Highways Manager HCC618476

Job Details:

Salary Range: £62,293 - £69,863 per annum (Applications for relocation allowance up to £10,000 may be considered).
Work Location: Bishops Waltham Highways Depot, Bishops Waltham (Hybrid working, flexible blended home and/or office)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 6 October 2024

Join our Highways Management Team

Highways Delivery is seeking a highly motivated Highways Manager to join our senior management team. As part of the Highways service, we manage and maintain the highways assets within Hampshire. In this role, you will collaborate with other Highways Managers and our Service Contractor to provide strategic leadership to teams responsible for both reactive and proactive highway maintenance.

As the Highways Manager you will oversee a team of up to 50 staff and lead on the delivery of both reactive and planned improvements to the network. Working closely with our service contractor you will play an important role in identifying and implementing improvements, exploring new ways of working with our partners and supply chain to encourage collaboration and thereby improve the service we provide to the residents of Hampshire. You will need excellent communication skills and a proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships at all levels. For information about the service and our recent projects, please visit Highways Careers.

You’ll have good knowledge of the highway environment, including a knowledge of Health and Safety management (including CDM Regulations), Highway Law, materials and construction methods used, as well as an understanding of Contract management (specifically NEC4 Contracts). You will be able to demonstrate experience and knowledge of financial management and the application of asset management principles alongside a good understanding of the political context in which we work, both nationally and locally.

What We Can Offer You:

There are many reasons why we are an excellent choice for your next career move:
 
• We offer a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment which promotes an excellent work-life balance.
• Hybrid working: This role is based in Bishops Waltham with a hybrid working arrangement (office and home working) to suit operational requirements. 
• We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and wellbeing. Staff are encouraged to get involved in a variety of internal Networks (BME, staff disability, Carers and working parents, and LGBT+) in accordance with our Inclusion Strategy.
• Flexible and family friendly working patterns such as compressed hours, flexi leave and part time. 
• Generous annual leave plus bank holidays and paid sick leave.
• Staff discounts for a range of goods and services, as well as travel and eyecare.
• Generous Employer Pension Contribution.
• Opportunities to develop your skills and experience, informally, or formally.
• The support of a wider team who will value you and what you achieve.

For more information please see our Benefits Package.

Additional Information:

Highways Manager Job Description and Person Specification

Please note this post is Politically Restricted.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Andrew Tiffen, Head of Highways Delivery at andrew.tiffen@hants.gov.uk

Stuart Giddings, Head of Highways Commissioning at stuart.giddings@hants.gov.uk