Role: Developing Highways Manager REF 1734602
Contract Length: Approximately 5 months
Location: Hybrid/Shrewsbury - possibly 1 day a week in office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £52 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for a Developing Highways Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEVELOPING HIGHWAYS MANAGER
- Leading and providing professional advice on HDC matters to ensure that the requirements and objectives of the Council are met in respect of all new developments
- Ensure that value is added to the highway asset in respect of work managed by this service
- Monitoring that site performance inspections are proactively and comprehensively undertaken
- Represent Shropshire Council and act as Highway Authority at magistrates’ court, public inquiries, planning committee etc.
- Represent Highways and Transport at meeting with (including evening meetings) external organisations, meeting with local members, Parish and Town Councils.
- Ensure Shropshire Council core strategies are embedded within the service
- Support Highways and Transport service wide asset management strategy
- Communicate with the media on behalf of Shropshire Council.
- Frequently respond to MP’s enquiries, complaints, Freedom of Information requests on behalf of the authority
- Manage the HDC budgets including maximising opportunities for income generation i.e. S38 income offset of contractual costs
- Act as service support for CIL/S106 spend to ensure its use is appropriate and maximises value for money for the highway
- Through the consultancy contract commission, a number of services including and limited to o Extent of highway
- Contractual changed
- Section 38 agreements
- Section 106 agreements
- Section 278 agreements
- Land charges searches
- Highway planning advice
- Stopping up orders
- Technical checks and inspections
- Responsible for ensuring that affective and proactive contract management is undertaken within the Consultancy contract including the issuing of Early Warnings where required
- Report on the developments occurring in the county in respect of highway matters and advise senior managers
- Act as point of contact for project boards for work regarding highway development control program delivery and development
- Undertake regular and affective liaison with internal colleagues to develop an affective and best value program of work such as Capital Delivery, Development Management, Street Works, Maintenance Teams, Economic Growth, Finance, Legal etc.
- To support the Economic Growth strategy, assist with the development of neighbourhood and place plans
- Regularly reporting on work load, program stages and identification of risk to management
- Proactively encourage all developers and agents to engage with Shropshire Council to commence pre planning discussions with an aim to inform concepts and identify matters for consideration at the earliest opportunity
- Prepare decision reports for the authority’s Members and Senior Officers
- Manage claims in relation to the Land Compensation Act 1971 in respect of any new development claims
- Keep up to date with local, national and international trends in highway/construction design, developments and business needs and feed best practice into the service highlighting improved outcomes and benefits for Shropshire Council, the community and the environment
- Ensure the development and implementation of processes/changes to legislation through training and service delivery
- Work in accordance with new Code of Practices, Legislation, Guidance etc. and assist the service in ensuring they are imbedded throughout the service
- Develop working relationships and processes with new consultants and contractors as the change in contractor and associated contracts dictate.
- Will through the delegated authority be required where needed to ensure the inclusion of streets into the authorities street register
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE DEVELOPING HIGHWAYS MANAGER
- Extensive highway development experience
- Experience of responding to Planning applications on behalf of the Local Highway Authority
If you are a Developing Highways Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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