Highway Ranger

What will you be doing?

As a Highway Ranger, you'll be the eyes and ears of the County Council on the highway network.

You'll inspect roads, footways, drainage systems and other highway assets, identifying issues before they become bigger problems. You'll investigate reports from residents, carry out assessments on site and help deliver practical maintenance solutions.

Working closely with parish councils, community groups and local residents, you'll help ensure that maintenance activities reflect local needs while meeting required safety and quality standards. You'll also play a key role in supporting and coordinating highway volunteers to deliver improvements in their local areas.

What you'll be doing

• Inspecting highways and identifying defects requiring repair or maintenance.
• Investigating issues reported by residents and stakeholders.
• Planning and coordinating maintenance activities.
• Delivering and overseeing local highway improvement works.
• Supporting and managing the Council's Highway Volunteers Initiative.
• Working closely with parish councils, community groups and local stakeholders.
• Keeping residents informed about works and helping to improve customer satisfaction.

About you

You don't need to tick every box to apply. If you're enthusiastic and can demonstrate most of the skills and experience below, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who:

✅ Enjoys working outdoors and in the community

✅ Has experience in operational delivery and supervision in highways, construction, maintenance or a similar field

✅ Can investigate issues, think critically and find practical solutions

✅ Has excellent communication and people skills

✅ Can organise their workload and manage competing priorities

✅ Is confident using digital technology and Microsoft Office applications

✅ Is comfortable working independently and making sound decisions

✅ Values teamwork, inclusion and excellent customer service

✅ Is interested in helping communities improve their local environment

This is an opportunity to help shape a new and innovative approach to highway maintenance in Cambridgeshire.

You'll:

• Make a tangible difference to communities across the county.
• Work in a varied role where every day is different.
• Help develop community-led solutions through our Highway Volunteers programme.
• Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking highways team.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers