Job Description

Salary

Grade 11 Level 1- 4 (50,620 to 57,611 per annum)

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Employment type

Permanent

Package

Permanent, full time

Job category/type

Environmental Health, Transport

Date posted

11/12/2025

Job reference

ENVR005521



City of York Council are excited to announce that they are seeking a Highways Asset Manager.

In this role you will be experienced in working with active travel and highways assets as well as managing and delivering high profile complex highways maintenance programmes with many stakeholders.

Working as a key member of the Highways Management team and reporting directly to the Head of Service, you will be responsible for leading a team of dedicated Asset Engineers overseeing the strategic management of all of York's highways assets in accordance with the York Local Transport Policy and Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan.

This includes developing transparent long term capital renewal and ongoing maintenance programmes to maximise efficiencies within the budget for the following assets in your control:

Active travel networks and assets Roads (including signage and lining) Footways Drainage Street Lighting York City Walls


In doing so you will be working with an established Highways Management team set up to sustainably deliver work streams on all Highways Assets whilst also being supported by framework consultancies and contractors. For this you will need to be an excellent communicator.

Whilst primarily acting as Client in accordance with the CDM Regulations, you may at times also be acting as Principal Contractor and Principal Designer dependent upon the requirements of the specific works.

If interested, please review the and apply online.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Steve Wragg (Head of Highways Asset Management) at steve.wragg@york.gov.uk or on 07767 318116

Closing date: Sunday 18 January 2026 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 2nd February 2026

Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor indivdiuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.