Salary: £33,143 - £36,363 a year
Location: Stores Road, Derby
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 1st Sept 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
We are looking for a motivated and experienced Highways Delivery Coordinator to join our busy Highways Maintenance Operations team based in central Derby.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and experienced leader who enjoys working outdoors, solving problems on the ground, and taking pride in delivering high quality services for the local community. You’ll play a key role in keeping Derby’s roads safe, reliable and well maintained.
In this hands on supervisory role, you will plan and oversee and lead daily maintenance activities, coordinate responses to emergencies, and support both in house teams and external contractors to deliver consistently high standards of work. Strong leadership skills, practical highways maintenance experience and a commitment to safety are essential.
We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, including; New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Highways Act 1980.
If you’re a confident team leader with a passion for maintaining safe and efficient highways, we’d love to hear from you.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Highways Delivery Coordinator , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
The Highways Delivery Coordinator leads day to day maintenance activities to keep Derby’s roads safe and well maintained. The role involves planning and overseeing works, coordinating emergency responses and supporting both in house teams and contractors. You’ll ensure high standards of workmanship, uphold safety requirements and help deliver efficient, reliable services for the community. Strong leadership, practical highways experience and sound knowledge of relevant legislation are key to success in this role.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
- Experience in highway maintenance, construction, or civil engineering
- Supervisory or team lead experience
- Working knowledge of highway maintenance vehicles, plant and equipment to undertake all aspects of highway maintenance work assigned, including routine and cyclic maintenance activities and civils projects
- IOSH Managing Safely
- Valid full UK driver’s licence
- Strong leadership and team management abilities
- Knowledge of highway maintenance techniques and materials
- Understanding of traffic management and road safety regulations
- Winter Service Professional Certificate/Diploma
- Winter Service Supervisor Certificate
- Ability to read plans, maps, and technical documents & drawings
- Problem solving and decision making under pressure
- Good communication and record keeping skills
- Competence with maintenance equipment and tools
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
- First aid at Work
- Experience in a supervisory role
- NRSWA Supervisor
- SSSTS
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 1 September 2026 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Interview dates will be confirmed closer to the time of shortlisting. All interviews will be held in person at either Stores Road Depot or the Council House in Derby.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected] https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
