It's a great time to join us!
Hear more from Phil Greenup, Assistant Director Highways and Transport:
Our offer to you:
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Supportive working environment
Great holiday entitlement
Childcare Voucher scheme which can be used to pay for registered childcare for children up to 16 years old
Maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
Sickness pay
Relocation packages for eligible employees
Cycle to work scheme
A strong training programme with plenty of opportunities for continuing professional development
Some of our work:
See our trials of the Bridge Cat, a unique new vehicle that will transform how we inspect bridges, meaning fewer delays following floods.
Trials of new BridgeCat vehicle begin in Cumbria (YouTube Video)
We have recently held a key event to bring all the Highways Service together for a focus on Health, Safety & Wellbeing. This event focussed on the reason why Near Miss reporting is so essential and that every member of the team needs to take responsibility for ensuring we work safely.
Highways Health, Safety and Wellbeing event - Sept 2017 (YouTube Video)
And then there is the routine maintenance work. Again Cumbria has all the challenges and opportunities to provide the experience and challenge for anyone looking to develop their career.
How the county council keeps Cumbria moving in winter (YouTube Video)
Since late 2015 the county council has been working closely with the Department for Transport to ensure the impacts on the county network following Storm Desmond are appropriately funded, investigated and resilient solutions implemented.
Repairing Cumbria's flood damaged roads and bridges (YouTube Video)
Official opening of Gowan Bridge, Staveley - 18 May 2017
- Official opening of Gowan Bridge, Staveley - 18 May 2017 (YouTube Video)
- Gowan Old Bridge - Reconstruction (YouTube Video)
Hall Beck Bridge repair
Hall Beck Bridge Time Lapse (YouTube Video)
The Infrastructure Recovery Programme is not just about bridges though and includes significant investment in carriageway works. This includes the well documented restoration and reinstatement of the A591 through then central Lakes.
This work was carried out with the support of Highways England who assisted on the delivery capacity for the works on this Cumbria County Council strategic road.
The Operations Unit provides the county council Highway Authority with the power to deliver the work needed to maintain and improve the highway network. The range of works undertaken covers drainage, kerbing, footways, signs, hedges, grass cutting, trees and of course carriageway patching and repairs.
In addition to all this regular work the service responds to emergencies like flooding, major accidents and storms providing a 24/7 response. The service is also unique to other contractors in providing the winter maintenance work through gritting, ploughing and major snow clearance.