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Lighting Engineer

National Highways

Maidstone, Kent £40,000 a year permanent Posted 4 August 2026 Apply by 8 September 2026

Home Office register entry: National Highways, Birmingham

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Closest occupation match: SOC 2129, Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £46,100 a year.

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About this role

About the job. National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Lighting Engineer to join our team in the South East region. The team is responsible for the asset management of the street lighting within the region. This includes everything including feeder pillars with the incoming public electricity supply, lighting columns and lanterns, illuminated signs and bollards and subways via a private cable network. Within this role, you will be developing feasibility studies and preliminary desi…

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Last verified against our ingestion on 9 August 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.