Engineering and Construction Manager - #1736604

About the job.

National Highways have an opportunity for an Engineering and Construction Assurance Manager to join our team in Bristol. Your role will entail leading in developing annual programmes to include cyclical and reactive maintenance activities. You will also be overseeing and controlling the delivery of inspection, maintenance and repair works across the asset, ensuring all activities, whether routine or reactive, meet the required technical, quality and safety standards with a strong focus on customer service.

You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving licence, with no more than 3 points, to be considered for this position.

• Develop and manage high quality cyclical maintenance work plans in line with agreed business goals, outcomes, budget and service level agreements.
• Oversee effective delivery of the annual maintenance programme, including inspections and provide on site assurance of Contractor workmanship.
• Manage responses to inspections, reactive and planned maintenance, ensuring that all works are delivered on time and within budget through effective project and financial management. Oversee repair works to ensure they meet the required quality standards.
• Liaise with the Service Provider, Consultants, National Highways and to generally represent the Company in an advisory or directly supportive role as directed
• Manage and monitor the performance of staff and the supply chain in respect of health and safety ensuring they fulfil their personal and organisational obligations with regard to the health, safety and wellbeing of both themselves and customers at all times.

About you.

• Experience of working in an engineering environment and capable of managing a team
• Degree or HNC in an Engineering discipline
• Previous experience on major structures engineering
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Project Management experience

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.