Highways Maintenance Manager

North Yorkshire Council; Skipton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the North Yorkshire Council as a Highways Maintenance Manager in Skipton, managing highway operations and projects. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to improve highway performance while ensuring safety compliance and developing your management skills within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discount benefits

Travel loans

Confidential health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Significant relevant Highways Experience.
• Experience of maintenance and improvement scheme design and implementation.
• Experience of budgetary control.

Responsibilities

• Lead team to ensure highway safety compliance.
• Assess and identify highway maintenance works.
• Prepare design briefs for local capital programme.

Skills

Customer focussed

Political awareness

Ability to relate to the public

Education

HNC/HND in an appropriate technical discipline

Job description

Would you like to be part of our friendly, welcoming Area 5 Highways team, proud to manage all aspects of the highway network in and around Skipton?

We are looking for an experienced co-ordinator to join the team as a Highways Maintenance Manager

Our area includes the historic market town of Skipton, often referred to as the "Gateway to the Dales" as well as picturesque villages such as Grassington, Malham, and Kettlewell, nestled within the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park. Join us in helping to keep this beautiful and vital region moving safely and efficiently.

The Role

As a Maintenance Manager you will be liaising and collaborating with our delivery partners to develop positive relationships and improve delivery performance across our Highways North Yorkshire partnership. This is a key element of the role as well as fostering good relationships with Elected Members and the wider community of stakeholders we engage with.

The Highways Operations Unit is responsible for the implementation of highway improvement and maintenance schemes, routine highway maintenance activities, delivery of the winter maintenance services, local network management and liaison with the public at a local level.

The main focusof the role of Maintenance Manager will be to lead the team to ensure highway safety compliance. You will:

• assess and identify highway maintenance works, including drainage and surface treatments.
• prepare design briefs that contribute to the delivery of the local capital programme, including the monitoring and management of local budgets.
• assist in delivering our winter service in your capacity as duty manager on a standby rota basis as well as assisting with other emergencies.

The role will include some occasional out of hours working.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to further develop their career and management skills within the Highways Service and the Council. The challenging and demanding nature of the role allows for continuous learning and development, fostering personal and professional growth.

To be successful you must meet the following criteria:

• Hold an HNC/HND in an appropriate technical discipline or similar appropriate qualifications
• Ability to deputise for Area Manager
• Significant relevant Highways Experience
• Experience of maintenance and improvement scheme design and implementation
• Experience of budgetary control
• Ability to relate to the public
• Customer focussed
• Political awareness

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

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Contact

For further information regarding this vacancy, please contact Hannah Benson on 07967 453602 or email [e-mail].

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 30^thJune 2025

To apply please click theApply Nowlink below.