Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Design Services Manager to lead our in-house Design Team. Our wider Asset Management Design & Delivery team has a diverse portfolio of transport infrastructure projects. Your role will be critical to the development of our infrastructure and active travel that and will be vital to the future economic wellbeing of Cambridgeshire.

For an informal conversation please contact Joshua Rutherford – Head of Service Asset Management Design & Delivery, joshua.rutherford@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

About you

You will have a degree in Civil Engineering, or related field, with significant experience in highway design and infrastructure projects.

Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing a team of industry experts, delivering design and construction projects is needed.

You’ll be working with our in-house project management team to design and deliver an integrated work programme, so collaboration, enthusiasm, and attention to detail are a must. As well as a focus on delivering value for money and getting it right first time for our communities.

You will ensure that health, safety, and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do in our day-to-day activities.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.