Job Description

This is a strategic leadership role, with responsibility for the delivery of the Council's functions and duties under the Highways Act 1980, Traffic Management Act 2004 and related legislation. It encompasses:

• Long term transportation and infrastructure planning, through the development of the Council's transportation strategy and related policy development.
• Close liaison with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, to achieve shared transport objectives
• The effective and efficient delivery of capital projects and programmes, including major highway schemes and the highway maintenance and safer roads programmes. This involves working collaboratively with colleagues who manage the Council's operational depots and the commissioning of works by private sector providers.
• Network management, including street works and reactive maintenance, improvements to the existing highway (S278) and adoption of new highways (S38)
• All aspects of road and pedestrian safety, including delivery of a safer roads programme
• The Council's on-street and off-street car parking provision and civil parking enforcement
• Assisting the Local Planning Authority by assessing the impact of spatial strategies and development proposals on the highway and transport networks

Candidates should have extensive experience and the ability to adapt and take on new responsibilities. I'll also need some text we use for why Wakefield etc.
Job title Service Manager - Highways & Transportation Job reference 244345 Date posted 13/11/2025 Application closing date 21/12/2025 Location Wakefield One, Burton St, Wakefield WF1 2EB Salary 80,658.00, Grade 16, 37 hours, Permanent Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Full time, Permanent Attachments Job description
This is a strategic leadership role, with responsibility for the delivery of the Council's functions and duties under the Highways Act 1980, Traffic Management Act 2004 and related legislation. It encompasses:

• Long term transportation and infrastructure planning, through the development of the Council's transportation strategy and related policy development.
• Close liaison with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, to achieve shared transport objectives
• The effective and efficient delivery of capital projects and programmes, including major highway schemes and the highway maintenance and safer roads programmes. This involves working collaboratively with colleagues who manage the Council's operational depots and the commissioning of works by private sector providers.
• Network management, including street works and reactive maintenance, improvements to the existing highway (S278) and adoption of new highways (S38)
• All aspects of road and pedestrian safety, including delivery of a safer roads programme
• The Council's on-street and off-street car parking provision and civil parking enforcement
• Assisting the Local Planning Authority by assessing the impact of spatial strategies and development proposals on the highway and transport networks

Candidates should have extensive experience and the ability to adapt and take on new responsibilities. I'll also need some text we use for why Wakefield etc.

Skills Required