Roads Manager

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job description

Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

Roles that require PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job Purpose/About the Role

This role is responsible for managing the city-wide Roads Service which incorporates the Regulation, Engineering, and Operations relating to design, build, and maintenance of the Council’s roads Infrastructure. This includes within the Regulation area both Traffic and Development Management which focuses on Road Safety, Traffic Management, and Development Control. The Engineering area is focused on Project and Engineering Management which includes the design, project management, and specialist engineering disciplines to support new and existing infrastructure works. The Operations area is focused on Network Management and all Operational aspects which includes monitoring, inspection, and access to the network, along with all frontline services such as public safety and repairs.

The Post Holder Needs to Hold as a Minimum:

• Educated to Incorporated Engineer or equivalent level in a relevant discipline.
• Membership of relevant professional body.

The Postholder is Able to Demonstrate:

• Extensive experience relating to work portfolio and knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice.
• Proven record at management level of the ability to manage people and teams, delivering required results within a customer-focused organisation.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver a range of strategies and projects to set deadlines.
• Proven ability to achieve continuous improvements in delivery of services and performance of staff.
• Proven experience of having established and maintained successful, complex internal and external relationships across a variety of forums.
• Proven experience of having effectively designed and developed policies and procedures to ensure statutory compliance, improve service delivery, and achieve organisational aims.
• Proven record of maximising resources and enhancing the quality ethos to ensure efficiency and best value.
• Proven experience of having effectively managed resources including human, property, financial, and ICT in order to achieve excellence in service delivery and organisational capability.
• Proven interpersonal and team leadership skills.
• Proven customer relations skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to within designated timescales.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and persuasively with a range of audiences.
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Proven ability to manage press and media enquiries.

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact [e-mail].

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners/spouses/families: [e-mail]. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application/selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.