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Highways Maintenance Manager North Somerset £60,000 Overview: A senior leadership role overseeing the delivery of cyclical and reactive highways maintenance services, including winter operations, drainage, emergency response, and signage. The manager will lead operational teams and subcontractors, ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and drive service efficiency and financial perform click apply for full job details

Senior Operations Manager - Highways Local Authority Location: West Yorkshire (District-Based, Multi-Site) Salary: £60k - £75k Target , Exceptional Package and Pension Contract: Permanent Full-Time Sector: Highways, Local Authority, Environmental Services, Public Realm, Civil Engineering, Utilities, and Infrastructure Operations A leading UK public-sector organisation is seeking an experienced Highways Senior Operations Manager to lead large, high-profile frontline highway services across a major district. This is a senior operational leadership role with visibility at corporate, community and political levels-ideal for a proven leader in highways, civils, construction operations, environmental services, or large-scale public realm delivery. The role oversees a complex portfolio including: Highway maintenance, Public Rights of Way, Land drainage, Gully maintenance, Winter services, weather response, Operational depots, Fleet & plant with Multi-million-pound assets and budgets You'll lead c100+ skilled and semi-skilled frontline staff, manage a multi-functional operational depot, and take responsibility for statutory services that keep the district's network safe, open, and resilient. Key Responsibilities - Senior Operations Manager, Highways - Local Authority Lead and manage diverse multi-skilled frontline teams delivering district-wide highway, drainage, and winter maintenance operations. Oversee planned, reactive, and emergency works, ensuring safe and efficient operation. Act as Transport Manager under the organisation's Operator's Licence, managing fleet compliance and high-risk operational environments Manage capital and revenue delivery through internal teams and contractors Ensure full compliance with CDM, Health & Safety legislation and safe systems of work Maintain high-profile public-facing services, respond to weather events and highway emergencies Develop and manage multi-million-pound operational budgets, assets, and equipment Build strong working relationships with stakeholders, elected members, trade unions ns, and contractors Drive service improvement, innovation, and workforce development Key Requirements- Senior Operations Manager, Highways Significant senior operational management experience in highways, civil engineering, environmental services, construction, utilities, or large-scale public realm operations Strong leadership of large, dispersed frontline teams and unionised workforces In-depth understanding of H&S, CDM, risk, compliance, and management of high-risk operational sites Proven experience managing complex operational budgets, plant, vehicles, and large-scale assets Experience coordinating contractors and delivering large capital/revenue programmes Strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to lead in a politically aware environment Full driving licence Degree in Civil Engineering (or extensive equivalent experience) IOSH Managing Safely & to obtain CPC Transport Manager if required Experience in Highways in Utilities (Water/Gas/Power/Fibre) and Civil Engineering / Highways Contractors encouraged Why This Role? Senior Operations Manager, Highways Lead one of the region's most high-profile, essential, and visible public services. Autonomy to shape service direction, improvement, and operational strategy Significant influence across regeneration, infrastructure, and environmental projects Manage a major operational team with meaningful community impact Senior leadership presence with political, community and multi-agency visibility All enquiries and applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. Contact (url removed) or (phone number removed) Public Sector / Local Authorities Highway Operations, Road Maintenance, Winter Services, PROW, Fleet Management, Environmental Services, Highway Inspector, Highway Asset Management Industry: Government Administration, Civil Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure, Transport / Logistics Highway Operations, Environmental Services, Transport, Public Works Job Functions: Operations / Maintenance Engineering / Technical Services Fleet / Transport Management Civil / Highway Engineering You are likely to be a Highway Operations Manager, Highways Maintenance Manager Senior Highway Engineer, Winter Services Manager, Highways Asset Manager, Senior Civil Engineer - Roads. Principal Consultant - Highways, Construction Manager - Highway Schemes Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.

