Group Leader Highway Design
Salary: £56,288 to £58,267
Expires: 17/08/2026
Location: Salford, Greater Manchester
Job Type: Full Time
This influential role is your opportunity to make an enduring impact on one of the fastest growing communities in the North West while developing your career as both a leader and an engineering professional.
You will play an important part in achieving Salford’s vision for a truly integrated transport system within our city, linking seamlessly into the wider Greater Manchester network. Your technical talents and people skills can help us design and deliver schemes that build growth by enabling everyone to get around efficiently and safely.
The number and variety of projects in our pipeline provides huge potential to build your track record, experience and expertise.
Why join us as a leader in Highway Design?
- Large in-house technical team (30+ colleagues) with strong capabilities and wide-ranging experience.
- Extensive pipeline of work with a wide range of projects to make your mark on.
- The opportunity to see projects all the way through the lifecycle.
- Strong focus on professional development, with formal links to the ICE.
- Dedicated leadership and digital skills development programmes, tools and eLearning.
- Use of AI innovation. Hybrid/flexible working.
- Competitive package, including excellent pension.
Your role
You will be a key member of the Highways leadership group, tasked with managing all technical aspects of project delivery, while getting the best from a talented technical team. We want you to:
- Undertake feasibility studies, conceptual, preliminary and detailed design
- Manage a team of engineers and technicians via forecasting and resource tracking to an agreed business plan.
- Liaise with stakeholders, developers and their agents, elected members, senior officers and the public on projects.
- Prepare, manage, report and maintain project cost plans.
- Arrange the procurement of highway improvement works through competitive tendering.
- Supervise and monitor works on site.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant standards, regulations and legislation.
- Set, and work to, personal deadlines and targets.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related subject accredited by the Engineering Council.
- Chartered Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers or Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
- Extensive experience in the design, implementation and supervision of engineering projects. Initiative and ingenuity in solving engineering problems.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, standards and procedures.
- Working knowledge of standard engineering specifications, conditions of contract and methods of measurement.
- Experience of managing and delivering feasibility studies including preparing reports, cost estimates, investigating problems, and identifying options.
- The ability to deal appropriately and effectively with external organisations, statutory bodies.
- Effective people management skills.
- Extensive experience of AutoCAD software.
- Full UK driving licence.
If you have completed the GM Elevate Leadership Development Programme within the last 2 years, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
About Salford
As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.
Company: Salford City Council
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