Head of Highways

Enfield is increasingly one of the most diverse parts of London with all the benefits this brings us across their communities, culture, heritage and local economy. We also benefit from incredibly diverse landscapes from the urban centres of Edmonton, Southgate, Palmer's Green and Enfield Town to our rural areas and the farmland in the north of the borough. There is a lot going on in here, we are building 10,000 homes at our flag ship development at Meridian Water, improving public spaces and upgrading transport links across the borough, promoting health, well-being and economic growth to create strong inclusive communities with opportunities for everyone.

Highway Operations is a large division within the Planning, Growth & Infrastructure. It provides Enfield with the operational capacity to manage the Council’s highway network, infrastructure and associated assets, bridges and highway drainage, and fulfils legislative responsibilities relating to the Highways Act. The service also provides a consultancy service for the project management, design and supervision of a range of diverse Civil Engineering projects from inception to completion. The service provides professional expert advice and local knowledge.

Highway Operations is responsible for managing and maintaining Enfield’s highways and associated assets. It looks after 585 kilometres (363 miles) of roads, over 31,000 street lighting assets and over 400 bridges and structures.

We need our highway infrastructure to be at its best and to ensure we can deliver this we are looking for a Head of Highway Operations to lead our talented teams of highway and civil engineering professionals in maintaining and improving our highways.

As Head of Highway Operations, you will be responsible for highway asset management, routine and reactive maintenance, winter services, network management, highways structural maintenance, revenue and capital, maintenance of highway structures, management of the street lighting PFI contract and much more. An exciting opportunity where you will be part of the Senior Leadership Team.

We are looking for someone with extensive and diverse range of knowledge in all aspects of highway asset management and maintenance, including legislation and best practises. You will use your experience of procurement, contract administration and performance management at a senior level to delivering similar varied work programmes and projects successfully. Your ability to deliver high profile, customer focused services, while ensuring high levels of quality and performance is key in this role. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, as you will be expected to work with senior stakeholders, contractors, and the public, ensuring clear and effective communication across all areas.

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We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working.

**Why it's great to work for Enfield Council**:

- An excellent pension through the **Local Government Pension Scheme** (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.