East Sussex County Council

Asset Team Manager
Ringmer, Lewes/working from home
£44,700 – £48,854
Ref: orbis/TP/7524/22386

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity that will truly make a difference in East Sussex both today and for future generations?

A role in highways, is a role that is going to make a difference.

Almost everyone in the County will use part of the highway network every day. As soon as someone steps out their house, drives their car or walks to school they are using our network.

We recognise the vital importance of the Highway network, not only to the economic growth of the county but to keep local communities safe and connected. The local highway network is the most valuable publicly owned asset managed by ESCC.

As a local authority we are always pushing the boundaries in terms of innovation, ensuring we continue to look at new ways of working and introduce fresh ideas, whether that be the materials we use in our roadworks, our processes or communications.

With such a vast network of assets, including roads, footways, street lights, structures and traffic signals, there is huge amount of work to do to keep the network safe and maintained to support residents and communities.

You can find out more in our Guide to Highways.

About the role
The Highway Asset Management Team is at the centre of our strategic approach to managing East Sussex highway assets. The team play an essential role in:
• fulfilling our statutory obligations
• ensuring value for money
• keeping our highway users safe
• develop and drive service initiatives through partnership working

As the Asset Team Manager, you will be the driving force of efficiency and improvement within the Highway service, responsible for representing highway Asset Management to stakeholders and delivering Asset Management through a team of technical experts, engineers and technicians.

Your role will be to continue the maturity of asset management in the highways department through constant review and assessment of how the service works. You will represent the County at a local (South East) level and Nationally regarding highway asset management and collaborate with peers in other authorities to ensure best practice in East Sussex.

You will be working collaboratively across teams, other authorities and agencies, with residents and communities of East Sussex at the heart of all you do.

We are seeking a self-motivated, skilled individual with a proven background in strategic thinking and leading teams. Performance and project management, partnership working, and an extensive knowledge of the latest asset management practices will be key.

If you are highly motivated, results-orientated, adaptable, and meet the above requirements, we would be very interested to hear from you.

What can we offer you?
• Training and development
• Flexible working
• Hybrid working
• A generous annual leave entitlement
• A generous pension scheme
• A range of other benefits Employee benefits | East Sussex County Council

For an informal discussion, please contact Dale Poore on 01273 335506.

For further information and to apply for this post please click here.

Closing date: 17 April 2022.

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.