Highways Structures Team Leader

Starting salary for this role is £53,460 (pro rata for part-time colleagues).

This role sits within a well defined pay band, offering clear progression as you grow your career hout exception all new starters begin at the entry point of the band, ensuring fairness and consistency across the organisation. Be part of a forward thinking workplace where you’re supported to grow and you can truly #Be The Difference  ernal colleagues are also normally appointed at the bottom of the band, unless moving within the same profession and skill level, where the pay band is the same they can be appointed to the existing pay point.

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Are you passionate about shaping the future of infrastructure and delivering projects that make a real difference to communities? We’re looking for talented Civil Engineers and have several exciting opportunities to join our Engineering Service and help us build sustainable solutions for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

We are a progressive engineering team committed to delivering innovative, safe, and sustainable infrastructure. From highways improvements to asset management, our work underpins the everyday lives of thousands of people. Join us and be part of a team that values collaboration, creativity, and professional growth. Transformation and digital ways of working are at the heart of what we do. You will have the opportunity to help shape the future of the Engineering Service within the authority.

• Section:
  Asset Engineering
• Team:
  Structures
• Job Title:
  
  Highways Structures Team Leader
• Role Profile: GRO
  033 - Engineering / Transportation Team Leader
• Pay: BCP Band 12

Other opportunities:
We are currently advertising other job opportunities across the Engineering service. Please take a look at these opportunities as you may feel they are more suitable to your skills and experience.

• You’ll work on diverse projects across multiple structures assets, with a supportive environment where your ideas matter and your expertise shapes what we do.
• You will be responsible for the successful delivery of highway structures schemes, programmes and asset management.
• The role combines technical, contractual, and leadership expertise for design and construction delivery with the ability to manage a team.
• You will manage a team of engineering technical and professional staff to enable effective delivery of highway structures engineering service. This includes managing, motivating and supporting the team, performance management, and contributing to recruitment.
• This role will monitor cost and financial information for projects and programmes with an annual value of approximately £1m - £5m.
• You will plan and organise projects, programmes and services within monthly to yearly horizons, but with a view and plan of annual requirements with an understanding of longer-term perspective in structures asset management.
• As Design Lead or Approver and Project Manager for designated projects, the postholder will ensure compliance with contractual requirements, manage risks, budgets and maintain governance throughout the project lifecycle and programmes.
• You will provide expertise and authoritative advice into the development and improvement of asset management and structures policies, standards, specifications, projects, procurement of consultants and contractors, and design/delivery of schemes, studies and services so that they are delivered in line with service's standards, best practice and regulations.
• Prepare proposals, reports, and submissions on resources, objectives, and targets for service planning purposes in specified area to support the delivery of service.
• Ensure compliance with legal obligations, such as Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations and have a thorough understanding of relevant legislation, which sets out the statutory duties of the Council to fulfil.
• Manage and control project, service and programme budgets to ensure that spend is within financial limits, value for money is achieved, and to help protect the…