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3 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose

• The Lighting Manager in the Climate Change and Transport department will lead the Council's Lighting Team on new lighting designs and the maintenance of existing infrastructure.
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Manage a streetlighting PFI contract with responsibility for day-to-day management of the routine and non-routine maintenance element of the PFI contract

• Lead in the production, development, and review of contracts, technical specifications, and the tendering process from pre-feasibility to post-implementation reviews

• Lead on the roll out of energy reductions projects in public lighting, such as LED replacements

• Lead on design and delivery of high-quality lighting designs for traffic schemes, new developments, and other such schemes

• Manage the lighting requirements at pedestrian crossings program

• Facilitate the use of equipment for electric vehicle connections, CCTV, Telecom installations, advertising banners, air monitors, and other 3rd Party attachments to the Council’s infrastructure, including the preparation and agreement of contractual arrangements

Essential Experience Required

• Experience, at a senior level, of the full range of the contract process from initial contract specification through letting to the monitoring process, to final accounts

• Experience of managing a group of staff, the ability to motivate staff to a high level of performance, and to operate and use an appraisal system

• Experience in managing the use of equipment for electric vehicle connections, CCTV, Telecom installations, advertising banners, air monitors, and other 3rd Party attachments to the Council’s infrastructure, including the preparation and agreement of contractual arrangements

Essential Qualification Required

• Degree or equivalent qualification in electrical/engineering and a proven track record in the design, implementation, and management of street lighting and electrical assets is essential

Additional information to note

• Working hours: 35 hours a week, hybrid working, office days Tues and Weds

Requirements

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualification in electrical/engineering

• Proven track record in the design, implementation, and management of street lighting and electrical assets

• Experience in contract management and staff leadership

• Knowledge of energy reduction projects and LED replacements

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