Structures Engineering Team Manager

National Highways; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national highway management company is seeking a Structures Engineering Team Manager to oversee asset management and lead a technical team in evaluating and prioritizing asset needs. Candidates should be Chartered Engineers with a degree in Civil Engineering and strong stakeholder management skills. The position requires extensive experience in a related role and knowledge of safety regulations. The role offers competitive salary and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer with appropriate experience.
• Extensive experience managing technical teams.
• Good knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage resources to ensure appropriate resourcing levels.
• Act as asset owner for structures management.
• Identify and prioritize asset needs for business objectives.
• Provide technical expertise in evaluation and selection of options.

Skills

Chartered Civil Engineer

Stakeholder management

CDM 2015 knowledge

Technical team management

Education

Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent

Job description

About the job.

Here at National Highways, we currently have an opportunity for a Structures Engineering Team Manager to join our team. Within this role, you will be managing the regions Structures assets and lead a team of engineers in identifying and prioritising asset needs and developing early scheme solutions for renewals and improvements.

This role can be based from our Bedford, Cambridge or Ipswich office

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Manage the utilisation and allocation of team resources to ensure appropriate resourcing levels for all the activities in scope, including providing technical support for Project Managers in the scheme design and delivery process.
• Be the asset owner for the structures asset class, ensuring asset specific management plans and asset management decisions adhere to defined policies and standards, provide value for money and maximise contribution to the delivery of business objectives.
• Ensure that all asset needs are identified, prioritised and managed in accordance with required governance and to achieve business objectives.
• Act as the Region's focal point and provide technical expertise in the identification and prioritisation of asset specific needs, renewal and improvement option evaluation and selection, and development of early solutions.
• Authorise technical briefs, reports, specifications, drawings and supporting information

About you.

• A Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer with appropriate experience
• Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Good knowledge of CDM 2015
• Excellent Stakeholder management
• Extensive experience of managing a technical team

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 get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.