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Head of Highways

Service Care Solutions
Posted a day ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Uxbridge, Greater London UB81QS, England

Salary

£466 - £650 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A client in the Public Sector in North West London is seeking a Head of Highways & Parking Operations for a full-time, temporary position.
  • The ideal candidate should have experience working within a local authority in a highways and parking operations environment and a degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant discipline.
  • Key responsibilities include managing operational functions, overseeing large-scale budgets of approximately £20 million, and representing the council with external partners.
  • The position offers a salary of £650 per day Umbrella LTD Inside IR35, which is approximately £466 per day PAYE.
  • Candidates with strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder engagement abilities, and demonstrable experience in managing complex highways operations contracts are encouraged to apply.
A client within the Public Sector based North West London is currently recruiting for a Head of Highways & Parking Operations to join their team as soon as possible. The client is offering a full time, temporary position on an ongoing basis with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority within a highways and parking operations environment.

The Role
Key purpose of the role is tolead, develop, and manage a commercially driven Highways and Parking Operations service, ensuring the effective delivery of statutory responsibilities and improvement programmes, while supporting strategic transformation aligned with council priorities.

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
  • Leading all operational highways and parking functions including capital projects, street lighting, streetworks, parking enforcement, and winter maintenance.
  • Managing large-scale budgets (c.20m), ensuring cost efficiency and contract compliance.
  • Representing the council with key external partners including Transport for London and funders of major road schemes.

The Candidate
To be considered for this role you will require:
  • A degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Planning, or a relevant discipline.
  • Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., ICE, CIHT, IHE).
The below skills would be beneficial for the role:
  • Demonstrable experience in managing large, complex highways operations contracts and services.
  • Strong commercial acumen with proven budget management skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement abilities, particularly at senior leadership and partner organisation level.
The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such are offering 650 per day Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 (approx. 466 per day PAYE).

How to Apply
If this position sounds of interest, email a copy of your up-to-date CV to (url removed) or call Amy at Service Care Construction on (phone number removed)
to discuss the vacancy in more detail.
Also, if this role is not of interest to you, but you are looking for new opportunities, please still get in touch as we cover all construction-related vacancies across the region.

Referral Bonus
If this role is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on their details, or forward these details to them. If they are successful in applying, you will receive a 250 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.

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