Route Manager

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Route Manager to join our East team, where the postholder/successful candidate will support us in developing commercially viable forward programmes and solutions for the region’s strategic roads, making effective use of intelligence and insight and making sure our work supports the delivery of the Region’s goals.

This position will be based in our Bedford office.

What you’ll be leading on

• Identifying and assessing route and network needs and priorities (informed by insight into customer, economic, social and asset needs.) to help us develop future asset and delivery plans.
• To proactively engage with customer groups, community representatives and major stakeholders to develop and maintain the regions strategy to improve the Health & Safety, customer experience and overall network performance in the region.
• Develop and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with customers and stakeholders and; act as point of contact for network development needs and emerging schemes.
• Develop business cases and manage, the prioritisation of investment works for the route(s) in scope in line with needs, agreed strategy, policies, budget, and efficiency targets.
• Initiating requests for studies, and oversee the development of solutions, ensuring new investment ideas are supported by robust business cases.

To be successful

• Understanding of the organisation’s goals, strategy and policies
• Understanding of the organisation’s data and information systems and policies
• Experience of developing business cases and asset management plans, including the management and development of budgets
• Asset management decision making (capital investment, lifecycle costs, value optimisation, service & availability optimisation, social & economic knowledge
• Good personal impact and the ability to inspire confidence and positive action

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected and included to enable them to enjoy a great sense of wellbeing. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.