We are excited to offer a permanent opportunity for an accomplished Project/Construction Manager to join our Specialist Bridges Inspection and Maintenance (SBIM) team in Bristol. You'll play a pivotal role in overseeing the inspection and maintenance of three of the UK's most iconic structures: the Severn Bridge, Prince of Wales Bridge, and Avonmouth Bridge. These landmark projects represent some of the most complex and high-profile engineering challenges in the sector, giving you the chance to shape the future of critical national infrastructure. The Severn Bridge, a suspension bridge with a pioneering aerodynamic design, has been a vital route since 1966. The Prince of Wales Bridge, completed in 1996, is a cable-stayed structure spanning over three miles and forming a key connection between England and Wales. Avonmouth Bridge, with its distinctive blue arches, has supported Bristol's transport network since 1974. In this role, you'll blend hands-on project and construction management with technical excellence, ensuring the successful delivery of inspection and maintenance programmes on behalf of National Highways. You'll lead by example, mentoring and developing your team, and fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your leadership will be instrumental in guiding site staff, setting high standards for safety and quality, and cultivating a positive working environment aligned with Amey's values and Target Zero ethos. The standard hours of work are 37.5 per week What You'll Do: Leading and motivating site teams to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards Ensuring robust compliance with all health, safety, and environmental regulations, and driving a proactive safety culture Providing technical guidance and mentoring to staff, supporting their professional development and growth Overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of inspection and maintenance activities, ensuring all work is in line with Amey's procedures and client requirements Engaging effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including clients, supply chain partners, and local communities, to minimise disruption and enhance project outcomes Upholding rigorous site records, reporting, and compliance with contractual obligations Identifying and resolving technical challenges, and contributing to innovative solutions using digital tools and data-driven approaches Championing continuous improvement and the sharing of best practices across the team Why Join Us? At Amey, we don't just offer jobs, we offer opportunities to build fulfilling careers. As one of the top 1% of employers recognised by Investors in People, we are committed to your professional growth and wellbeing. Here's what you can expect when you join our team: Competitive Salary: Enjoy a competitive annual salary with the potential for yearly reviews to ensure you're rewarded for your contributions. Company Car / Car allowance Career Growth: Propel your career with clear, dynamic advancement opportunities to roles. Training Opportunities: Unlock your potential with comprehensive training tailored to your growth. Personal Development Opportunities: Advance your personal growth through mentorship and access to our award-winning programs like our Leadership Development, and Multicultural Leadership programs. Pension: Benefit from a generous pension scheme with company contributions for your future peace of mind. Holidays: Enjoy at least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further 5 days! Giving you plenty of time to relax and recharge. Flexible Benefits: Customise your benefits package with options like additional leave, cycle-to-work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships. Exclusive Discounts: Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more, helping you save on the things that matter. Social Impact: Take part in our community initiatives with 2x paid volunteering days a year, plus other opportunities to support fundraising and local projects. What You'll Bring: Full clean driving licence Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (CEng/IEng) (or working towards) Experience in bridge engineering or major infrastructure maintenance In depth understanding of relevant standards and regulations Strong digital literacy Experience with digital project management tools and contemporary engineering practices is highly desirable If you are passionate about engineering, thrive on technical challenges, and are ready to take a leading role in maintaining some of the UK's most significant bridges, we encourage you to apply. Application Guidance At Amey, we value a culture of diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact, no matter their background, gender, race, or personal circumstances. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to shine. As a Disability Confident leader, we're proud to offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you have any questions or need any adjustments during the recruitment process, don't hesitate to reach out to Kayla Caruth, our recruiter for this role, at (url removed)

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Network Data Manager to join our dynamic Sheffield team at our Olive Grove Depot (S2 3GE) . This role will be based on site. This position offers a competitive salary, dependant on experience and qualifications. The role is accountable for overseeing all Network Asset Inventories/information and associated highways software systems critical to effective contract management. It also includes direct line management of the highway's inspection and data analysis teams. This position is ideally suited to a candidate with proven experience in managing Highways Network Inventories, particularly within large-scale highway networks. It may also appeal to a Highways Engineer with strong data processing capabilities or a data analyst seeking to expand their expertise within the highways sector. What You'll Do: Comply with all relevant health and safety legislation Organise and direct inspection team members to ensure programme milestones are achieved Manage the currency of all highway inventory databases including all updates as a result of works carried out by SSA Core or Non-Core Manage and ensure compliance with contractual accrual/ de-accrual process Organise and ensure SPV procured Network surveys (ie SCRIM, Deflec. etc) are completed on time Ensure maintainability assessments are undertaken on third party works and challenges are raised as appropriate Maintain and update the material gazetteer Maintain good relations with independent auditor and facilitate inspection audits as required Monitor surfacing programme and organise post surfacing inspections as required Schedule random sample checks of condition audits to ensure