Head of Highways
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- Employer:
- Kirklees Council
- Location:
- Huddersfield
- Salary:
- £60,537- £79,791
- Closing date:
- 12th March 2025 at 10am
- Job Ref:
- GSe119833
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Description
We are Kirklees… are you?
Kirklees is firmly focused on the future. Our vision is to create a borough with a strong, sustainable economy that offers a great quality of life to its residents – leading to thriving communities, growing businesses and high prosperity. Our workforce continues to rise to the challenge, and we are incredibly proud of what we have achieved. Our people are what make Kirklees a great place to live, work and do business.
The Head of Highways will provide inspirational and visionary leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, overseeing Highway Design, Road Safety, Asset Management, Operations, Planning & Integration, Urban Traffic Control, and Land Registry functions. Facilitating greater coordinated working to deliver a best-in-class service. The role is delivering efficient highways that supports our growth and are fit for today and tomorrow.
We have huge ambitions for our organisation, partnerships, our people and communities, and we want you to play a part in this. We are looking for creative, people-centred senior leaders to join our motivated leadership team, working together to deliver the council’s objectives.
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How to Apply
- Please submit your CV along with a Supporting Statement addressing the person specification criteria, evidencing how you meet the criteria.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- Be ready to provide the names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees; one should be your current or most recent employer. Referees will be contacted for those proceeding to final stages. We will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
- Let us know any difficulty you may have with the indicative timetable.
- Check that your contact details are correct before you submit.
Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automated email confirmation. If you do not receive, please email contactus@gatenbysanderson.com
Contact
The following consultants are managing this role and will be happy to answer any questions that are not covered in the person specification on the next webpage.
- Contact:
- Gary Evans
- Telephone:
- 07809 195 593
- Contact:
- Alfred Leigh
- Telephone:
- 0207 426 3980