Application closing date
19/10/2025
Working Pattern
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Salary
Grade L £50,269 - £53,460 a year
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Transport / Highways
Attachments
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Job description
Role: Highway Operations Manager
Salary: Grade L £50,269 - £53,460 a year
Location: Stores Road Depot, Derby
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 26/10/2025
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you our new Highway Operations Manager?
Are you driven, forward-thinking, and keen to make a real difference to the safety and quality of our local highway assets? If so, please consider joining us.
If you are an experienced Highway Operations Manager or an aspiring leader ready to rise to the challenge, this is your opportunity to make a real impact and join us at an exciting time of transformation.
You will lead the delivery of essential highway services that keep our communities connected and safe. More excitingly, you are joining the team as we develop and build a new fit for purpose, sustainable and innovative Highway Hub, transforming the way we deliver modern and efficient, highway services.
As the Highway Operations Manager, you will be taking the lead to shape its design, functionality, and long-term success—ensuring it meets the needs of our teams, our network, and our communities.
For an informal chat, please contact Kully Boden, Service Manager for Highway Maintenance on or email
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.Find out more about what it's like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:
* Flexible work/life balance scheme
* Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
* 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
* Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
* Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
* Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
* Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
* Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Highway Operations Manager, here's an example of what you'll be doing to make an impact:
* Leading the delivery of planned and reactive highway maintenance, winter services, and emergency response operations.
* Managing frontline teams and contractors to ensure high standards of safety, quality, and performance.
* Overseeing budgets, contracts, and service-level agreements to ensure value for money and operational efficiency.
* Driving innovation and continuous improvement in service delivery, with a focus on sustainability, commercialism and customer satisfaction.
* Collaborating with internal departments, external partners, and stakeholders to deliver integrated and responsive highway services, as well as civil engineering and construction projects.
* Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, health and safety regulations, and environmental standards.
About You
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have…
Personal qualities that demonstrate a
* A positive mindset, high levels of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and empathy.
* Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and support diverse teams.
* Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering results
* A proactive, safety-first approach and a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
* A relevant degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Highways Maintenance, or Construction Management
* New Roads and StreetworksSupervisor Qualification
* Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme or IOSH Managing Safety Course
* Winter Services Supervisors Certificate
* A detailed working knowledge of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
* Excellent writing, numeracy and IT skills
* A full UK Driving Licence
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website .
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 26th October 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on Relay UK or at
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