Winter and Emergency Duty Officer (out of hours)

Job Introduction

Do you want to keep Lincolnshire moving and make a difference in a fast-paced role?

An exciting position has become available for an Out of Hours Winter and Emergency Duty Officer to join our small, friendly team within the Highways area of the Council. You will be dealing with Highways Emergencies and Winter gritting as a first response during out of hours.  

The Network Resilience team deal with organising response to County Wide emergencies on Lincolnshire’s Highway Network as well as overseeing Winter and Severe Weather response. The Team ensures that Highways Emergency incidents are responded to directly and instructing Maintenance gangs to undertake the work.   We act as a first response and contact for Highways emergencies.  As such, this position covers Highways Response to emergencies on the network out of office working hours and works on a revolving 5 week rota to cover the shifts . 

If you have an engineering and emergency response interest, a good eye for detail and great organisation skills, then we want to hear from you! 

If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact Darrell Redford via email on  darrell.redford@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Closing date:  07/12/25.

Due to recent changes in immigration law in the UK we are unable to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the requirements of RQF Level 6.

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your covering letter/personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. 

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary.  Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Fluency Duty 

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.