Head of Highway Maintenance and Management

Cambridgeshire

6-month contract (minimum)

£500 - £600 per day - Inside IR35

Are you an experienced Head of Highway Maintenance looking for your next challenge?
 
Our client is an ambitious authority who are seeking an experienced Head of Service with Highways Maintenance and Management experience. This role is on a contract basis, initially for 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:

·Provide leadership and management of all highway maintenance functions to provide an integrated, effective, customer focused service
·Support on the development and implementation of business planning programmes for the authority relevant to the area of professional specialism leading to increased revenue, savings, and service developments.  
·To embed a culture of accountability, delivery and customer focus throughout the service
·To maintain and provide effective performance management information regarding the delivery of highway maintenance services and programmes of activity
·To ensure all capital programmes and reactive maintenance are delivered in line with the Highways Asset Management Strategy and Plan
·To ensure all financial resources are effectively managed in line with the business plan and financial rules
 
A full job description is available on request
 
What is required?
 
·As the successful candidate, you will have senior management experience within a local authority, particularly in Highway Maintenance
 
·You will have great stakeholder management skills.
 
This role will go quickly so please apply with an updated CV, e-mailing (url removed), alternatively call on (phone number removed) for more information.
 
FOOTNOTE:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
 
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 100+ years experience in this market. Please call Luke Brison at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information
 
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