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Responsible for long term strategic planning of forward maintenance within a specific asset group, to ensure best value whole life cost. Maintain comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and professional area and provide advice on legal and regulatory issues, including interpretation of local policy. Be the subject matter expert for the service on one or more areas of specialism. Provide professional advice and information in relation to the service area to internal and/or external customers including the production of written advice for the intranet, internet or external publications as required. Responsible for responding to complaints from customers, including appeals, following local procedures for handling complaints. Responsible for monitoring local budgets so budgets are used appropriately and effectively, maintaining records to account for spending. Independently manage projects and hold accountability for delivery of the project objectives. Ensuring project documentation is produced and maintained and progress is reported to the project board, engagement with stakeholders, responsibility for decision making and obtaining approvals through relevant governance processes. Ensure policies, procedures and regulations are followed and lead on the development of local policies, procedures, systems and guidance in response to changes in legislation and best practice.Plan and organise long term programmes of work including allocation of work to other members of staff.Provide management data and reports to the Senior Management TeamReview the service provision and make recommendations for improvement to local systems, taking a lead on implementing changes.Provide advice on policy, legal and regulatory issues and produce records of actions taken in respect of cases and record outcome and decisions.

The design, delivery and management of Highway improvement schemes within the East Sussex area including: • The leadership of the Quality Management System. Ensuring that the scheme design is correctly completed in accordance with the Construction, Design Management regulations 2015.• Design, management and delivery of major carriageway improvement schemes including traditional resurfacing, recycling and reconstruction. Schemes can vary in cost from early thousands through to multi million pound projects.• Ensuring the design of Carriageway improvement schemes are completed within the time constraints outlined under the company policy and in accordance with The Construction, Design Management regulations 2015.• Setting key targets and deadlines that are realistic and in line with the surrounding business ensuring that the teams tasks do not impact negatively.• Ensuring the Design Team manager is up to date on all tasks and targets, providing detailed information on our progress, issues and achievements. • Key contributor to the development and improvement of the Quality Management System, including the creation of the QMS Lite process; allowing smaller type reactive works to be completed under a simple design interface within “short time” design constraints.• Provide a safer workplace through the creation of Work place risk assessments and method statements whilst providing verbal guidance throughout their implementation. • Carry out the role of Emergency Duty Officer – Project Managing works deemed to be an emergency outside of the standard working hours. This includes liaising with the emergency services, members of the public and utility companies to resolve complex and sometimes sensitive issues. I am proud to have committed to this role for over seventeen years with an impeccable service record.

The design, delivery, Supervision and management of the East Sussex Highways carriageway resurfacing programme, including:• The validation of information provided by the client. • The detailed design of schemes in accordance with CDM2015 and the Highways Asset Management plan.• The investigation of solutions, products and processes, their initial outlay and their whole life costs. • The creation of Construction phase plans using current management tools (Barium) • The supervision of onsite Highway improvement works. • The implementation of road closures including the design of complex diversion plans and sign schedules in accordance with the Chapter 8 specification. During my time in this role I completed sufficient training to allow in house completion of the road closures thus reducing the lead in time for schemes and time resource for our Network Management team. • It was during this role that I managed two large projects to deliver the first urban carriageway structural recycling schemes in East Sussex. Utilising the method of recycling the existing sub-structure. Both schemes were completed within the advertised deadlines and within the 1.2-million-pound budget despite being located on the extremely busy ring road around the town of Hastings. I also managed a large multi-million pound project funded by the Department for Transport to deliver a programme of carriageway improvement schemes. The project was delivered utilising a walk and build process under extremely tight deadlines. In total 45 schemes were successfully designed and delivered within a time frame of just five months. Praise was received from residents, The Director of communities, Transport and environment and local councillors for the success of the project and its delivery.

The design and delivery of Highway Reactive Maintenance schemes in accordance with East Sussex County Councils Highway Asset Management Plan, including:• The design and supervision of carriageway and footway repair/improvement works.• The auditing of defects created by the Highway Stewards identified as part of the Highways safety inspections.• Drainage surveys and investigations.• Design and supervision of minor drainage repair/improvement works. • Providing written feedback/performance stats to the Reactive Maintenance manager - During my role with the Reactive Maintenance team I re-designed the outdated template documents utilised for performance reporting. A dashboard was created outlining the Teams workflow, success stories, key performance indicators and output. This dashboard was utilised during the Highway operation Managers Meeting to notify internal staff of the team’s issues and success stories.• Assist with Highway maintenance claims through the use of clear communication and excellent record keeping. • This role required the management of two Senior Technicians, their workflow and productivity as well as their Health, safety and welfare at work.

Part of a newly formed team, working to develop structured long term Highway Maintenance Plans. During my time in this role:• I formed a key player in the creation and introduction of the new business process mapping tool – Barium.• Created programmes of Footway, Carriageway and Drainage works. • Collated information created through course visual inspections (CVI) and detailed visual inspections (DVI).• Acted as Controller of Premises – Responsibility for Buildings and depot maintenance/Facilities maintenance.

Hastings Borough Council - November 2005 to March 2011 – Working for the local authority as a drainage, footway and carriageway technician. Managing a budget and ensuring footway, carriageway and drainage improvement schemes were designed and supervised in accordance with the ESCC highways management agreement. Dedicated Clark of the Works supplying supervision and inspections on large scale civil engineering projects funded by private developers. I am proud to say I worked on many large schemes including the construction of two large supermarkets, a major junction instalment as well as many large housing developments.