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PUBLIC LIGHTING MANAGER
• Location: Leicester • 6 – 12 months contract• Salary: £25.25 to £27.85 PAYE• Must have clean Uk Drivers Licence
A dynamic opportunity for a Public Lighting Manager to ensure the effective, efficient and economic delivery of the public lighting, traffic signs/bollards and festive decorations service provision.Leading People• Involve team/s in creating a shared purpose to help them develop and achieve results.• Give clear direction and provide effective people and performance management by setting objectives, agreeing outcomes, monitoring and measuring outputs and holding individuals and team(s) to account.• Explore and understand the views of the team and adapt style and behaviour as necessary to ensure positive outcomes. Show respect for the views of others by recognising their contribution and valuing diversity.• Utilise the range of HR tools to achieve effective people and performance management.• Manage performance by undertaking Quality Conversations, being honest and challenging constructively. Enable a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging and enabling the team to reflect and act on evaluation and feedback through coaching and mentoring.• Provide decisive and effective leadership to team(s) in line with the council’s ‘Vision & Values’ and ‘Leadership Qualities’ that enables them to do their best work resulting in high levels of people and organisational performance.
Management Responsibilities• Manages, supports and develops an establishment of approximately 15 council employees, including apprentices• Ensure that works programmes are structured and adhered to, in order to deliver the service aims.• Recruits staff and monitors team members’ development in conjunction with council polices.• Oversees the work of the in-house contractor (City Lighting). This includes but is not limited to: Health & Safety compliance, adherence to Highways Electrical Association (HEA) requirements and the monitoring of profit/loss accounts.• Agrees charges with customers and suppliers where appropriate and ensures payment of charges and collection of income to the team as appropriate.• Setting of objectives, budgets and the development and implementation of policies.Asset/Performance Management and Strategic Development• Research, development and delivery of major public lighting initiatives and projects to transform service delivery to reduce energy consumption, costs and carbon footprint.• Develops and maintains the public lighting asset management regime and other appropriate systems.• Manages major projects, chairs monthly project and contractor review meetings, analysing performance data and applying appropriate measures to correct performance or non-compliance.• Interprets and implements legislative and contractual requirements relating to the area of responsibility of the team.• Setting of objectives, budgets and the development and implementation of policies.Communication/Relationship Management• Advice to other departments and services on street lighting related matters• Contributes to the overall management of the Highways Service and represents the Service, Division, Department and Council at working parties/meetings as required.
If you have the relevant experience and are interested in applying for this role, please email your updated CV to Wendy at Reed.
