Head of Scheme Delivery

About the role. If you are motivated by delivering large-scale civil engineering programmes, that will have positive impact on the economic growth of the UK, supported by a large, diverse team focussed on developing capability and future talent, this is your next opportunity! As Head of Scheme Delivery for the Yorkshire and North East region, you will play a pivotal role in one of our largest geographical areas, with responsibility for a budget of circa £200 million and a complex multidisciplinary supply chain.

You will lead on the design and construction of our regional capital investment programmes in line with, delivering an excellent customer experience, quality, budgets and operational key performance indicators. You will also contribute to ongoing development of commercial and strategic imperatives for the region, ensuring we continue to deliver high quality services that meet business and customer expectations. Passionate about driving improvement, you will be influential in supporting capability development and growing future talent as part of our aim to be a centre of excellence in programme and project management.

You will be a key member of a regional leadership team, setting the vision for the region and ensuring its continued high performance, embodying the right cultural approach. The successful candidate will be subject to a Security Clearance Being part of the regional leadership team, ensuring attainment of key performance indicators, creating a strong culture and inspiring colleagues in the region.

Lead the detailed design and construction of a portfolio of highway capital investment schemes, ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, and health and safety standards. Positive engagement with internal and external regional stakeholders to communicate design requirements and optimise resource management. Overseeing contracts with multiple suppliers working, ensuring optimised delivery through engagement and a collaborative framework. Ongoing review of programme design and delivery capabilities, identifying improvements and delivering tangible benefits in line with agreed targets.

Engaging, inspiring and managing a diverse team across organisational boundaries, fostering a high-performance, people-first culture that recognises and develops talent. About you. Proven programme/project management background, ideally with a recognised qualification (e.g., APM) Demonstrable evidence of managing delivery of high value capital investment programme portfolios and associated budgets/resource plans The ability to lead, engage and inspire diverse teams towards a shared vision and ways of working Effective stakeholder management skills, including the ability to develop strong supplier relationships An excellent understanding of financial, commercial and contractual principles, with the ability to apply these to manage and influence performance

About us . Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds