Senior Street Lighting Engineer

Senior Street Lighting Engineer

Location: Greater London (Hybrid Working)
Pay Rate: £27.56 per hour PAYE | £36.25 per hour Umbrella
Contract: Temporary 

Our client, a well-established Greater London Local Authority, is seeking an experienced Senior Street Lighting Engineer to join their Highways team on an interim basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong highways professional to lead the delivery of street lighting maintenance, capital improvement schemes and asset management programmes across the borough.

Working within a busy highways service, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the authority's street lighting infrastructure while managing contractors, supporting strategic projects and driving service improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day management of the borough's street lighting service, including reactive, planned and cyclical maintenance programmes.
• Manage and monitor the performance of external contractors, ensuring contractual KPIs, quality standards and statutory requirements are consistently achieved.
• Deliver capital investment programmes including LED replacement schemes, energy reduction initiatives and asset renewal projects.
• Maintain and develop the street lighting asset inventory, ensuring accurate reporting to support investment planning, carbon reduction and energy management.
• Provide technical advice on lighting design, British Standards, electrical compliance and highways infrastructure.
• Review and approve lighting proposals associated with Section 38 and Section 278 developments, ensuring adoptable assets meet council specifications.
• Liaise with developers, utility companies, UK Power Networks, consultants and internal stakeholders to coordinate infrastructure works.
• Support the delivery of EV charging infrastructure and emerging smart city technologies attached to street lighting assets.
• Prepare technical reports, project cost estimates, specifications and contract documentation.
• Respond to member, resident and stakeholder enquiries, complaints and insurance claims relating to street lighting assets.
• Carry out site inspections, including occasional evening inspections and emergency response duties where required.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across the service.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Extensive experience delivering street lighting or urban lighting engineering services within a local authority or similar public sector environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of street lighting design, maintenance and asset management.
• Experience managing highways maintenance contractors and NEC-style service delivery.
• Knowledge of current legislation and industry standards including BS5489, BS EN13201, IET Wiring Regulations, CDM Regulations, NRSWA and G39.
• Experience working with UK Power Networks, DNOs and Independent Connection Providers.
• Strong project management, stakeholder engagement and contract management skills.
• Experience using highways asset management systems such as Symology, GIS or similar software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce technical reports and present information to a wide range of stakeholders.

Essential Requirements:

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant experience within highways or street lighting engineering.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Ability to attend the office in Greater London a minimum of two days per week.

Desirable:

• Membership of a relevant professional institution (ICE, IET, ILP or equivalent).
• Experience delivering LED replacement programmes and energy efficiency projects.
• Knowledge of EV charging infrastructure and smart city technologies.

If interested, please contact Josh Hull on 01772 208967 or joshua.hull@servicecare.org.uk