Head of Design Services

Location: Chelmsford

Permanent, Full Time

The role of Head of Design Services forms part of the Essex Highways senior leadership team and is responsible for circa 180 people. They will be a strategic thinker with excellent influencing and negotiating skills; the ability to build strong collaborative partnerships with the client and officers, members and external partners; commercially astute with a passion to innovate. The post holder will need to be skilled at bringing together diverse workstreams and a broad range of expertise to achieve successful outcomes, whilst also helping to lead and shape the Essex Highways and wider Ringway Jacobs service offering.

The Role

• Lead the diverse teams to deliver both Essex County Council’s and Ringway Jacobs’ outcomes, including financial budget and programme forecasting, reporting and overall management of design del...