Principal Officer Highways Development Control

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Job summary

A local government authority in the UK seeks a qualified professional to join its Highways Development function. The role encompasses providing specialized transportation advice for various development proposals, assessing transport impacts, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure robust infrastructure investments. You will also mentor junior team members and enjoy a hybrid working schedule. This position demands strong experience in highway engineering and transport policy, coupled with excellent communication skills. Apply before 25 February 2026.

Benefits

Hybrid working policy

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in highway engineering and transport policy.
• Proven ability to assess transport impacts of development proposals.
• Experience in mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist highway and transportation advice for developments.
• Assess transport impacts and advise on mitigation strategies.
• Attend meetings with stakeholders and undertake site visits.

Skills

Highway engineering

Transport policy

Communication

Project management

Job description

37 hours per week

Do you want to play a key role in shaping sustainable transportation outcomes and managing the transportation impacts of development to ensure vital infrastructure investment in Bridgend County Borough Council?

If so, we want to hear from you and would welcome your application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced professional to join the Highways Development function at Bridgend within the Planning & Development Services Group.

You will be part of a growing, well established and highly skilled team that sits at the heart of the highways development management process and helps shape how new development is delivered across the borough.

The role is responsible for taking the lead on providing professional and specialist highway and transportation advice for a range of development proposals including complex and strategically significant sites. The role also involves assessing transport impacts of development, advising on appropriate mitigation and supporting the delivery of new and improved transport infrastructure where required.

You will work closely with the developers, town planners, highways design engineers, other local authority officers and contractors when needed.

You will also undertake site visits, attend client meetings, public meetings, meetings with local Councillors, other local authority officers which requires sound professional judgement, clear communication and a pragmatic and solution focussed approach.

The post holder will take a leading role on more complex planning applications with the help of the section Team leader as well as working collaboratively with colleagues in the team to balance competing demands with delivering robust, defensible transportation comments and observations to the town planners.

Alongside the team leader, you will also contribute to the mentoring and professional development of junior team members, helping to build capability and resilience with the team.

You will have significant experience and working knowledge of highway engineering, transport policy and highway development control matters together with an understanding of the range of issues relating to the provision and delivery of transportation services, both at a local and regional level.

You will be confident dealing with pressured schemes and sometimes tight timescales, while maintaining a constructive and proportionate approach the team has become known for.

This role will suit someone who enjoys working at the interface between planning, transport and development and who wants to play a visible role in shaping how growth and transport come forward in Bridgend County Borough.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact: Leigh Tuck Strategic Transport and Highways Development Control Team Leader 01656 642504

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.

Closing Date: 25 February 2026

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