Highway Asset Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £51,356 rising to £54,495 per annum (Pro rata for part time) 

Location: Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Highway Asset Manager to lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the local authority’s Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy.

This role ensures the safe, sustainable, and cost-effective management of highway infrastructure, supporting statutory responsibilities and delivering value for money through data-driven investment planning and lifecycle management.

It is a technical specialist position that plays a key role in maintaining one of the council’s most valuable public assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update the authority’s Highways Asset Management Plan (HAMP) in line with national guidance and best practice.
• Lead the collection and analysis of asset condition data (e.g. roads, footways, bridges, drainage) to inform investment priorities.
• Manage and maintain the highways asset inventory and associated digital systems (e.g. Confirm, GIS-based platforms).
• Lead the production of lifecycle plans and asset valuation processes to support long-term planning and funding bids.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including the Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure (WMHI) Code of Practice.

About You

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Strong experience in managing highway assets.
• Excellent communication and engagement skills.
• Ability to identify process improvements, define solutions, and implement change.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering both innovative and low-carbon highways initiatives.
• Experience in developing people, services, or teams to recognise, respect, and value individual needs, fostering a culture of inclusivity.

You can find the job description for this post here 

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Mark Bradbury, Head of Highway Maintenance, by email at Mark.Bradbury@nottinghamcity.gov.uk .

Closing Date: 03/12/2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. 

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)  + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
   
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.    

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.