consistent quality Organise and update asset valuation as required Ensure asset management plan is submitted in line with contract requirements Ensure inspectors accreditation is maintained Why Join Us? At Amey, we don't just offer jobs, we offer opportunities to build fulfilling careers. As one of the top 1% of employers recognised by Investors in People, we are committed to your professional growth and wellbeing. Here's what you can expect when you join our team: Competitive Salary: Enjoy a competitive annual salary with the potential for yearly reviews to ensure you're rewarded for your contributions. Career Growth: Propel your career with clear, dynamic advancement opportunities Training Opportunities: Unlock your potential with comprehensive training tailored to your growth. Personal Development Opportunities: Advance your personal growth through mentorship and access to our award-winning programs like our Leadership Development, and Multicultural Leadership programs. Pension: Benefit from a generous pension scheme with company contributions for your future peace of mind. Holidays: Enjoy at least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further 5 days! Giving you plenty of time to relax and recharge. Flexible Benefits: Customise your benefits package with options like additional leave, cycle-to-work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships. Exclusive Discounts: Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more, helping you save on the things that matter. Social Impact: Take part in our community initiatives with 2x paid volunteering days a year, plus other opportunities to support fundraising and local projects. What You'll Bring: An organised team player with the ability to communicate well with others and motivate a team Highways maintenance or Data Analysis with people management experience essential An independent thinker who can assess contract requirements against current working practise to propose improvements Must have demonstrable appropriate experience working on a complex highway network or data analysis experience dealing with large and complex data set If you're ready to make a meaningful impact on our business and contribute to a shared, sustainable future, we invite you to join us in advancing our strategy and driving positive change. Application Guidance At Amey, we value a culture of diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact, no matter their background, gender, race, or personal circumstances. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to shine. As a Disability Confident leader, we're proud to offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you have any questions or need any adjustments during the recruitment process, don't hesitate to reach out to (url removed)

About Us Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council, providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities within Dorset Council. Our service is built on our values of being ethical, trustworthy and caring, with profits returned to our Local Authority shareholders. Duration - Approx 6 months Immediate start Rate Negotiable depending on experience. Must hold a train the trainer qualification. Purpose We are looking to deploy this role into our Waste Service, so we would be looking for someone with specific experience of working in a high-risk area, such as waste, construction, highways etc. Act as a source of professional expertise on matters relating to health, safety and wellbeing, ensuring the council fulfils its duty of care to employees, service users and meets current legislation, both as a major employer and as a provider of services. To develop and maintain knowledge of best practice and developments in workplace legislation, health and safety procedures and safe systems of work. To provide high quality, timely and effective advice and support to managers and employees on health and safety matters, including legal compliance, operational best practice and accident prevention. Work collaboratively across the HR & OD Service and with colleagues across the council to ensure that the HR & OD Services meet the organisation's needs and are joined up for the benefit of customers. To support the achievement of whole authority people priorities and meet corporate aims, enabling the organisation to transform ways of working and achieve whole authority cultural change. Key responsibilities Provide specialist health and safety consultancy advice and services to the council, schools, academies and other external customers and partners including other councils. Act as lead health & safety consultant for specialist technical health & safety activities and subjects. Liaise and consult with managers and employees to provide an appropriate level of advice across a range of health, safety, wellbeing situations and create guidance documents. Develop and implement systems of workplace inspections and health and safety audits, review of procedures including risk assessments and identify areas of noncompliance. Carry out detailed investigations of accidents and incidents in accordance with relevant health and safety legislation and regulations and monitor and review accident statistics to establish underlying causes, identify trends and recommend action where necessary. This response to serious accidents and incidents will include working outside of normal working hours. Provide a first point of contact/act as lead adviser to services/directorates in regard to Health, Safety, Welfare and Fire Safety functions Engage with customers to seek feedback on current provision and discuss emerging needs to support the improvement of services. Promote and market services and seek new business opportunities to ensure financial viability of health & safety provision Develop, produce, monitor and review new and existing policies, procedures and guidance. Provide technical advice and guidance on procurement of contracts, services, work equipment and inspect work equipment to ensure suitability for use and identify and review the inspection and maintenance systems and procedures. Develop, produce, organise, deliver and evaluate a varied range of health, safety and fire training programmes tailored to customer needs Essential TTT manual handling as well as diploma level qualifications too. Relevant professional qualification (NEBOSH General Certificate for Grade 9 and NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent for Level 2) Significant post qualifying experience, preferably in a large organisation Evidence of continuing professional development and working towards becoming a Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner for Level 2 Excellent knowledge of health and safety law and good practice linked to relevant grade and role within the team Understanding of the role of a health and safety team within a large organisation and management accountability for the function In depth knowledge of the HSE and Police investigative and legal powers and enforcement actions arising from accidents in the workplace and also from HSE inspections. Connect2Dorset is a trading style of Dorset & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Dorset Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dorset is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

