Your new role
The Customer, Strategy and Communications (CSC) directorate are growing and this is a great opportunity to get involved with the production of Route Strategies as part of the wider Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS 3 – 2025-2030). We are developing and enhancing our capability in order to manage our relationship with the government, key internal and external stakeholders and third party projects. As a result we are looking to recruit a Planning Manager to play a key part in the Strategic Route Planning Team within the Network Planning Division. The role is not limited to any particular office location. You will draw upon a wide variety of internal and external inputs to ensure the innovative approach to the next generation of route strategies continues and their findings are embedded in the development of the RIS investment portfolio. In doing so, you will ensure route strategies aid effective planning of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), influence future road investment strategies, wider investment and long-term strategic network planning for the Company.
What you’ll be leading on
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A bit about us
The Network Planning Division is the centre of expertise for planning the network’s future.? We are responsible for the SRN’s long-term strategy by taking a comprehensive, consistent, and holistic approach.? We work closely with other teams across the CSC directorate as well as the rest of the Company, to consider the impact of future technology; facilitate economic growth; develop schemes for investment in future Road Investment Strategy periods; and ensure that the SRN is mitigated effectively in relation to major external projects.
Video interviews are scheduled for early October 2022.
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
About Us
Why you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.
An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.
Our benefits package