Project Lead

6 days ago

Kendal, United Kingdom Westmorland & Furness Council Full time

Job profile
- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00000018534

**Date posted**

25/06/2025

**Application closing date**

10/08/2025

**Location**

KENDAL

**Salary**

45,718.00 to 46,731.00

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Attachments**

**Project Lead - Bridges and Structures WMF3037e**:
**Job description**

**Salary**:£45,718 - £46,731
**Hours**:37 hours per week
**Workbase**:County Offices, Kendal. (Plus flexible working opportunities)
**Contract Details**:Permanent

**About this opportunity**
- We are currently seeking to recruit a Project Lead to join our Bridges and Structures team based in Kendal to assist with the management and maintenance of around 1800 highway structures.
As Project Lead you will ensure that our projects are delivered safely, to an exceptional standard, economically and within set deadlines. You will be responsible for the development, procurement and project management of projects from inception through to completion, including all aspects relating to the Construction Design and Management Regulations. You will review your projects with a desire to make improvements, as well as share your insight and ideas with the wider Bridges and Structures team.
You will enthusiastically manage, develop, and mentor our high performing team, and manage the activities of both internal colleagues and external suppliers as required to ensure project delivery.
A key part of this role will be to engage with internal and external stakeholders confidently and effectively across local communities, the council’s directorates, and other organisations and partners, to ensure that the infrastructure delivered meets their needs.
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**What can we offer you**
- Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site.**Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)**

**Would you like to find out more?**
- For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:

- **Post Specification**:

- **Role Profile**

**Application and Interview information**
- Closing date: 10/08/25
Interview date: 28/08/25
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**Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion**
- As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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