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National Highways are looking to hire an Engineering Team Manager in the North West, based at either Warrington, Penrith or Preston, as part of our Operations Directorate.
As a proven people manager, you will lead and inspire a team of engineers in identifying and prioritising drainage asset needs and developing early scheme solutions for asset renewal and improvement, while ensuring adherence to defined policies and standards.
You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving license with no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.
Please note that this is a hybrid position and can be based from any of our offices within the North West to include Warrington, Penrith or Preston.
* Lead, mentor and line management of a team of engineers, ensuring their health, safety and wellbeing, that timely objectives are set, regular performance management reviews undertaken and appropriate succession plans put in place.
* Production and development of Asset Class Management Plans for drainage.
* Identifying and prioritising maintenance, renewal needs, undertaking studies, optioneering and preliminary designs, including compiling relevant documents, evidence and options for value management, taking into account standards, policies, strategies, industry innovations, delivery feasibility and cost.
* Compliance with our governance processes for renewal schemes, evidencing benefit and value for money to successfully secure funding for each stage of delivery.
* Managing the utilisation and allocation of team resources to ensure appropriate resourcing levels, including the management of outsourced work.
About you.
* You will be a Chartered, or Incorporated Member of the ICE, IHE, IHT with a Civil Engineering Degree, or equivalent and have extensive post-professional qualification with relevant experience to the role.
* You will have strong leadership skills and extensive experience in managing a technical team.
* You will have extensive experience of asset management decision making and governance (capital investment, lifecycle costs, value optimisation, service & availability optimisation, social & economic knowledge).
* Good knowledge and experience of applying CDM 2015.
* You will have extensive experience in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
About us.
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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