Design Team Manager

Design Team Manager | 9696 | Permanent Contract| 37 hours per week | £56,912 to £62,618 per annum (Scale M) | County Hall / Hybrid

Norfolk is an inspirational place. Its combination of beautiful countryside, market towns, rural villages, the Norfolk Broads, coastal landscapes and the bustling city of Norwich make it a great place to live and work.

We are looking for an innovative, driven and experienced manager who will lead one of the Council’s three highway design teams, during what is an exciting and sustained period of infrastructure investment within Norfolk.

You will be responsible for leading one of our highway design teams, which plays a key part in implementing the Council’s Together, for Norfolk corporate plan. The highway design team are responsible for the design and delivery of highway structural maintenance and improvement projects, management of associated resources, contracts, health & safety, and risks.

The successful applicant will have a vital role in managing a team of design engineers and technicians, ensuring effective risk management by acting as a Principal Designer under the CDM 2015 Regulations, and that highway projects are delivered efficiently and safely. The role also involves close working with the Council’s works contractor and professional services provider, who is integrated within your team.

As well as providing leadership, vision and direction to the team, you will report to the Head of Design and Development, directly contributing towards the delivery of exciting highways and transport infrastructure schemes across the county.

Norfolk County Council has an excellent record of securing additional funding, and over the next few years the highways capital programme will be delivering a significant amount of infrastructure improvements across Norfolk. You will play a key role in delivering many of these exciting and innovative infrastructure schemes.

Ideally you will be an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer with a proven track record in leading a technical team and infrastructure delivery. As well as being able to demonstrate technical and managerial competencies, you will need to be flexible and adaptable, and be able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, including politicians, all tiers of local government and other public and private sector organisations.

Professionalism, strong interpersonal skills, team working skills and being able to multi-task over a range of activities are also essential qualities.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.

An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions

Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our work spaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely.

We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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All other applicants closing date: 16 March 2026 23:59

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