Thurrock Council

Network Manager

Thurrock Council

£36,171 - £47,175 per annum

Working within a fast evolving Highways Team and playing a pivotal role in the management of the road network, the successful candidate will be an experienced Network Manager who will be responsible for managing the co-ordination of street works, minimising congestion around the borough and liaising with stakeholders. You will also manage the team of skilled professionals, assisting the Highways Team in delivering the modernisation agenda for the network management function.

Main Responsibilities

To actively manage the Network Management Team and the co-ordination of street works, and the development of Thurrock’s street works management processes.

Key Skills and Experience

You will be experienced in highway maintenance and highway works including the application of statutory processes in accordance with NRSWA 1991, preferably experienced in the use of Symology.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and have appropriate knowledge of Health and Safety legislation including Construction, Design and Management Regulations and Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and have experience of managing a team providing a reactive service.

Our vision – Thurrock: a place of opportunity, enterprise and excellence where individuals, communities and businesses flourish.

Thurrock is an exciting place to live and work. We are an emerging cultural and arts centre, home to the production centre for the Royal Opera House and the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills. We have retail and leisure that is among the best, with the magnificent intu Lakeside, and breath-taking countryside all around. We are an area of massive growth, which is creating jobs and new industry, but with great transport links that can get you into London and other parts of the UK quickly and easily.

Thurrock Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Disabled people will be offered an interview where they meet all essential criteria on the person specification. Job share applications are also welcome. Most departments operate a system of flexible working hours.

We serve a diverse community where people are different yet equal. Diversity underpins everything we do.