Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance. Permanent. Essential Requirements current full valid driving licence, Chartered / Incorporated Engineer (ICE or IHT), and Current Full Membership of an appropriate professional institution.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
The Role
To lead the delivery of the capital programme and of projects in relation to highway, street lighting and associated civil engineering works.
Responsibility for the capital budget and a team of design and project management staff, including consultants and contractors.
Lead on the procurement and delivery of all highway projects.
Develop and implement programmes for the capital maintenance of the highway asset.
Manage S278 developments on the highway.
Be familiar with current Health & Safety requirements for construction work.
About You
You will be a Chartered civil engineer with extensive experience in contract and budget management. You will have extensive experience on the delivery of highway and civil engineering schemes within time and budget.
You will have excellent communication skills and be able to build relationships with delivery partners, stakeholders, colleagues, developers and contractors.
You will have experience of managing a multidisciplinary team of staff and be able to motivate and develop staff to their full potential.
You will be able to look at innovative solutions to problems.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
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