About the role

We're looking for an Assistant Director Highways and Transport Operations to lead our team.

Assistant Director Highways and Transport Operations

£98,673 - £111,606 (pro rata for part-time) pay award pending

We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to lead Leicestershire County Council’s highways and transport operations. 

This role will be responsible for: 

  • maintaining and improving over 4,000km of road network
  • managing the council’s vehicle fleet
  • ensuring design and delivery of the highways and transport capital programme 
  • providing the county’s home to school, SEN and adult social care transport

We operate a mixed market economy with many services delivered in-house, backed by ongoing market testing so a keen commercial drive to continually improve productivity will be a key component of the role.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with the ambition to shape our services to successfully deliver in a challenging, high profile and fast-moving environment including working to transition through the process of Local Government Reorganisation.  

 

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Ann Carruthers, Director of Growth, Environment and Transport 
Email:  ann.carruthers@leics.gov.uk

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