5 months contract with a local authority
Job Purpose
- To lead one of two teams responsible for all reactive highway maintenance activities within a defined geographic area. The area team is responsible for ensuring that the highway network is maintained to a safe standard investigating and repairing faults in accordance with the County s Highway Operational Standard and providing proactive updates to customers on progress.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
- Lead officers responsible for investigating reported faults and incidents routine inspections highway enforcement and customer engagement.
- Prioritize organize and manage workloads across the team.
- Provide strategic guidance to the team and ensure alignment with the County s CARE values.
- Monitor the team s performance against defined KPIs and ensure targets are met.
- Take responsibility for team development and provide necessary support training and guidance to post holders within the area team.
- Collaborate with the other Area Maintenance Manager and other managers in the highway maintenance service area to ensure a consistent approach is adopted.
- Keep elected members and County Councillors informed of works in their electoral divisions and maintain a customer service focus towards partners in District and Parish Councils as well as the general public.
Essential Experience Required
- Proven experience of financial and resource planning and delivering efficiency savings through cost-effective service delivery.
- Solid commercial appreciation of how service delivery contracts demand strong management and leadership with the ability to overcome problems as they emerge.
- Extensive experience working in the highway or construction sectors.
Essential Qualification Required
- Degree in a relevant discipline such as Civil Engineering Construction or Highway Engineering or equivalent experience.
Additional information to note
- Working Hours: 37 hours per week
- A driving license is required for this role.
Requirements
Requirements
- Proven experience in financial and resource planning
- Solid commercial appreciation of service delivery contracts
- Extensive experience in highway or construction sectors
- Degree in Civil Engineering Construction or Highway Engineering or equivalent experience
- Driving license
To lead one of two teams responsible for all reactive highway maintenance activities within a defined geographic area. The area team is responsible for ensuring that the highway network is maintained to a safe standard, that faults are investigated and repaired in accordance with the County s Highway Operational Standard and customers are proactively updated on progress throughout.
Education
Degree in a relevant discipline Civil Engineering, Construction or Highway Engineering or equivalent experience is essential.