Major Schemes Development Manager

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As a Major Schemes Development Manager, you will manage the development, of transport related infrastructure projects and be involved in scheme option appraisals, cost estimations and business case development. You may also be involved in the project management of schemes through implementation and construction. You will take a leadership role across the projects and their inter-dependencies, ensuring effective management of any risks and issues that may arise and work with internal departments, local politicians and Councillors and external organisations to deliver on time and within budget.

The Strategic Projects Team is responsible for the development and delivery of a range of high value, high profile strategic projects many of which are delivered in partnership with the West of England Combined Authority, other West of England Unitary Authorities, Government Departments and Agencies and private sector partners.

What will you be doing

• You will be responsible for the day-day line management of a team of up to 5 staff, who support project development and delivery and in addition you will also manage project teams to include internal staff members, consultants and stakeholders.
• You will be managing the production of business cases for transport related projects, providing technical oversight as an intelligent client to both in-house teams and consultants.
• You will report progress of scheme development and implementation to local politicians, senior managers and stakeholders, providing written and verbal briefings and producing reports for Project Boards.
• In the role you will create and maintain a highly competent and participative work environment through active leadership and promoting professional standards, by developing outcome-focused teams that understand their contribution to the service and wider Council success.
• On a daily basis you will work collaboratively across the Council consulting with key customers, colleagues and partners. Maintaining current knowledge of specialist external industries, you will give advice to Council Members and departments, ensuring lawful Council activity. .
• You will contribute to the financial management and planning of projects within financial regulations, governance and business requirements, monitoring spending to ensure quality standards are met and that value for money is maximised.
• Primarily you will be based in our Badminton Road Office, Yate, with home working as appropriate, however, the role will require travel to other locations in the West of England area and visits to project construction sites.

What we need from you

• It is essential that you are educated to degree level or equivalent. You must also hold the 'Project Management' APMP qualification and eligible for membership of a relevant professional institution such as APM (RPP qualification), CIHT, CILT, RTPI or ICE.
• You will have experience of line management and matrix management of staff and consultants, with excellent leadership skills and have directly managed and developed a team of professional and technical staff within a Project Team to maintain a highly competent, creative and participative culture.
• We require you to have extensive experience of developing business cases for and planning, managing and delivering large complex strategic highway and transport projects, including financial planning to budget and programme, reporting this directly to Project Boards.
• You must have applied knowledge of the statutory requirements governing transport projects such as the Highways Act, Traffic Management Act, Town & Country Planning Act, together with a sound understanding of the Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations
• It is essential that you have experience of business case preparation, monetising project benefits, knowledge of TUBA or similar and capability to use and apply the APM methodologies both accurately and effectively.
• You will have experience of working closely with Local Authority partners to agree delivery of cross-boundary schemes, providing sound expertise, advice and information.
• Partnership working is key in this role, so you will have experience of working and delivering presentations to elected Members, stakeholder groups, local communities and voluntary organisations, to achieve mutually supportive objectives
• Experience of problem solving in a complex multi-agency context is required, taking account of corporate policies and political impact in making decisions and to identify internal and external barriers to effective engagement or delivery and to develop and implement approaches to resolve these.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a realdifference to the lives of people who live, work, and learnhere.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
• We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it