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Street Lighting Partnership Manager - DEE06165

Job details
Posting date: 05 September 2025
Salary: £64,928.00 to £70,928.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 21 September 2025
Location: Dundee, DD3 8SS
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week
Company: Dundee City Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: DEE06165

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Summary

Job Description

Working in a hybrid style, based at the Contracts House Depot, Clepington Road, Dundee, you will work full time, 37 hours per week.


Applicants please note that those shortlisted will be invited to an assessment centre and interview, dates for these will be advised to shortlisted candidates as soon as possible after the closing date.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please contact Ewan Macnaughton on 01382 433116 or email ewan.macnaughton@dundeecity.gov.uk.

Requirements

You will have a relevant Degree or equivalent qualification and membership of a relevant professional institute.

Responsibilities

The Street Lighting Partnership is an integrated shared service between Dundee City Council, Perth & Kinross Council, Angus Council, and Tayside Contracts. The partnership provides comprehensive cradle-to-grave service delivery for all street lighting functions in the Tayside Region, including inspection, testing, design, asset management, and works delivery. The partnership operates from three depots located in Dundee, Perth, and Forfar, where integrated teams of professional, technical, and operational staff work in partnership to deliver services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and motivated professional to lead the service in further integration, commercialisation, and innovation to enhance efficiency. In addition to the core functions of maintaining the Council’s street lighting assets, the service also delivers design and build commissions for new public and private sector developments, festive lighting for communities, and a range of building and public realm illumination projects.

The Individual

You will have experience of having delivered successful projects and achieving results, managing staff and financial resources, of leading a team. You will have experience of managing financial resources and appreciation of aspects relating to value for money, probity, and accountability along with awareness and experience of risk assessment, health and safety and business continuity responsibilities and issues.

You will have a high level of communication skills both written and oral with the ability to lead multi disciplinary meetings/groups. You will be a strategic and corporate thinker, customer focused and adept in programme management.

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