Highways Asset Commissioning Lead

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded Highways Asset Commissioning Lead to take a pivotal role in commissioning and assuring the delivery of highways maintenance and capital programmes. You’ll help ensure Buckinghamshire Highways’ annual programmes are delivered to scope, quality, timescales and budget, maximising value for money and improving outcomes for residents.

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. 

Buckinghamshire Council’s Communities Directorate (Highways and Technical Services) is responsible for keeping our highways network safe, resilient and fit for the future. Working with a range of partners and providers, we deliver essential maintenance and improvement programmes that make a real difference to communities across Buckinghamshire. We’re proud, ambitious, collaborative and trustworthy and we’re looking for someone who shares those values.

About the role

As Highways Asset Commissioning Lead, you’ll take a leading role in commissioning and assuring the delivery of highways maintenance and capital services, helping ensure our programmes achieve the right outcomes, quality and value for money.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the commissioning and performance management of highways maintenance and capital services across key contracts and frameworks.
• Provide assurance on scope, quality, compliance and value for money through robust monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
• Undertake site visits as required to verify works are delivered and paid for in line with requirements and contract standards.
• Lead strategic maintenance delivery across relevant highway asset groups, developing strategies and forward programmes.
• Validate and approve payment applications and final accounts through joint assessments with delivery partners.
• Manage key contractual relationships, including complex negotiations, to secure strong outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with internal teams (e.g., Procurement, Legal and Finance) to ensure governance, compliance and effective commercial management.
• Manage correspondence and responses on complex and/or politically sensitive service issues, engaging stakeholders appropriately.

About you

Please see the attached job summary for information on the person specification.

Other information

For further information on this role please see the attached job summary.

Closing Date: 13 April

Interview Date: w/c 20 April

Interview Type: In person

Work Smart Type: Hybrid working with at least 2 days working from the 10^th floor Walton Street Offices.

If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: [email protected]

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 understand that candidates may use AI tools to assist with their applications. While we welcome innovation, we expect all submissions to reflect your own experience, skills, and achievements accurately. Please ensure your application is truthful and demonstrates your personal capabilities, as this will be assessed during the selection process.

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 Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day. 

This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:

• collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
• maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
• ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
• managing Country Parks
• leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
• Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
• Cemeteries and Crematoria

The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment. 

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

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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