We are recruiting for a Traffic Engineering Programme Manager to work with Gloucestershire Council. This is a 6 month contract with the view to extend.

Overview:

• Lead the development and management of a range of highway engineering projects through their lifecycle from initiation to business as usual ensuring the Council’s policies are met focusing on positive outcomes regarding but not limited to road safety, sustainability including active travel and public transport, improving accessibility, reducing carbon footprint, congestion reduction, innovation, and value for money.
• Oversee all projects within the programme, providing leadership for the programme.
• Lead on input for funding opportunities
• Manage a team of project managers providing them with leadership, direction, and oversight, managing interdependencies and resolving conflicts.
• Provide line management for Project Managers of varying levels.
• Be responsible for programme governance, (including stakeholder management, change control, risk and issue management and escalation, monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, resource management) ensuring that corporate requirements are met.
• Ensure that project management processes are in place and actioned.
• Ensure that projects are running to budget cost and programme.
• Be responsible for managing communications with internal and external stakeholders, carrying out engagement at appropriate points of a project. Reach resolution on difficult or conflicted issues.
• Lead in working with teams across the Council to identify concurrent schemes across all programmes of highway work with the ability to provide enhancements to the overall programme delivery through identifying opportunities to reduce conflicts, minimise disruption, combine and integrate schemes.
• Oversee the qualitative and quantitative risk management of projects.
• Lead in the commissioning and coordination of internal and external service providers including but not limited to designers, the TRO team and other relevant providers, acting in the role of Client. Work will include assessing and agreeing project briefs and fee estimates, monitoring work done against cost, quality and programme.
• Prepare routine and bespoke reports as required for the Programme Board, Commissioning Board, Corporate Management Team, and Cabinet
• To take ownership and contribute as directed in corporate/strategic activities and/or cross-cutting projects.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the media streams and outlets which need to be managed in relation to highway works.
• Understand and apply the CDM Regulations including taking on the role of Client in the context of the regulations
• Have an understanding of contracts including but not limited to NEC contracts and act in the role of Client.

Location: Gloucester (2/3 days in the office)

Daily rate is negotiable depending on experience.

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