Graduate Engineer (Highways & Transportation)

Employer

Kingston Council

Location(s)

Kingston, Sutton

Workplace Type: Hybrid Working

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Hours

Full Time

Grade

E

Hours Per Week

36

Salary Range

£31,158 - £33,987 per annum

Enhancements/Additional Payments

The lowest E grade salary pay to be mentioned and depending on experience of the candidate may increase from the bottom of the payscale. Currently at £31,158.

Leave Entitlement

25 days

Application Deadline

27/02/2026, 20:00

Anticipated Interview Date(s)

02/03/2026, 03/03/2026, 04/03/2026, 05/03/2026, 06/03/2026

About the Borough

Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two. Kingston and Sutton councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focused on one council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies.

We work flexibly in both Kingston and Sutton offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.

There are some really exciting things happening in both boroughs. In Sutton, we are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. Over in Kingston, we are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in the borough, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.

You should choose Kingston and Sutton if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.

Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushy Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan “Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together,” that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient.

Sutton is a well-connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long-standing Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton,” ensuring Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family.

About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate

The Design team includes a range of grades from Team Lead, Principal Engineer, Senior, Engineer, Graduate, Technician and Apprentices. The wider Design & Delivery team comprises approximately 30 staff and includes Street Lighting, TMOs, Planned Maintenance, Vehicle Crossovers and Surveys.

To support the Senior Engineer to design and deliver a range of highway and transportation schemes.

About you:

• Enthusiastic to learn and develop technical skills in highways & transportation.
• Undertakes own self-learning and motivated to undertake a range of tasks.
• Keen to carry out site visits and liaise with various stakeholders.
• Attention to detail to produce quality drawings and apply relevant design standards and guidelines.
• Promote Health & Safety practices.
• IT proficient in software packages.
• Strong problem-solving skills, logical planned thought process.
• Understanding of a Local Authority is beneficial.
• Local knowledge of Kingston and Sutton highway network is beneficial.
• Good Data analytical skills.

About Us

Shape the future of our streets and communities. This is an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Engineer (Highway & Transportation) to play an instrumental role within a progressive local authority delivering meaningful highway schemes from concept to completion. You will be at the heart of the full project lifecycle – from early scoping and optioneering through detailed design, procurement and hands-on construction site management – with real influence over outcomes on the ground. Working in a supportive environment, you will be part of a growing in-house design team and a wider, highly collaborative highways service that brings together client, commissioning, reactive, permitting and inspection teams. Here, you will find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we are committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We encourage putting your ideas across however big or small, which will be fully supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to achieve a work-life balance, including:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
• Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
• Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
• Interest-free season ticket loans.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
• Electric vehicle leasing scheme.
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

Application Process

Apply online outlining your skills, abilities and experience that make you an ideal candidate for this role. Refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application and check your CV details have been uploaded correctly in the relevant sections.

We value authenticity and are looking for individuals who can clearly demonstrate their own skills, experience and motivation for the role they are applying for and embrace and demonstrate our STAR values.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received, so it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and value having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

To support our workers and their families, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks that help drive our diversity agenda.

We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer, all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.