Highways Asset Manager

Overview

As Highways Asset Manager, you will lead the asset engineering team to steward York’s highways assets within the Local Transport Plan framework. You will develop long-term renewal and maintenance programmes, coordinating with service area managers to optimise the budget. You’ll manage active travel networks, roads, footways, drainage, street lighting, and the York City Walls, working with framework partners to deliver high-profile programmes. This role combines strategic asset management with strong leadership and stakeholder engagement to drive sustainable delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• flexible working practices
• Learning & Development
• discounts and rewards

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Asset Engineers responsible for York’s highways assets.
• Oversee strategic management of active travel networks, roads, footways, drainage, street lighting, and York City Walls.
• Develop transparent long-term capital renewal and maintenance programmes within the budget.
• Collaborate with service area managers to maximise efficiencies and implement the York Local Transport Plan.
• Coordinate with framework consultancies and contractors to deliver work streams.
• Act as Client under CDM Regulations; may act as Principal Contractor and Principal Designer as required.

Key requirements

• Experience with active travel and highways assets
• Proven leadership of a dedicated asset team
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication abilities
• Knowledge of asset management planning and delivery within a local government context
• Familiarity with CDM Regulations (Client, Principal Contractor, Principal Designer roles)

• excellent communicator
• stakeholder management
• collaboration
• asset management planning
• highways asset knowledge
• CDM Regulations experience

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