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 highway
assets across the city. This role leads a team of dedicated and highly qualified engineers
and transport professionals ensuring that the public highway is safe and that our assets are
managed and maintained appropriately. You will be responsible for development and
delivery of a multi-million pound, yearly maintenance programme to ensure that our
carriageway, bridges, footways and cycle ways and maintained and in good condition. You
will be a key stakeholder in the delivery of new assets ion the city and will also act as the
technical 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’ll
work across the city to visit sites, operational depots and attend meetings, all of which will be
a 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 the
development and delivery of our asset management programmes. You’ll provide technical
guidance to your team and other teams in the council, manage budgets, and chair meetings
with internal and external teams. You’ll present to politicians and senior management, as
well as liaise with consultants, contractors, and members of the public. Working closely with
your team, service managers, and senior highway service managers, you’ll ensure that our
statutory 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 guiding
highway and engineering professionals in a busy highway work environment. A proven track
record in programme, project and contractual management and an awareness of commercial
practices within a construction environment.
You must have extensive experience of highway and bridge maintenance and design
specifications 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 people
including 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 and
command the confidence of others. Self-motivated, with a flexible approach and commitment
to leadership, you’ll create a professional and positive working environment.
Call to action:
For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Rupert Bedder, via email to
rupert.bedder@leicester.gov.uk