Maintenance Manager

Are you an experienced electrical or highways professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering safe, high-quality services? We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Manager Street Lighting to join our Highways Services team. This is a key leadership role responsible for managing the delivery of street lighting maintenance and construction activities across County Durham, ensuring projects are completed safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget. WHAT IS INVOLVED? As Street Lighting Maintenance Manager, you will lead and support operational teams delivering a wide range of street lighting projects and maintenance programmes across the county. You will play a vital role in ensuring the safety of employees, contractors, road users and the wider public, whilst driving high standards of service delivery and performance. Managing and developing operational street lighting teams. Planning, programming and delivering maintenance and construction works. Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, electrical regulations and council procedures. Managing projects from conception through to completion, including financial monitoring and reporting. Preparing and approving job packs, permits, RAMS and traffic management requirements. Monitoring contractor performance and providing technical guidance where required. Supporting recruitment, workforce development and apprentice mentoring. Participating in the out-of-hours management rota.We are looking for a motivated and experienced manager who can demonstrate: Significant experience in street lighting maintenance and construction operations. Strong leadership and people management skills. Sound knowledge of electrical inspection and testing requirements and relevant legislation. Experience of managing budgets, resources and project delivery. Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills. A commitment to promoting a positive health and safety culture and delivering excellent customer service. WHAT WILL I NEED? City & Guilds 2330 Electrical Qualification (or equivalent). City & Guilds 2391 Inspection and Testing. BS 7671 Wiring Regulations. Recognised electrical qualification. HNC Level 4 in a relevant discipline. NVQ Level 3 Site Supervision. INTERVIEWS Interviews will be held on week commencing 21 September 2026 OUR OFFER TO YOU We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process. #VPRS/161 #J-18808-Ljbffr