Contract Officer - Bridges and Structures WCC623419

Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £49,155 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience  
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent       
Closing date: 22 March 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 13 April 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE’S PASSION AND DEDICATION

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss. 

Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we’re holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making.

To see the work of the Westminster Citizens’ Climate Assembly, click here.

The Role:

As a Contract Officer (Bridges and Structures), you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. You’ll play a key role in maintaining Westminster’s public realm and protecting the reputation of the City Council as custodian of one of the most recognisable highway networks in the world. Working within Highway Services, you will help manage a diverse and high-profile portfolio of bridges and structures – from Waterloo Bridge and the Golden Jubilee Footbridges to underpasses, statues, monuments, pedestrian subways, retaining walls and the Council’s extensive pipe subway network.

You’ll support the effective and efficient management of these vital assets, helping ensure their condition remains steady in line with statutory duties set out in the Highways Act and supported by the Code of Practice. Through your work, you will contribute to maintaining infrastructure that’s safe and accessible while balancing increasing traffic volumes, financial pressures and the evolving demands placed on the highway network.

A key part of your role will be supporting the delivery of programmes that protect the Council’s bridges and structures portfolio. You will also be involved in both strategic planning and hands-on initiatives, working closely with colleagues, contractors and partners to deliver projects that deliver long-term value.

Leading by example in Council’s values and behaviours, you will work collaboratively across teams and external stakeholders to help build a sustainable and highly effective organisation. In a role that blends technical insight and real-world impact, this is your chance to make a visible difference.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

You’ll bring solid experience in Construction or Civil Engineering asset management, with a good understanding of the Highways and Infrastructure sector and how it operates in a public sector setting. You’re comfortable managing contracts, monitoring performance and planning budgets, and you understand the importance of building stronger supplier and stakeholder relationships to keep services running smoothly.

You’ll feel confident working with technical information – reviewing specifications, feasibility concepts and engineering drawings, and checking completed work for quality and compliance. With a sound grasp of engineering principles, construction materials and health and safety standards, you’re able to contribute to practical solutions and explain technical options clearly to colleagues and partners who may not have the same technical background.

Managing projects, budgets and risk will be familiar territory. You know how to keep delivery on track, provide realistic projections of spend and spot opportunities for improvement or added value. You’re comfortable producing clear briefing notes, reports and responses to enquiries, balancing detail with clarity and working to deadlines without losing focus on quality.

You build relationships easily and enjoy working collaboratively with a wide range of people. You also listen to customer needs and respond in ways that align with Council objectives, while staying open to new ideas and approaches that help overcome challenges. Organised, proactive and willing to invest in your own development, you bring strong communication skills, sound judgement and good proficiency across Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to support your work.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.   
 
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties  
 
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.  
 
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible. 

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.