Team Leader - Assets & Policy

Derby City Council; Derby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Derby City Council seeks a Team Leader for its Structures, Drainage & Flood Risk Management sector. The role involves managing essential city assets, ensuring efficient delivery of services, and guiding a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and relevant engineering experience, contributing to a vibrant community-oriented organization.

Benefits

Flexible work/life balance scheme

Hybrid working options

Continued professional development

27 days annual leave, rising to 32

Local Government Pension Scheme

Team Derby Rewards

Employee Assistance Programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in structures and drainage asset management.
• Proven track record in managing teams.
• Knowledge of engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for the city’s flood defence and drainage assets.
• Oversee the Council’s Lead Local Flood Authority duties.
• Implement maintenance and renewal strategies for structures.

Skills

Leadership

Asset Management

Team Management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Professional qualification (I.A.M. Certificate, etc.)

Tools

MS Excel

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Derby City Council’s Engineering Team is on the up and you could be part of our story.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented, self-driven Civil Engineering professional to work for a forward-thinking, award-winning, and dynamic authority based in the industrial heart of England.
If you are motivated, energized, and focused, have excellent communication skills, are loyal, a great team worker, happy to take the initiative, always meet deadlines, and can focus on the big picture, we’d be excited to hear from you.

Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity
In the role of Team Leader Structures, Drainage & Flood Risk Management (Assets & Policy), here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:

We're looking for a Structures, Drainage & Flood Risk Management Team Leader to join our Assets and Policy team based at the Council House in Derby. This is a broad role in which you will take a lead in looking after the city’s crucial flood defence, drainage, and structural assets. To do this, you'll be experienced in highway drainage and/or structures and bridges asset management with a well-developed working knowledge of the Code of Practice for Well Managed Highway Infrastructure. Prior working knowledge of highway drainage asset management, drainage design, and site inspections would be advantageous. Similarly, experience of bridge asset management, design, evaluation, and inspections will also be highly desirable. As part of this role, you will also oversee the Council’s Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) duties and take a lead in the Council’s programme of flood defence funding through the Grant in Aid and Local Levy funding streams.

We acknowledge that candidates will be unlikely to have skills in all these areas and so we will look for strong expertise in one or more areas with a willingness and aptitude to develop into the other areas as required.

You will:

• have the skills and knowledge necessary to lead a team with a range of skills and provide clear direction, instruction, and guidance through effective performance management.
• the ability to recognise strengths, vulnerabilities, and motivations within a team. Inspiring skills development and embedding organisational change.
• have a strong track record of asset management, with an understanding of engineering and construction principles.
• experience of implementing maintenance and renewal strategies for all structure/drainage categories — bridges and large culverts, small retaining walls, pumping stations, and highway drains.
• have an awareness of specialist software for asset management.
• attend callouts for the management of emergency incidents involving structures assets.
• experience or understanding of responding to major flood events.
• undertake scheme identification/option studies and other lifecycle advisory activities in relation to structures/drainage renewals.
• carry out whole life cost analysis including lifecycle planning, optimisation, and prioritisation of renewal schemes.
• have a working knowledge of some or all the legislation covering flood risk, drainage, and structures asset management.
• assist in collating information for effective performance measurement and controls.
• Experience or aptitude in working within a political and public-facing organisation.

About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated individual with strong leadership skills and engineering structures and drainage asset management experience with the ability to drive forward our priorities, build strong relationships with external and internal partners, and lead and develop our Assets and Policy team.

• You will have a relevant degree (or similar),
• A professional qualification such as Institute of Asset Management Certificate or Incorporated / Chartered status is beneficial but not essential.
• Working towards Professional Qualification, MICE, MCIWEM, MIAM, MIStructE, or similar.
• Knowledge and experience of highway bridge/drainage asset management and an understanding of bridge/drainage inspection and maintenance activities.
• Awareness of Sewers for Adoption, RWSC, DMRB and SHW.
• Understanding of Asset Management Systems, proficient in MS Excel.
• Current UK driving license.

We're all about finding potential here at Derby City, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box,