Head of Design Services

Head of Design Services

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent

The role of Head of Design Services forms part of the Essex Highways senior leadership team and is responsible for circa 180 people. They will be a strategic thinker with excellent influencing and negotiating skills; the ability to build strong collaborative partnerships with the client and officers, members and external partners; commercially astute with a passion to innovate. The post holder will need to be skilled at bringing together diverse workstreams and a broad range of expertise to achieve successful outcomes, whilst also helping to lead and shape the Essex Highways and wider Ringway Jacobs service offering.

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