Overview
As Highways Asset Manager, you lead a team of Asset Engineers to oversee York’s highways assets within the Local Transport and Asset Management framework. You will shape long-term renewal and maintenance plans for active travel, roads, footways, drainage, street lighting, and the York City Walls, engaging with cross-functional teams and external frameworks. The role blends client duties under CDM with possible Principal Contractor/Designer responsibilities, in a collaborative, hybrid-working environment. Your work supports sustainable, high-profile highways programmes and stakeholder alignment. This is a strategic, impact-driven position within a forward-looking council committed to growth,-
Pay / Benefits
- generous annual leave
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives
- flexible working practices
- Learning & Development opportunities
- discounts and rewards
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Asset Engineers responsible for York’s highways assets
- Strategically manage asset portfolios in line with the York Local Transport Plan and Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan
- Develop long-term capital renewal and maintenance programmes for active travel, roads, footways, drainage, street lighting and York City Walls
- Collaborate with service area managers and external consultancies/contractors to deliver work streams within budget
- Act as Client under CDM Regulations, with potential roles as Principal Contractor and Principal Designer as required
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure transparent planning and delivery
- Support hybrid working arrangements and coordinate with the council office and team needs
Key requirements
- Experience with active travel and highways assets
- Proven ability to deliver high-profile, complex highways maintenance programmes with multiple stakeholders
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience leading a technical team and coordinating with consultants and contractors
- Knowledge of asset management planning and regulatory frameworks (CDM)
- excellent communication
- stakeholder management
- leadership
- asset management planning
- long-term renewal and maintenance programme development
- budget management
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