Strategic Leader — Highways Maintenance & Streetworks
Firwood Special School
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Job summary
Manchester City Council is seeking an exceptional operational leader to own highways maintenance, streetworks and inspection services across neighbourhoods in Manchester. You will report to the Head of Highways Operations and drive strategic transformation to deliver responsive, efficient services with value for money.
You will lead large teams, manage substantial budgets and champion health and safety while collaborating with elected members, regulators and contractors to meet council ambitions
Qualifications
- Experience delivering change in complex, high‑profile service environments.
- Strong leadership within highways, infrastructure, engineering, construction or similar.
- Experience managing budgets, resources and operational teams.
Responsibilities
- Operational performance and service delivery.
- Revenue and capital budgets.
- Workforce leadership and organisational development.
- Highway maintenance operations through the Direct Labour Organisation.
- Streetworks coordination, compliance and enforcement.
- Statutory highway inspection functions.
- Health, safety and regulatory compliance.
- Service transformation and improvement programmes.
- Stakeholder engagement with elected members, residents, utility companies and partners.
Skills
Job description
Manchester City Council is seeking an exceptional operational leader to own highways maintenance, streetworks and inspection services across neighbourhoods in Manchester. You will report to the Head of Highways Operations and drive strategic transformation to deliver responsive, efficient services with value for money.
You will lead large teams, manage substantial budgets and champion health and safety while collaborating with elected members, regulators and contractors to meet council ambitions
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