Highway Maintenance Manager (Client)

As a member of the Highways Maintenance and Network Management team you will:

• act as the contract management lead for the commissioning of routine, reactive, cyclical and winter highway maintenance services.

• lead on the development of service (functional) specifications for Highway Maintenance.

• establish, develop and maintain relevant contacts and stakeholder relationships to enable effective regional working.

• Coach, mentor, empower and develop team members to ensure they deliver a customer focused, modern professional service, challenging work practices as required.

You’ll have proven experience in the management, delivery and commissioning of highway maintenance activities together with:

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification in a relevant discipline e.g. Civil Engineering

• Professional qualification at Incorporated Engineer level or knowledge/experience at equivalent level

• experience of procurement, contracts and performance management of providers.

• the ability to develop and maintain partnerships to support ongoing service delivery.

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead – that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits – Careers at Staffordshire

For an informal chat about the role please contact David Walters, Head of Highway Maintenance & Network Management at: david.walters@staffordshire.gov.uk

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