Highways Services Area Manager

Job title: Highways Service Area Manager

Salary: PO4 £47,665 - £50,908

Hours: 37

Contract: Fixed Term 12 months from appointment

Location: Highways Maintenance Depots

About you

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Lead and manage projects from planning through to delivery.
• Be strongly focused on programming and scheme delivery ensuring works are delivered on time and within budget.
• You will be responsible for ensuring work teams have a consistent understanding of systems and processes to ensure you produce results of a consistently high standard and that team members operate within current health and safety legislation and guidance.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Excellent analytical, communication, and IT skills.
• Ambitious, experienced individual with a strong background in Highway Maintenance
• A broad skill set with strong communication skills and management skills
• Strong Technical and highway engineering background ideally with degree or equivalent qualification
• This is a challenging but rewarding role for those prepared to go the extra mile to provide a high quality service.

Join us in shaping the future of Leeds transport infrastructure and making a real difference to our communities.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role contact Nick Hill, Service delivery manager on [phone removed]. Mob [phone removed]

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose:

To manage an operational service undertaking the design, procurement and construction management of highway infrastructure maintenance and winter service programmes and projects in line with statutory obligations, policies, standards and specifications.

Responsibilities for Grade:

• Manage a group of staff together with the management, coordination and procurement of materials, contractors and consultants engaged in the management and maintenance of highways infrastructure.
• Manage and control budgets and take responsibility for assigned budgets and agreeing contractual payments.
• Provide a high quality highways maintenance and winter service to deliver cost effective maintenance of highways infrastructure and highway related projects.
• Develop programmes, design and manage cost effective planned and reactive maintenance of highways infrastructure assets by internal and external suppliers.
• Manage the health and safety of staff and depot operations.
• Manage the cost effective operation of the depot.
• Manage the procurement and performance of internal and external suppliers.
• Support and assist in the development of policies which support efficient service delivery, continuous improvement and corporate objectives.
• Support the development of business cases for maintenance funding for highways infrastructure to internal and external bodies.
• Provide guidance to other sections on highway maintenance techniques and specialist services particularly in relation to sustainable maintenance of major projects.
• Manage a defined activity or a small range of the Department’s activities to ensure the delivery of best value services to customers, to meet the objectives of the Council’s Corporate Plan and comply with Government Standards.
• Motivate, develop and coach staff within your area of the directorate to achieve Corporate Plan, Service Plan and Divisional Plan objectives.
• Undertake and manage the delivery of specified elements of the Divisional Plan, Service Plan and Corporate Plan in relation to a defined activity or small range of activities, in order to meet targets and achieve improvements
• Promote and deliver positive solutions to achieving diversity and equality in all aspects of service delivery, community engagement areas, focusing on equality of outcome
• Actively support continuous improvement initiatives through contributing to cross Council schemes and supporting the Service Management Team
• Within a small service area or number of areas, to take responsibility for maintaining effective communications with staff, service users, councillors, trade unions, partners and other stakeholders in accordance with Council good practice and with regard to implementing e-government objectives.
• Work with elected members, service users and community representatives in ways which support open, inclusive, responsive and accountable government.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers and other stakeholders to achieve corporate objectives and to maintain a position of service provider of first choice.
• Be accountable for the safety of staff, service users and contractors in accordance with Legislation and the Council Health and Safety Policy.
• Provide appropriate advice relating to the work of the Directorate to Members and council officers so as to manage risk and support them in their respective roles.
• Represent the Service, the Department and the Council as a Senior Officer for matters relating to maintenance of highways infrastructure and other related areas of work.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with the statutory requirements of the Construction Design Management Regulations.
• Ensure the work of