Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer — Flexible Hours & Pension

Government Recruitment Service; Camborne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution 28.97%

Annual leave 25 days (+1 per year to 5

Flexible working

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Camborne is seeking a Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer to assess complex heavy vehicle applications, ensure compliance with DVSA standards, and provide expert technical advice to operators, manufacturers, and front-line staff.

You will join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Vehicle Services leadership team, processing applications, interpreting legislation, and helping drive safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the heavy

Responsibilities

• Provide professional assessment of heavy vehicle statutory test applications for both first test and vehicle conversion, checking reports and supporting documentation, ensuring compliance.
• Provide technical support to non-technical processing teams and act as an advisory service to front line staff, operators, manufacturers, trade organisations, other agencies as well as the public on a variety of subjects including DVSA and related services, responding to written and verbal enquiries in a timely manner.
• Investigate possible solutions to solve issues or mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with the Vehicle Policy Team on new initiatives and developing new requirements and standards, for example where there are regulatory changes or to improve clarity within existing publications.
• Communicate positively and effectively with internal and external customers to ensure a full understanding of their requirements and to ensure a concise accurate response is delivered via technical inbox
• Provide support to the Heavy Vehicle Processing Manager, representing DVSA at trade events and to carry out ad hoc related tasks.
• Maintain relevant data bases as required.

Job description

Government Recruitment Service in Camborne is seeking a Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer to assess complex heavy vehicle applications, ensure compliance with DVSA standards, and provide expert technical advice to operators, manufacturers, and front-line staff.

You will join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Vehicle Services leadership team, processing applications, interpreting legislation, and helping drive safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the heavy