Team Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Agile working

Generous annual leave and holidays

Vivup benefits and discounts

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council’s Engineering Design Services seeks a Team Manager to lead engineers and technicians delivering developer-funded highway schemes, from junction upgrades to cycling projects. The role is matrix-working, coordinating with traffic signal, structural and street lighting designers.

Fluent spoken English is required to advise the public. You will lead a diverse team, manage fee proposals, and ensure governance, design standards, and safety compliance across schemes while

Qualifications

• Experienced civil engineer.
• Strong leadership and project management experience.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of engineers and technicians on S278 highway works.
• Project-manage S278 schemes to internal processes, design standards, legal requirements, traffic regulations and health and safety policy.
• Manage engineers acting as project managers.
• Deliver programmes of S278 works, co-ordinating with traffic signal, structural and street lighting designers.
• Calculate S278 fee proposals, discuss them with developers and clients, monitor costs and handle financial queries.
• Project-manage work packages let to consultants through the professional services framework.
• Build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, orally and in writing.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Stakeholder relationships

Oral and written communication

Problem solving

Decision making under pressure

Job description

This Team Manager post sits in the S278 Highways Team within Engineering Design Services at Warwickshire County Council. The role leads engineers and technicians delivering developer-funded highway schemes, from junction upgrades and link roads to cycling and active travel projects, including managing fee proposals and consultant work packages. It is a matrix-working role that involves co-ordinating with traffic signal, structural and street lighting designers. Fluent spoken English is required to advise the public.

What the job involves

• Lead and manage a team of engineers and technicians on S278 highway works
• Project-manage S278 schemes to internal processes, design standards, legal requirements, traffic regulations and health and safety policy
• Manage engineers acting as project managers
• Deliver programmes of S278 works, co-ordinating with traffic signal, structural and street lighting designers
• Calculate S278 fee proposals, discuss them with developers and clients, monitor costs and handle financial queries
• Project-manage work packages let to consultants through the professional services framework
• Build relationships and communicate with colleagues and stakeholders, orally and in writing
• Solve complex technical and logistical problems
• Manage conflicting priorities and demands in local authority infrastructure delivery
• Prepare reports for the Service Manager or Head of EDS
• Make critical decisions and exercise sound judgement in difficult circumstances
• Operate in a matrix working environment

What's required

Experience

• Experienced civil engineer

Skills & knowledge

• Technical expertise and project management
• Strong leadership and team management
• Stakeholder relationship building
• Clear oral and written communication
• Solving complex technical and logistical problems
• Composure and sound judgement under pressure

Other

• Fluency duty: accurate spoken English to advise the public
• Operating in a matrix working environment

What's offered

• Pension scheme with employer contribution typically around 19 percent, plus benefits for members and dependants
• Agile working
• Generous annual leave, bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas
• Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform