Area Manager - Highways Development Management

Our client is seeking an experienced Highway Engineer / Transport Planner to act as an Area Manager within the DMI team. This is a pivotal, challenging and exciting role, which requires the person to provide effective leadership for DMI engineers who are working in their area and be accountable for their professional and technical work outputs to all internal and external stakeholders and delivery partners.You will use your technical skills to resolve complex transport and highways problems, managing projects and technical resources to deliver on time and to budget. This will need to be backed up by with good project management skills, and the ability to manage staff and develop junior team members.The successful candidate will have the ability if desired to follow a hybrid office / working from home approach in the role. (3 days London or Stevanage / 2 days home). You''ll be responsible for the Development Management Implementation (DMI) Service function in partnership with Hertfordshire CC. The DMI team currently responsible for the service delivery is circa 20 staff members. For this key role we require candidates to have: Significant highway design experience, ideally working on behalf of a local authority although working for a private sector developer would also be beneficial. Experience in providing professional and technical advice with highways Section 278 and Section 38 Agreement works, involving either preparation or review of developers proposals for highway ..... full job details .....