Team Leader - Structures

Derby City Council; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Derby City Council as a Team Leader (Structures) Projects. This key role involves leading engineers to deliver vital infrastructure projects, focusing on highway structures like bridges and retaining walls. You'll use your engineering expertise, leadership, and project management skills to make impactful decisions that enhance the community's assets. With a strong commitment to professional development and a supportive working environment, this is a unique opportunity to thrive in a dynamic public sector setting.

Benefits

Flexible work/life balance scheme

Hybrid working options

Continued professional development opportunities

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme

Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts

Tuition Car Benefit Scheme

Employee Assistance Programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in highway structures is essential.
• Ability to manage external contractors and teams.
• Proven experience in budget management and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Engineers to scope and deliver projects.
• Prepare briefs and manage contracts.
• Financial reporting and budget management.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Communication

Business Planning

Highway Engineering

Education

Working towards Chartered Engineer

Job description

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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 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, you are loyal, a great team worker, happy to take the initiative, always meet deadlines, and can focus on the big picture we’d be thrilled 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) Projects, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
An opportunity has arisen for an ambitious, talented and experienced individual who is keen to demonstrate their leadership, managerial and financial planning and project delivery skills in this role. Ideally you will be working towards or be a Chartered Engineer and have experience with highway structures such as bridges, culverts, retaining walls and reinforced earthworks and a desire to pass this knowledge on to others.
• Managing and develop a team of Engineers to scope, procure and deliver the capital works schemes for all assets within the Structures Team area of responsibility.
• Prepare briefs for framework consultants and manage contracts through the framework.
• Prepare briefs for term maintenance contractors and manage projects through to completion on site.
• Financial reporting and budget management
• The post holder will operate where required in informal or matrix managed teams to deliver projects for the Directorate. This will include team working to coordinate and plan work, agree priorities with members of the team and ensure there is resilience in delivery.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...

• You will be working towards being a Chartered Engineer with a background predominately in Highway Structures, but with the ability to use sound engineering and project management skills to meaningfully engage with and to direct the Council’s activity regarding assets.
• You will demonstrate a unique blend of proven highway engineering competence / experience, with an equally important aptitude and skill for business planning and programme control.
• You will have experience of working with Communities, Staff, Council Members, Partners and Suppliers to ensure the delivery of required outcomes, in a consistent way, using the right skills and the most appropriate delivery methods.
• You will be adept at positively representing the Council; whether that be in person, or through written correspondence.
• You will have a strong programme approach to all aspects of service delivery and be able to use these skills to good effect in effective reporting, and ensuring intended outcomes are achieved.
• You will need to demonstrate your professional and technical knowledge as well as your ability to manage external contractors and consultants.
• You will have experience of providing support to a Group Manager and supporting a section of technical Engineering staff that achieves its objectives.
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, please apply and we can have a chat.

Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 30th June 2024.