3 days per week in the office (ideally)
Our client, a leading provider in the highways sector, is currently seeking a Cyclical Maintenance Manager for a contract position to lead a team responsible for all routine and cyclical highway maintenance activities across the county.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading a team in the planning, management, and implementation of cyclical maintenance programmes
- Extending the life of highway infrastructure through preventive fault measures
- Maintaining highway safety standards and achieving value for public money
- Overseeing programmes such as carriageway and footway surface dressing, white lining renewals, verge and tree maintenance, gully cleansing, and drain jetting
- Balancing local aspirations, County Council priorities, and policy positions in planning works
- Providing strategic guidance and ensuring alignment with the County's CARE values
- Monitoring team performance against KPIs and ensuring targets are met
- Collaborating with other managers in the highway maintenance service area to ensure consistent strategies are adopted
- Managing a large maintenance budget, both revenue and capital, and ensuring financial prudence
Job Requirements:
- Experience in highway maintenance and cyclical maintenance management
- Strong knowledge of planning and implementing cyclical maintenance programmes
- Understanding of budget management and financial mitigation for over-spend
- Excellent leadership and team development skills
- Ability to provide strategic guidance and ensure alignment with policy positions
- Strong communication skills for liaising with elected members, County Councillors, District and Parish Councils, and the general public
- Proficiency in monitoring performance and achieving KPIs
- Commitment to delivering high standards of customer service
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to lead a dedicated maintenance team
- Engagement in varied and impactful maintenance projects
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- Role in shaping county highway maintenance strategies
If you are an experienced professional in the highway maintenance sector looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team.