£21.54 umbrella per hour This period closes on Wednesday December 3 2025 at 9:00. About the Borough Kingston and Sutton Councils operate a shared Highways and Transport service. It is an exciting time to join our newly re organised team as we lead the way in South west London in delivering sustainable transport infrastructure, regeneration and rise to the zero carbon challenge. If you are seeking career growth and development opportunities, with the chance to pitch in and work on a variety of projects, then come and join us. The service delivers a range of operational highways and transport functions, with a revenue budget of circa £5m, and a capital budget that averages £10m per year. The types of projects we work on range from redesigning a town centre traffic system and dealing with our climate emergency impacts and road safety issues, to the management and maintenance of our highway networks and assets. Being a shared service ensures there are always lots of opportunities to work on a wide range of projects. We practise a hybrid working environment between the Shared Service. Whilst we have modern offices in both Sutton and Kingston Town Centres, we encourage all staff to work in ways that suit them and the business requirements. Our focus is on ensuring all staff can bring their best selves to work. The Shared Service is committed to being a positive supportive employer, whether that's in flexible working, building a diverse and collaborative team of engineers, transport planners, and project managers to deliver our future transport and highways engineering needs, or responding to net zero and environmental friendly goals through the development of initiatives such as school streets and cleaner and greener low traffic neighbourhoods. If you embrace learning opportunities and relish the chance to learn and grow in a supportive environment, we have a clear and ambitious investment plan to transform our Highways and Transport network infrastructure. We need talented, ambitious, forward thinking people to help drive this forward. About the Role This role reports directly to the Senior Programme Officer and is responsible for assisting with the delivery of projects and programmes across the Highways and Transport service to run effectively and efficiently. The role will include assisting with managing correspondence and highway searches, assisting in maintaining programme documentation, organising and taking minutes for Highways and Transport meetings with officers, councillors and external stakeholders, as well as providing financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, which will be important parts of the role. Assisting with the delivery of high profile Highways and Transport projects. Communicating all stages of the project to internal and external parties and stakeholders. Organising meetings and publications. Maintaining records, financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, quality checks and updating the project delivery plan. Helping to manage and track correspondence. Assisting with managing Highway Search enquiry responses. Analysing data under direction. About Us This is an exciting opportunity to join a team to provide overarching support across a broad range of transport programmes and projects. The team currently consists of the Programme Manager, Senior Programme Officer and a Project Support Officer. We are recruiting for a Project Support Assistant to complete our team. The Programme Management and Support Team sits at the heart of the shared Highways and Transport service across Kingston and Sutton. The service covers a multi million pound delivery programme including a wide variety of disciplines from walking, cycling and bus priority schemes, to school streets, behaviour change events and planned maintenance programmes. The Programme Management and Support Team provides critical project and programme support across all Highways and Transport teams, through the centralisation and coordination of all project delivery, helping to keep the service running efficiently and to manage competing priorities across a diverse range of transport projects. The team is key in helping to streamline shared systems and processes, ensuring both boroughs are working in collaboration to deliver high quality and consistent services to residents, through a one culture holistic approach. On a day to day basis the team helps to track the health of the overall Highways and Transport programme, escalating or assisting with any issues where needed to help the project managers ensure successful delivery. We are the key communication line between a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, providing a hub of information and data to facilitate the smooth running of projects, for example financial information, data analysis and coordination of funding bids. The team also oversees longer term projects to identify ways to improve processes and increase efficiencies, so as to continually improve service delivery. About You You are a quick learner, have a keen attention to detail, are confident to take initiative and ask questions, and are able to manage multiple priorities in a busy and varied work environment. You will have an interest in, and preferably some experience of working within a Highways, Transport or Project and Programme Management environment. You are competent with IT and Digital processes, and have experience on Google sheets or Microsoft Excel, or have an eagerness to learn. You are organised and are able to keep data well managed in order to be able to respond quickly to information requests. You ideally have experience of project administration including providing financial support such as raising purchase orders, assisting with correspondence and complaints, or a willingness to learn. You enjoy working collaboratively, have great communication skills and are committed to ensuring equality and diversity is embedded in everything we do. You would like to be part of a friendly team, helping to keep the Kingston and Sutton shared Highways and Transport service running smoothly. Work location: 3 days split across the Kingston Guildhall Office and Sutton Civic Office, 2 days optional work from home. If you think this job role is for you, please send your CV to