Role - Head of Highway Operations
Rate - Inside IR35
Initial 6 month contract - 4 days p/w
Provide vision, strategic direction, and visible leadership for the Highway Operations Service. Ensure delivery against the service plan by providing a safe, innovative, efficient, and effective service.
Overall accountability for the safety and wellbeing of employees, contractors, and those interfacing with our service. Develop and promote a mixed economy delivery model, ensuring a sustainable succession plan and delivering value for money outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead the Highway Operations Service in delivering construction, maintenance, and related tasks on the highway network. Act as a figurehead for internal delivery teams.
2. Deputise for the Assistant Director Highways Delivery when necessary.
3. Maintain the reputation of the service internally and externally, fostering an ethos of excellence and valuing stakeholder feedback for continuous improvement.
4. Ensure projects and tasks are delivered following best practices, standards, and specifications, using resources effectively.
5. Use risk management frameworks and industry best practices to proactively manage risks to service delivery.
6. Deliver services for adverse weather and emergency works, including winter maintenance, outside normal hours.
7. Ensure health, safety, quality, and environmental standards are met and foster a culture of continuous improvement, prioritizing safety.
8. Develop a sustainable business model to maximize value for money and maintain a skilled workforce.
9. Create and manage a resourcing strategy, including succession planning and talent management.
10. Provide technical and strategic leadership across highway areas and construction supply chain management.
11. Establish a mature commercial function to control costs, estimating, and contractual compliance.
12. Support delivery for other services within the council and collaborate with external partners to add value.
13. Seek opportunities for collaboration and continuous improvement through feedback and best practices.
14. Implement systems for feedback on time, cost, and quality metrics and manage risks proactively.
15. Conduct process audits and value for money assessments, ensuring timely reporting and improvements.
16. Maintain a procurement pipeline and ensure compliance with procurement strategies.
17. Engage staff to prepare annual service delivery and improvement plans aligned with strategic goals.
18. Work with unions to maintain positive industrial relations.
19. Prepare and recommend budget proposals in collaboration with other heads of service.
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