It's an exciting time to join our Highways Team here at Staffordshire County Council. Our vision is to help Staffordshire's economy grow, so that everyone has the opportunity of a good job and good prospects in a beautiful, safe, accessible, vibrant, cultural, prosperous, business friendly and sustainable county. Staffordshire has great places and great connections, boasting the beautiful rural landscape of a shire county together with excellent transport links to major destinations across the country. We are committed to fixing more roads and improving transport and digital connections and we are making significant investment into the quality of our roads. To ensure we can deliver our ambitious Highways Transformation we are looking to grow our team of highway engineering professionals and develop talent for the future.
Main Responsibilities
As a member of the Highways Maintenance and Network Management team you will:
1. Develop, maintain and review service specifications for emergency, routine, reactive and cyclical and winter highway maintenance services.
2. Review annual service plans submitted by delivery partners.
3. Develop, agree and review the performance management framework for highway maintenance contracts in conjunction with key stakeholders and contractors.
4. Lead on public engagement for highway maintenance services and communications across multiple formats.
We are committed to flexible working, with options for working from home and office depot locations across Staffordshire.
Minimum Requirements
You will have experience in the management or delivery of emergency, reactive, routine and cyclical highway maintenance together with:
* Degree or equivalent professional qualification in relevant discipline.
* Knowledge of statutory obligations of highway authorities, highway inspections and work identification procedures.
* Understanding of design standards, design guidance and statutory requirements associated with highway maintenance activities.
* Experience of contract and performance management with providers to deliver services.
* Ability to develop and maintain partnerships to support ongoing service delivery.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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