Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Play a key role in the delivery of a safe highway and the maintenance of highways assets.The Highway service is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of all highwayassets across the city. This role leads a team of dedicated and highly qualified engineersand transport professionals ensuring that the public highway is safe and that our assets aremanaged and maintained appropriately. You will be responsible for development anddelivery of a multi-million pound, yearly maintenance programme to ensure that ourcarriageway, bridges, footways and cycle ways and maintained and in good condition. Youwill be a key stakeholder in the delivery of new assets ion the city and will also act as thetechnical approval authority for the council.
This is a full-time, permanent position working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday.Based at 90 Leycroft Road, with some flexibility to work from home at times. However, you’llwork across the city to visit sites, operational depots and attend meetings, all of which will bea combination of face to face and online.
What you’ll be doing:Managing a team of 6 engineers and skilled transport professionals, you’ll lead on thedevelopment and delivery of our asset management programmes. You’ll provide technicalguidance to your team and other teams in the council, manage budgets, and chair meetingswith internal and external teams. You’ll present to politicians and senior management, aswell as liaise with consultants, contractors, and members of the public. Working closely withyour team, service managers, and senior highway service managers, you’ll ensure that ourstatutory duty is delivered and that the highway asset is maintained.
What you’ll need:With strong leadership skills, you’ll have substantial experience of managing and guidinghighway and engineering professionals in a busy highway work environment. A proven trackrecord in programme, project and contractual management and an awareness of commercialpractices within a construction environment.
You must have extensive experience of highway and bridge maintenance and designspecifications to guide your team and ensure that our assets are maintained appropriately.You’ll have experience of partnership working especially with a wide range of peopleincluding senior management. Using a high level of verbal and written communication skills,you’ll be able to present complex information clearly and concisely to stakeholders andcommand the confidence of others. Self-motivated, with a flexible approach and commitmentto leadership, you’ll create a professional and positive working environment.
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