement
- construction
- network operations
- traffic data services / management
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- Road Safety Systems
- flood prevention
- Asset Management and Maintenance
- Development Management
- ability to project manage concurrent work programmes
- financial management skills
2. Ability to project manage concurrent work programmes.
3. Financial management skills.
4. Strong communication skills with ability to network and manage relationships with a range of internal and external groups, agencies and individuals with an emphasis on customer focus.
Competencies
Self Awareness
Communications & Engagement
Analysis & Use of Evidence
Financial Management
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.
Important Information regarding Interviews
Interviews may be conducted in a virtual/remote setting. All applicants must ensure that they have a suitable space to complete the virtual interview via MS Teams and ensure that Wi-Fi/Broadband capacity will be sufficient to carry both audio and video feeds to undertake the interview.
For information on this post please contact Hiring Manager, Julie Wallace by email at julie.wallace@transport.gov.scot
The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.
Minimum Time in Post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
Location
This post is based in Glasgow, with hybrid working in line with current Transport Scotland policies. You will be expected to be office based twice per week, pro rata.
The post is a full time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
How to Apply
You must provide:
How to Apply
You must provide:
- A written personal statement detailing how your experience meets the four essential criteria’s (maximum 1250 words) and ensure that your response clearly aligns with each of the four essential criteria.
- Your CV tailored to reflect the role you are applying for.
- You must also provide evidence of your minimum qualification (for example an image of your certification or registration number).
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.
Important Information regarding Interviews
Interviews may be conducted in a virtual/remote setting. All applicants must ensure that they have a suitable space to complete the virtual interview via MS Teams and ensure that Wi-Fi/Broadband capacity will be sufficient to carry both audio and video feeds to undertake the interview.
For information on this post please contact Hiring Manager, Julie Wallace by email at julie.wallace@transport.gov.scot
The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.
