Chartered Professional Service Manager 90 Leycroft Road - Highways

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a senior leader to manage a team of engineers and transport professionals responsible for delivering a multi-million-pound annual highways maintenance programme. The role requires strong leadership, strategic oversight, and collaboration with internal teams, consultants, and contractors.

You will oversee budgets, report to senior management, and ensure our highway assets are maintained to required standards.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and ability to manage a team of engineers and transport professionals.
• Experience in highway and bridge maintenance, design specifications, and asset management.
• Proven track record in programme, project and contractual management within construction contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of a multi-year maintenance programme for highways assets.
• Provide technical guidance, manage budgets, and chair meetings with internal/external teams.
• Present to politicians and senior management and liaise with consultants, contractors and the public.

Skills

Leadership

Highways engineering

Programme management

Contractual management

Budget management

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8192 Date posted 02/10/2026 Application closing date 08/11/2026 Location 90 Leycroft Road - Highways Salary £69,458 - £74,422 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£101,431 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Leadership and Management Attachments Job Description N0311A.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Play a key role in the delivery of a safe highway and the maintenance of highways assets.

The Highway service is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of all highway assets across the city. This role leads a team of dedicated and highly qualified engineers and transport professionals ensuring that the public highway is safe and that our assets are managed and maintained appropriately. You will be responsible for development and delivery of a multi-million pound, yearly maintenance programme to ensure that our carriageway, bridges, footways and cycle ways and maintained and in good condition. You will be a key stakeholder in the delivery of new assets ion the city and will also act as the technical approval authority for the council.

This is a full-time, permanent position working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Based at 90 Leycroft Road, with some flexibility to work from home at times. However, you’ll work across the city to visit sites, operational depots and attend meetings, all of which will be a combination of face to face and online.

What you’ll be doing:

Managing a team of 6 engineers and skilled transport professionals, you’ll lead on the development and delivery of our asset management programmes. You’ll provide technical guidance to your team and other teams in the council, manage budgets, and chair meetings with internal and external teams. You’ll present to politicians and senior management, as well as liaise with consultants, contractors, and members of the public. Working closely with your team, service managers, and senior highway service managers, you’ll ensure that our statutory duty is delivered and that the highway asset is maintained.

What you’ll need:

With strong leadership skills, you’ll have substantial experience of managing and guiding highway and engineering professionals in a busy highway work environment. A proven track record in programme, project and contractual management and an awareness of commercial practices within a construction environment.

You must have extensive experience of highway and bridge maintenance and design specifications to guide your team and ensure that our assets are maintained appropriately. You’ll have experience of partnership working especially with a wide range of people including senior management. Using a high level of verbal and written communication skills, you’ll be able to present complex information clearly and concisely to stakeholders and command the confidence of others. Self-motivated, with a flexible approach and commitment to leadership, you’ll create a professional and positive working environment.