Area Highways Manager

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Area Highways Manager
• Job Location: Cannop Depot
• Salary: £55,396 - £58,474 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 25/06/2023
• Job Requisition Number: 6183
• This post is open to job share

Are you looking for new exciting challenge working with a team to improve and maintain the highways within Gloucestershire as well as dedicated to delivering outstanding customer service?

County Council is looking to recruit Area Highways Manager, based in the West of our county, at our Cannop Depot in the Forest of Dean. This post will be responsible for delivering outcome based targets within Highways. Dealing with the challenges of our network and demanding customers. Excellent political awareness is critical in managing our service as well as managing our budgets. Team management is an important part of the role and working collaboratively with our Contractors and our many Stakeholders.

We are looking for a self-motivate team player to join our collaborative Highways Team. Candidates should hold a HNC or Degree in Engineering and ideally have IOSH Accreditation. As well as relevant experience in highways, winter maintenance, health and safety, emergency management and be committed to excellent customer service.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

Flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family Career development and qualification opportunities

Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.

An in-house Occupational Health service Employee discount scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jenny Goodson via email at [email protected] or call on 07917233192

Closing date will be 25/06/2023

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview at the start of July.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Area Highways Manager - Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.