Highways Resilience Manager

White Trading Limited; Congleton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

5 days extra leave

RJ Rewards discounts

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Job summary

Ringway Jacobs invites applications for a Highways Resilience Manager in Congleton. You will lead the Senior and Local Highways Teams, oversee S58 inspections, and direct emergency response and winter maintenance with data-driven decisions.

The role requires experience in highways, councillor engagement, and solid health & safety knowledge. It offers a permanent, full-time position with a focus on public service and network continuity.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways role, including inspections or winter service/contingency planning.
• Experience engaging with Councillors and the public on highways issues.
• Thorough knowledge of health and safety legislation and codes of practice.
• Understanding of highway maintenance methods and best practices.
• HNC in highways or civil engineering is desirable.
• Excellent internal and client communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Senior and Local Highways Team and respond to Councillor/client inquiries.
• Oversee S58 Inspectors and ensure inspections meet policy requirements.
• Lead winter maintenance planning with Adverse Weather Plan and data-based decisions.
• Manage Resilient Network Officer and out-of-hours emergency response.
• Coordinate between inspectors, officers and senior/local highway staff.

Skills

Highways management

Councillor engagement

Health & safety

Maintenance knowledge

Communication skills

Education

HNC in highways or civil engineering

Job description

Highways Resilience Manager

Location: Congleton

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking a Highways Resilience Manager to join their team in Congleton.

The Highways Resilience Manager will be responsible for the delivery of the Local Highways functions including Senior/Local Highways team, S58 inspections and emergency response and winter maintenance.

The Role

• Management of the Senior and Local Highways Team, to ensure management and response to Councillor enquiries and customer enquiries is adequately managed and responded to in accordance with policy timescales.
• Management of the S58 Inspectors to ensure routine and ad-hoc inspections are completed on time and in line with policy requirements.
• Ensure the management and delivery of the winter maintenance service, including the production of the ‘Adverse Weather Plan’ and decision making based on weather data and reports.
• Management of the Resilient Network Officer and management of both in hours and out of hours emergency response provision
• Co-ordination between S58 Inspectors, Resilient Network Officers and Senior/Local Highway officers to ensure issues are co-ordinated

About You

• Experience of working in a highways related role, either local highways, inspections or winter service/contingency planning.
• Experience in engaging with Councillors and the public in relation to highways issues
• Thorough working knowledge of health and safety legislation and codes of practice.
• Understanding of highway maintenance methods and techniques, best practice, and technologies.
• HNC in highways or civil engineering is desirable
• Excellent internal and client communication skills;

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.