Permit Officer

Essex Highways; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days a

RJ Rewards app discounts

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Job summary

Ringway Jacobs is recruiting an Assistant Permit Officer to support the Streetworks function within the Essex Highways partnership. You will assist the Senior Permit Officer to deliver objectives, process Streetworks permits and ensure compliance with legislation

You will manage your own workload, review applications against the 21+ point checklist, and help apply conditions, timescales, and inspections while contributing to continuous improvement and high service standards.

Qualifications

• GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths & English.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Senior Permit Officer to deliver Essex Highways objectives and standards.
• Process Streetworks permits within required timescales and ensure conditions are applied as needed.
• Own workload while supporting team capacity and assisting with wider workload.
• Ensure all applications are compliant with relevant legislation and guidance.
• Review applications using a 21+ point checklist and apply conditions, timescales and inspections.
• Learn and support continuous improvement of the Streetworks function.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisation

Education

GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths & English

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Confirm

Job description

Essex Highways (EH) is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country. EH is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council (ECC) and Ringway Jacobs. In this role you will work alongside our contractual partner to deliver highways services. Assist with the investigation and monitoring of streetworks, supporting and assisting with the co-ordination of a range of resources maximising opportunities to deliver our network management duty and safety for the travelling public.

The Role

• Assisting the Senior Permit Officer and other Senior Officers to ensure delivery of the Essex Highways and Essex Permit Scheme objectives, as defined in agreed service plans, in accordance with all council and Essex Highways standards and policies.
• Assessing and processing Streetworks permits within requisite timescales and in accordance with good practice and legislation ensuring that the appropriate conditions are applied as necessary.
• Taking ownership of your own workload whilst assisting with the team’s workload as capacity allows.
• Ensuring all applications are compliant and in accordance with the relevant legislation/code of practice/guidance documents.
• Reviewing every application on a case‑by‑case basis ensuring that all relevant checks (using a set 21+ point checklist, other checklist or requirements provided by management to assess permits) are made; and ensuring all relevant conditions, time restraints & inspections are applied to each job.
• Gaining or having a working knowledge of all Streetworks processes & assisting as part of the wider Streetworks function support continuous improvement of the Streetworks Team, demonstrated through

• You hold GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths & English.
• You have a good working knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Excel and Outlook.
• You have experience with specialist applications or programmes for project management; or more specifically with ‘Confirm’.
• You have knowledge of, or are willing to learn about, the operation of a Permit Scheme in accordance with Scheme Document and Section 3 of the Traffic Management Act, or other NRSWA related experience including Streetworks permits and the closure process.

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.