Lead Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Coventry; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave (+1 per year)

Flexible working options

Job summary

DVSA in the United Kingdom is seeking a Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer to assess complex vehicle applications, ensuring compliance with legislation and DVSA standards. You will work with operators, manufacturers, testing staff and policy teams to deliver expert technical advice and support across vehicle testing processes.

The role involves leading on first tests, vehicle conversions, ECWVTA assessments and providing timely advisory support to frontline teams while contributing to continuous

Responsibilities

• Provide professional assessment of heavy vehicle statutory test applications for both first test and vehicle conversion, checking reports and supporting documentation, ensuring compliance.
• Undertake assessment of applications of approved vehicles via the European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) teams.
• 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

Job description

DVSA in the United Kingdom is seeking a Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer to assess complex vehicle applications, ensuring compliance with legislation and DVSA standards. You will work with operators, manufacturers, testing staff and policy teams to deliver expert technical advice and support across vehicle testing processes.

The role involves leading on first tests, vehicle conversions, ECWVTA assessments and providing timely advisory support to frontline teams while contributing to continuous