Technical Lead
National Highways · United Kingdom
About the job.
The National Programmes Team is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Technical Lead to join a growing team to help co-ordinate, monitor, support and report on numerous varied and nationally important programmes – focussing on performance and technical progress.
The National Programmes Team sits within the Planning and Performance Division, part of the Operations Directorate. The programmes themselves are varied in nature and are typically being delivered by the 6 geographic regions.
Currently, the team is involved with the LED Upgrade Programme, Small Schemes, and Water Quality National Programmes. It also covers various Designated Funds Programmes and Large Renewals (i.e. renewals schemes with a value >£50m), and its responsibility is expected to increase as the team develops.
This role is based from any of our National Highways offices and will be focussed across various civil engineering related National Programmes.
- Contribute to the leadership and management of the National Programmes, supporting the Head of National Programmes on setting the overall strategy and direction of the team and portfolios they are responsible for.
- To ensure that all asset needs are correctly identified, scope defined, prioritised and managed in accordance with required governance and to achieve the relevant business objectives/benefits/outputs.
- To collaborate with engineering colleagues, Project Managers, Planning & Development managers and Scheme Delivery managers to ensure that national/regional programmes and capital investment reflect the asset needs and considerations, are developed in a way that is compliant with the relevant technical policies and standards, and consider new techniques, materials, buildability, and costs.
- Oversee the commissioning of studies, surveys, design and delivery, managing related budgets, and driving best practice asset management processes; including ensuring that schemes are developed and delivered correctly & handed back using accurate and up to date asset information and databases.
- To continuously identify opportunities for efficiencies, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to share & implement ideas.
About you.
- An Incorporated Engineer or near Chartered Engineer with extensive relevant experience; holding a Civil Engineering degree, HND or equivalent.
- Proven experience of developing schemes with thorough understanding of relevant technical standards, asset policies, specifications and strategies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with proven evidence of influencing relationships to achieve positive outcomes.
- Good commercial and financial acumen, including budget & project management.
- Good knowledge and understanding of CDM and Health & Safety regulations across highway design & construction.
About us.
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Why you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.
A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.
Our benefits package
- Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
- Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
- Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
- Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
- Right to work check
- 3 year employment history references
- DBS criminal record check
- Social media and adverse journalism check
- Driving licence check (if applicable)
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
- Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)
And finally
We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.
The National Programmes Team is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Technical Lead to join a growing team to help co-ordinate, monitor, support and report on numerous varied and nationally important programmes – focussing on performance and technical progress. The National Programmes Team sits within the Planning and Performance Division, part of the Operations Directorate. The programmes themselves are varied in nature and are typically being delivered by the 6 geographic regions. Currently, the team is involved with the LED Upgrade Programme, Small Schemes, and Water Quality National Programmes. It also covers various Designated Funds Programmes and Large Renewals (i.e. renewals schemes with a value >£50m), and its responsibility is expected to increase as the team develops.