Head of Highways & Transport /Senior Management Position

Head of Highways & Transport / Senior Management Position

Head of Highways & Transport (Senior Management/Project Management/Chartered Engineer vacancy)

North East Lincolnshire (Head office Grimsby)

6 month FTC Contract - Immediate start or Jan 2025 - June 2025 when the project completes

Contract position only

Hybrid working - 2 days office/3 remote per week

To be considered, applicants must be able to work 2 days/week in NE Lincolnshire

£65k pa - £70k pa + company car or car allowance + benefits package

Prosper Recruitment is working in partnership with a Tier 1 Contractor who are North East Lincolnshire Council's long-term Regeneration Partner delivering a number of services on their behalf. They are now looking to recruit a Head of Highways & Transport on a fixed term contract until the contract completes at the end of June 2025. Reporting to the Operations Director and as a member of the Senior Management Team, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Highway and Transport service, delivering against core business metrics of SHEQ, performance, people management, social value, and finance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Ensure that all services within Highways and Transport are well managed and recognised for excellent and innovative customer-focused services, driving continuous improvement through strong leadership and the encouragement of challenge and new ideas.
2. Effective leadership, integration, and overall management of a focused and interrelated number of teams (8 direct reportees), ensuring that they have the required skills and capability to deliver on the required contractual obligations.
3. Proven track record of overseeing and managing budgets is essential to ensure effective delivery of service outcomes against deadlines and within budget.
4. Effectively manage the highway network, within the constraints of budget provision, to optimise traffic flow, reduce risk to highway users and provide on-street and off-street car parking services.
5. Coordinate, manage, lead and develop the interrelated teams delivering Asset Management, Traffic Management, Parking, Transport Services, and Drainage.
6. As a member of the Senior Management Team, work closely with other service Heads of Service to support service planning and ensure contract efficiencies are identified and achieved.
7. Provide effective advice to management and the council on performance, finance and future service needs.
8. Develop and implement effective strategies and policies for the sustainable development and maintenance of the highway infrastructure.
9. Lead and develop the coordination of annual service development plans and working practices for the full range of highways and transport services.
10. Respond effectively in a customer-focused manner to enquiries from the public, Councillors, local parish councils, and other agencies.
11. Ensure compliance with relevant Health and Safety / Highway / Traffic / Transport legislation.
12. Provide senior management and leadership direction to the five core teams: highway Assets, Traffic and Transport, Parking, Drainage, and Maintenance.
13. Develop innovative and effective interventions, solutions, and responses to a diverse range of highways and transport issues and challenges.
14. Development of effective highways & transport strategies and policies which have significant implications for the local economy and community.

Qualifications or Required Experience:

1. Chartered Engineer or recognised engineering qualification with considerable experience at a senior managerial level.
2. Demonstrable extensive management and leadership competencies.
3. Excellent communication skills in presenting - oral and written skills are required.
4. Negotiating skills are required in dealing with contractors and representatives of external organisations.
5. A broad knowledge and experience is required of the Highway and Transport disciplines and operational service areas.
6. Excellent financial, risk, programme and project management capability.
7. Planning, prioritising, and organising a diverse range of functions to ensure effective delivery of service outcomes.

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