Cyclical Maintenance Lead – Highways

Job Description

Ref: RQ1577877
Location: Huntingdon (PE28)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 5.30pm (37hrs per week)
Pay: £200 per day paid weekly via umbrella – Inside IR35
Duration: Ongoing Contract – Long Term
  
Duties
To take responsibility for routine and cyclical highway maintenance programmes centred around one of three key themes: surfacing, pavements and lining; drainage and winter maintenance; or green infrastructure. By fulfilling this role, the Cyclical Highway Maintenance Lead is accountable for ensuring the highway network is managed and maintained in a safe manner and ensuring that the lifespan of highway assets is maximised.
The role includes management responsibilities for a team of officers responsible for planning these varied programmes of works at the appropriate frequencies across circa 3,000km of highway. The Cyclical Highway Maintenance Lead will support, train and advise this team and act as a point of escalation for complex cases.
The Cyclical Highway Maintenance Lead must ensure a varied programme of works is delivered in line with Council priorities and policy. They must also embrace a flexible approach whereby programmes are revised on a regular basis to ensure highway maintenance works are responsive to changing circumstances and data trends.
  
Person Specification
Must have at least 5yrs experience working in Highways & Transport in a similar role undertaking cyclical maintenance activities including verge cutting, weedkilling, & vegetation management / clearance.
Must have an understanding to Rights of Way and their usage / value as a public amenity.
Must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for site visits.