Infrastructure Delivery Manager

Overview

Buckinghamshire Council is seeking a dynamic and experienced Infrastructure Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of major infrastructure projects, with a primary focus on High Speed 2 (HS2) and East West Rail. This is a high-profile role that requires strategic leadership, expert project management, and the ability to build strong partnerships across internal teams and external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Service Director for Infrastructure and Major Projects, you will oversee multi-disciplinary teams including Planning, Highways, and Communications/Engagement, ensuring the Council meets its statutory obligations and delivers high-quality, customer-focused services.

Salary of up to £80,764 

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally. 

At Buckinghamshire Council, we offer a supportive environment where you can make a real impact, lead meaningful projects, and grow your career. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team committed to delivering infrastructure that shapes the future of our communities.

Our Planning, Growth and Sustainability directorate work with partners to help shape the future of Buckinghamshire. We deliver services on planning, economic growth, regeneration, strategic infrastructure, transport and property.

About the role

Major Projects is a new service at Buckinghamshire Council covering transport and national infrastructure projects which take place across and adjacent to Buckinghamshire, including HS2 and Development Content Orders such as Heathrow and East West Rail. As a single point of contact for these schemes, the team plays a pivotal role in leading on the engagement and coordinates the Council’s response and input throughout each project.

We’re looking for a strategic and experienced Infrastructure Delivery Manager to lead the Council’s involvement in major national infrastructure projects, including HS2 and East West Rail. This is a high-profile role that sits at the heart of our infrastructure delivery, requiring strong leadership, expert knowledge, and the ability to work collaboratively across services and with external partners.

You’ll oversee multi-disciplinary teams covering planning, highways, and communications/engagement, ensuring the Council meets its statutory obligations and delivers high-quality, customer-focused services. You’ll manage significant budgets, lead complex programmes, and represent the Council in key partnerships and public forums.

Any-Desk:

As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you’ll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements.

About you

You are a strategic and dynamic leader with a proven track record of delivering complex infrastructure projects—ideally within a local government or large public sector setting. With deep expertise in planning, highways, and national infrastructure policy, you thrive in politically sensitive environments and are confident managing multi-disciplinary teams and high-value budgets.

You bring:

• Extensive experience in managing major infrastructure programmes such as HS2 or East West Rail.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, able to build trusted relationships with elected Members, stakeholders, developers, and community partners.
• Excellent leadership and people management, fostering high-performing, customer-focused teams.
• Financial expertise, with the ability to secure and manage significant funding streams.
• Strategic thinking, capable of shaping policy, driving continuous improvement, and navigating complex governance frameworks.

You’re collaborative, ambitious, and resilient—ready to lead with integrity and deliver impactful outcomes for communities across Buckinghamshire.

We are looking for a candidate with a relevant degree or professional qualification, substantial experience of leading and managing a strategic planning/programme management or related service area in a large public sector organisation. Proven track record of successfully developing and delivering an effective assurance and governance function. You must have extensive knowledge of national policy, regulatory environments, and financial legislation, along with experience in partnership working and delivering major organisational change.

Other information

Please see the attached job summary for further information on this role and person specification.

The team currently work a hybrid working style with a mandatory 2 days a week from one of the 3 office locations, with the main office base being Waton Street, Aylesbury.

Number of positions available: 1

Interview-type / process: In person

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Our Planning, Growth and Sustainability directorate works with partners to help shape the future of Buckinghamshire.  We deliver services on planning, economic growth, regeneration, strategic infrastructure, transport and property.

 Our key priorities include developing the economic narrative for Bucks, creating more jobs and delivering the right infrastructure to help businesses and residents thrive. We also aim to provide a proactive planning service that is responsive, whilst making the best use of the Council’s land and property portfolio. This will in turn support community services and create housing, jobs, regeneration and income to support public services.

 It’s a great time to join one of our teams. As part of the Planning, Growth and Sustainability function you will not only get to help shape the economic future of Buckinghamshire; you’ll also be involved in delivering high-profile development projects and work on some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the UK. You will support us to deliver the results that our local residents and businesses deserve.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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