Senior Regional Utility Manager

Your new role

National Highways is hiring a Senior Regional Utility Manager to join our Major Projects Directorate. You will be responsible for and leadon all matters relating to Statutory Utilities to assure the North West and North East’s Regional delivery approach to Utility diversions. This role will cover the North of the country with a hybrid working model and can be based from any of our Northern offices or Birmingham.

This senior role will set out the intent and lead on the collaborative delivery vision for National Highways in partnership with our external Statutory Utilities and will be challenged through significant delivery constraints such as DCO Protective Provisions timescales, Utilities risk, land provisions and cost certainty.

By drawing on your recognised industry knowledge you will lead on a strategic SU integration, intent and innovative delivery approaches that supports the drive for efficiencies and de-risking of the Regional Investment Programme start of works commitments on behalf of our Stakeholders and Government Taskforce.

What you’ll be leading on

Provide expert direction on and promote all matters relating to statutory utilities and New Roads & Street Work Act in your Region.
Provide assurance and expertise to the Development and Consent Order Programme Management team and project teams.
Review and implement with legal services framework contract to manage specific bespoke utility works agreements
Actively manage regional utility organisational relationships and incentivisation models moving away from transactional project-based delivery.
Provide capability to project teams through specialist advice, flexible training and other support focused on the statutory utilities and NRSWA processes to colleagues throughout National Highways

To be successful

Industry leading experience in project or programme management experience in the Utilities sector within a transformation setting.
Extensive understanding and application in a project environment of New Roads & Street Work Act in delivering complex infrastructure.
Experienced in delivering Highways Act and Planning Act Orders in relation to Utility Works
Extensive experience of how utilities organisations are regulated, demonstrable ability to form, influence and develop positive, helpful, responsive and supportive relationships within a regulated organisation.
Well-rounded knowledge and understanding of utility construction, innovation and activities especially health and safety (Construction Design and Management Regulations) across main disciplines including water, gas and electricity

A bit about us

Major Projects Regional Investment Programme is currently responsible for delivering 82 schemes worth in excess of £7bn that will enable economic growth and improve effectiveness of the strategic road network and how it links to England’s local infrastructure. We’ve stepped away from transactional project-based approaches to introduce portfolio management and regional accountability to support delivery. Our team is based in one of 6 locations but we all work collaboratively to make us better able to deliver our objectives.

Want to know more?

To request a copy of the role profile, please contact hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting reference number #4916

About Us

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

Our benefits package

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

Right to work check
3 year employment history references
DBS criminal record check
Social media and adverse journalism check
Driving licence check (if applicable)
Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)

And finally

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