Service Delivery Manager - Maintenance

National Highways; Exeter; Vor Ort; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

National Highways is seeking a Service Delivery Manager to join the South West Operations team. You will oversee maintenance, repair and capital investment delivery across the region, ensuring performance against KPIs, programme plans and contract compliance.

You will work with contractors, stakeholders and internal teams to drive service excellence and value for money. The role requires strong highways sector experience, asset knowledge and programme planning ability, with travel across the

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience within highways maintenance, infrastructure, civil engineering or asset management environments.
• Strong understanding of highway assets and maintenance requirements.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and service delivery performance in a complex operational environment.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and performance management processes.
• Experience of CDM regulations, construction assurance and design review processes.
• Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Civil Engineering qualification or degree is desirable; however, substantial highways experience will also be considered.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Aufgaben

• Proactively manage supplier and contractor performance against contractual KPIs, technical requirements and service delivery targets.
• Monitor and analyse route, maintenance and repair performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the management of cyclical, reactive and capital maintenance programmes across the region.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with CDM requirements, health and safety legislation and National Highways standards.
• Manage maintenance requirements planning activities and support annual programme reviews.
• Support NEC contract management activities, including future contract transition and mobilisation programmes
• Manage stakeholder engagement activities and work collaboratively with regional operational teams and supply chain partners.
• Monitor expenditure, budget performance and programme delivery to ensure value for money and operational efficiency.

Kenntnisse

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Contractor performance

Programme planning

Asset management

CDM compliance

Problem solving

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Civil Engineering degree

Jobbeschreibung

National Highways has an exciting opportunity for a Service Delivery Manager to join our South West Operations team.

This is a key regional role supporting the delivery of maintenance, repair and capital investment activities across the South West network. Working closely with contractors, stakeholders and internal teams, you will play an integral part in ensuring service delivery performance, programme management, contract compliance and operational excellence across the region.

The successful candidate will support the ongoing management of the current maintenance and repair contract, while also contributing to the transition into future NEC4 and M&R2 contract arrangements. You will be involved in performance management, reporting, maintenance planning, capital expenditure delivery, CDM compliance and construction assurance activities.

This role is ideally suited to someone with a strong highways background who combines technical asset knowledge with service delivery, contractor management and programme planning experience.

Please note that you will be required to travel throughout the South West region as part of this role and therefore must hold a full UK Driving Licence.

Requirements.

• Proactively manage supplier and contractor performance against contractual KPIs, technical requirements and service delivery targets.
• Monitor and analyse route, maintenance and repair performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the management of cyclical, reactive and capital maintenance programmes across the region.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with CDM requirements, health and safety legislation and National Highways standards.
• Manage maintenance requirements planning activities and support annual programme reviews.
• Support NEC contract management activities, including future contract transition and mobilisation programmes
• Manage stakeholder engagement activities and work collaboratively with regional operational teams and supply chain partners.
• Monitor expenditure, budget performance and programme delivery to ensure value for money and operational efficiency.

About you.

• Significant experience within highways maintenance, infrastructure, civil engineering or asset management environments.
• Strong understanding of highway assets and maintenance requirements, with the ability to make informed technical decisions.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and service delivery performance in a complex operational environment.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and performance management processes.
• Experience of CDM regulations, construction assurance and design review processes.
• Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Civil Engineering qualification or degree is desirable; however, substantial highways experience will also be considered.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable qualifications include:

• IOSH Managing Safety.
• CSCS Managers Certification.
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as MICE, MIHE or MCIHT.
• Experience working with Tier 1 highways contractors or client-side highways organisations.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers receive the best possible experience when using our roads. We plan and deliver maintenance activities, manage supplier performance, respond to incidents and continuously improve the network for the millions of road users who rely on it every day.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to join the South West team during a significant period of investment and change, helping to shape future service delivery arrangements while maintaining the safe and effective operation of the network.