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Street Lighting Contract Officer (ID:4348)

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance

Closing Date: 11 October 2024

Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)

Interview Date: 25 October 2024

This role is subject to -

Qualification - A relevant technical qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent and/or appropriate experience of contract management

Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.

Driving Licence – The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.

Manage Street Lighting contracts relating to the procurement and delivery of public lighting maintenance repairs and new installation.

Key duties will include:

Manage the quality and performance of contractors
Business case checkpoint & Contract approvals
Value for Money, solutions and innovation managing a street lighting highway maintenance contract
Liaise with Stakeholders, Councillors and where necessary prioritise packages of work
Manage Performance
Ensure all works are co-ordinated appropriately
Responsible for the management of the Street Lighting PFI Contract
Performance reporting and quality checks
Agree any new installations
Commuted sums
Management of the LED contract.
Technical Reference for all street lighting
Management and maintenance of non-PFI related street and sign lighting
Management of the PFI lighting budget
Technical checks of any new installations.
Manage the Street Lighting Engineer
What you can expect from the organisation:

A competitive salary from £44,428 to £48,474.
Casual-user car allowance per-mile scheme for all business miles travelled.
Car leasing scheme that offers a brand-new, competitively priced, electric or hybrid car to pay a monthly fixed cost straight out of your salary, pre-tax: no deposit requirement or credit checks, maintenance included, fully comprehensive insurance included.
A generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days paid leave (plus bank holidays) after a qualifying period of local government service and the ability to purchase an additional 10 days leave for full time employees.
A flexible approach to working arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, including a 35-hour working week, and flexitime scheme which permits accrued hours to be taken as additional “flexi-leave” days
A great working environment within the Town Hall offices, right in the heart of the city, plus a pragmatic approach to homeworking
They will help you develop your career by providing development and support whatever your level of experience
A host of health & wellbeing benefits – e.g., Employee Assistance Programme, gym discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution into a defined benefit pension, with life cover and the option to build additional voluntary contributions via salary sacrifice arrangements
Up to 3 days (paid) volunteering leave for rewarding work opportunities within the city & community
Our client is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and they positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

About the Candidate

You’ll be able to show that you have significant knowledge and experience of undertaking a similar position within the industry, gained within either a Local Authority, Consultancy, or the Private sector.

A relevant technical qualification in Civil Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent and/or appropriate experience of contract management in this field.

You will be able to contribute to service delivery and manage your own workload without day-to-day supervision, across all types of projects, from small to complex commercial schemes whilst managing the Team and the supply chain partners.

They have an exciting position for a suitably qualified and experienced Contract Officer to lead the team in a client facing environment. If you consider yourself suited to this role, our client would love to hear from you. The Highways Service in Manchester has a key role to play in the evolution of our city, making sure our assets are maintained and are high-quality, safe, and sustainable. The Council’s stock of highway assets are maintained to a standard of inspection that meets or exceeds the risk-based interval requirements for the Inspection of Highways Electrical stock. If you share Manchester’s clear ambitions in delivering high quality services in the city, they want to hear from you. If you’re successful, you’ll join a team of professionals pushing forward a high standard of service delivery, healthy, safe, sustainable, and accessible highway services within the city.

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