Cyclical Maintenance Manager needed in Huntingdon Paying £350 per day ref RQ1718855
Full time hours on a temporary basis
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team responsible for all routine and cyclical highway maintenance activities, ensuring programmes are effectively planned, delivered and monitored.
- Plan, manage and implement cyclical maintenance programmes including:
- Carriageway and footway surface dressing
- White lining renewals
- Verge, tree and vegetation maintenance
- Gully cleansing and drainage jetting
- Winter maintenance operations
- Ensure maintenance programmes are scheduled at appropriate frequencies, informed by site inspections, performance data, lessons learned and ongoing engagement with delivery partners.
- Balance operational priorities, organisational objectives and policy requirements when developing and maintaining programmes of work.
- Provide strategic leadership and direction to the cyclical maintenance function, ensuring effective ways of working and alignment with organisational values.
- Monitor team and programme performance against defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring targets are met and continuous improvement is embedded.
- Take responsibility for team development, ensuring staff receive appropriate training, guidance and support to fulfil their roles effectively.
- Work collaboratively with other managers across the highway maintenance service to ensure a consistent, coordinated and efficient approach to network maintenance.
- Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders and partners, ensuring timely communication and effective coordination of works.
- Maintain a strong customer‑focused approach when engaging with local partners, community representatives and the public.
- Manage and control a substantial revenue and capital maintenance budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources, mitigation of financial risk and delivery in line with organisational priorities.
If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
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