Job Description

About the Role

As Highways Development Manager, you will join a team within the Infrastructure Service, playing a part in the delivery of efficient and cost-effective highway development management across Cheshire East. You'll play an important role in shaping the borough's transport infrastructure by developing responses to planning applications, negotiating developer contributions, and recommending appropriate highway mitigation works. This position involves influencing policy, guiding major developments, and representing the council as highway authority in planning committee meetings, all while ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and community needs.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

Qualifications & Experience: + A degree in engineering, transport, planning, or a relevant or related field.
+ Proven experience of working in a highways, transportation or planning environment.

Technical Knowledge: + Practical knowledge of traffic management, design guidance, planning policy, transport planning and associated transport planning software.
+ Knowledge of the role of transport network management towards transport and environmental objectives.
+ Knowledge of the requirements for preparing transport assessments.

Skills & Tools: + Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant departmental systems (e.g., Drawing packages, document control systems and web-based databases).

Communication & Flexibility: + Ability to converse confidently with stakeholders and provide clear advice in accurate spoken English.
+ Willingness and ability to travel across the borough.
+ A flexible and collaborative approach to work.

To find out more about our essential and desirable criteria, please view the attached and Person Specification document.

Organisation

Cheshire East Council

Location

Crewe

Job Category

Highways and Transport

Grade

CEC NJC - Grade 10

Salary Min

41,771 per annum

Salary Max

48,072 per annum

Hours per week

37

Weeks per year

52.143

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

16/01/2026

Ref No

E3390
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.



At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future - together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.



If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.



As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.



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The Council supports hybrid working arrangements and these can be agreed with the Head of Service.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the role please Apply for this job at the bottom of the page, or, for an informal chat about the role please contact Paul Griffiths on 01270 686353 or Andrew Goligher on 01270 371144.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please contact Andrew Goligher or Paul Griffiths on the numbers above, or via email at andrew.goligher@cheshireeast.gov.uk or paul.griffiths@cheshireeast.gov.uk.



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